Expert help to schools/colleges

Schools and colleges are complex organisations with large budgets. They can benefit from employers sharing their skills and experiences in the form of 'expert help'.

Skills and expertise that schools and colleges look for from employers might include:

  • project management skills
  • financial skills and assistance with budgeting and modelling
  • IT skills around the use of data and systems.

The expert help provided by the employer may take a number of forms depending on the needs of the school or college, and what the employer would like to offer.

It could include:

  • coaching or mentoring individual staff members on a one-to-one basis
  • running semniars and masterclasses for the senior mamagement team to build capability and transfer knowledge
  • providing specific assistance on particular projects or challenges that the school or college is engaged in
  • playing the role of a 'critical friend' by stress testing new projects or initiatives to improve them.