National Programme Coordinator/Postgraduate Diploma School Leadership (PDSL)

Institution: University of Limerick

Vacancy Category: Professional / Managerial / Administrative

Salary From: €51 186.00

Salary To: €72 682.00

Contract Type: Temporary

Vacancy closing date: 19 Nov, 2021

Reference: 047488

Subject / Area: Business and Management Studies

Administration: Other

REPORTS TO: PDSL Director and PDSL Contract Manager

CONTRACT TYPE: Specific Purpose

SALARY SCALE: €51,186 - €72,682 p.a. pro rata

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Job Purpose

The School of Education is the academic lead on the delivery of the DES-funded Postgraduate Diploma in School Leadership (PDSL) in collaboration with Continuing Professional Education (CPE), UL.  The provision of the PDSL is an aim of the DES Action Plan for Education 2017. Following a tendering process run by the Office of Government Procurement on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills (DES) and the Centre for School Leadership (CSL) the Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership (PDSL) for Aspiring School Leaders was developed. The programme is jointly awarded by University of Limerick (UL), the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) (including St Angela’s) and University College Dublin (UCD). Delivery support from Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Association of Teachers Education Centres in Ireland (ATECI). The course will be open to approximately 200 participants annually.

The purpose of this job is to support the overall project management and implementation of the PDSL by UL in conjunction with staff in the School of Education and Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) partner HEIs (NUIG and UCD) and the Centre for School Leadership (CSL).

The post holder will provide support to the project manager:

• Day-to-day management of PDSL including organisation and implementation of the blended learning CPD programme for aspiring leaders in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland.

• Setting schedules and timetables for completion of work with lecturers and tutors.

• Organising delivery of lectures and tutorials in various sites.

• Liaising with all internal and external stakeholders on an ongoing basis including ITD, GPS and SoEd.

• Organising assessments, recording grades/liaising with external examiners.

• Monitoring progression.

• Contribute to recruitment/admissions.

• Monitoring & analysing national roll-out to ensure regional coverage in line with PDSL Director & Monitoring Group objectives

• Reporting to the Monitoring Group

• Other duties as assigned by the PDSL Director.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for providing organisational and implementation processes to aid the PDSL Director, Project Manager and Course Board.

• Leading the organisational side of PDSL.

• Design and develop process improvements by analysing existing processes with PDSL project team.

• Provision of administrative support to the PDSL project team in terms of the project management aspect of the project.

• Contributing to the priorities set out by the PDSL Director and Project Manager.

• Liaison between the project team and the relevant UL units, PDSL partner higher education institutions (HEIs) and Department of Education and Skills (DES) for the duration of this project.

• Liaise where necessary with senior members of the University to ensure PDSL requirements are clearly understood.

• Communicate with relevant UL units and PDSL partners on an on-going basis in implementing the PDSL.

• Analysing data and report presentations as required.

• Managing elements of the PDSL project to clear deadlines.

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