DANCOP Officer

Fixed Term
Part Time
32.5 hours per week
Until 28 July 2021
Quarrydale Academy, Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2DU
Hay Band A, fixed spinal column point 24, Actual Salary (part time, tto) £21,760

Head Teacher: Tim Paling, Roll: 1250 (11-18 Mixed Comprehensive), Tel: (01623) 554178, Website: http://s2.quarrydale.co.uk/

Required – as soon as possible

We require an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Academy as part of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Collaborative Outreach Programme (DANCOP) which is OFS funded through UniConnect.

UniConnect aims to identify and address issues around progression into Higher Education. In particular, it seeks to undertake outreach activity in specific local areas where HE participation is low overall and lower than expected given GCSE attainment levels.

The Officer role is to co-ordinate the effective operational development and delivery of projects and activities at Quarrydale Academy that support the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Collaborative Outreach Programme (DANCOP).

You will have the ability to raise our students’ aspirations, and the ability to motivate and encourage our students through the educational journey to support them with their career and educational choices.

You will be experienced in designing educational programmes of activity for young people; ideally focussed around raising aspirations to Higher Education. You will be required to work closely with other Academy staff to ensure targeted provision is relevant and successfully delivered, monitored and evaluated.

The role also requires the Officer to liaise with other HE and FE providers whilst embracing and embedding the Academy’s ethos of Aspire, Believe and Succeed.

If you feel that you have the ability and drive to deliver this programme, joining our Academy also offers many personal benefits including:

  • a subsidised pension scheme

  • use of the Academy's sports facilities and gym

  • a strong commitment to your continuing professional development and training opportunities

  • close and convenient links to the M1 junction 28, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield

  • close access to the peak district, national park and popular historical sites

  • A supportive environment in which your talents will be encouraged, nurtured and rewarded

  • Access to Perkbox and Perkbox Medical (platforms which give employee benefits and inspire a unique employee experience, enriching personal and working lives)

    The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and other vetting procedures including the provision of two good references. 

    For application forms and further details please visit our website or contact Mrs Amanda Adamson (Headteacher’s Secretary) at aadamson@quarrydale.notts.sch.uk. 

    If you think you could be a potential candidate for the role and you would like to discuss the vacancy or if you would like to arrange a visit to Quarrydale Academy please contact Mrs Adamson on 01623 554 178 or by email aadamson@quarrydale.notts.sch.uk 

    Closing date: Monday 28 September 2020 (noon) 

    Interviews will be held on: Friday 2 October 2020

DANCOP is a collaborative network between universities and colleges across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire that exists to provide targeted higher education outreach programmes to secondary schools and colleges across the two counties. We work with young people to raise their aspirations and encourage them to consider their futures, operating in specific target wards where progression to higher education is lower than expected given attainment. We are proud to be a part of the Office for Students Uni Connect Programme, offering activities, advice and information on the benefits and realities of going to university or college.



This vacancy is closed to applications.