Maths Coach

Job title: Maths Coach

Salary: 45000 with 11% employee pension

Contract: Fixed-term 1218 months depending on start date. If the pilot succeeds this may become a permanent role.

Start date: Flexible depending on notice periods.

Application closing date: Midnight: 29th March

First round phone interviews: Ongoing

Second stage tasks: 1st- 12th April

Final stage interviews: (including presentation of task if successful): Beginning of May

Location: You can be based anywhere in the UK but will be expected to travel to London twice a Month (every other Monday) for team days.

Who We Are

Maths powers breakthroughs. A world-class nation needs a world-class maths pipeline. Today the UK has no designed pathway for its most exceptional young mathematicians especially those without support at home or school. Talent is abundant; structured opportunity is not. We will change that.

Our mission is simple and urgent: find extraordinary mathematical talent early support it relentlessly and ensure potential not circumstance determines who reaches the frontier.

Unlike the established pathways we recognise for athletes and musicians the success of brilliant young mathematicians is still left to luck. Our national programme will identify exceptional pupils early and provide sustained coaching stretch and advocacy so their spark becomes momentum toward the frontier.

Were building on proven pillars of mathematical talent development to tackle the UKs most tractable gaps drawing on the traditions of the Russian Maths Circles model and the longitudinal evidence from the US Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY). Finally we have been inspired by National Maths Stars: early results show that exceptionally gifted students from under-represented backgrounds thrive when rigorous academic stretch is paired with wraparound support and sustained 1:1 coaching.

This is a new programme and we have secured funding for an 18month pilot: six months to establish the foundations and one year of delivery to rigorously test the model. The pilot will evaluate feasibility impact and scalability with clear milestones and transparent reporting. We are currently incubated within Axiom Maths giving us the operational support and community to move quickly while we validate and refine our approach.

The Role

The Maths Coach is the strategic heart of our intervention. They are the single point of contact for both the pupil and their family .This is an exceptional teaching role that reaches far beyond the classroom. You will take full responsibility for each childs success across the programme working closely with a cohort of 20 pupils. Youll deliver high-challenge maths mentoring build deep relationships with pupils and their families advocate through key transitions and open doors to enrichment and acceleration opportunities. With minimal bureaucracy youll have the freedom to do whatever it takes to keep each child on track to excellence.

Youll be joining a fast-moving start-up rolling up your sleeves across a wide range of tasks contributing to programme design and helping build something genuinely new in the UK. If you love mathematics can forge exceptional relationships and thrive in a role where no two days are the same this is for you.

Key Responsibilities

High-Challenge Maths Mentoring

• Deliver rich one-to-one and small-group mentoring sessions that go well beyond the school curriculum.

• Design sessions around deep problem-solving unfamiliar challenges and mathematical exploration not exam preparation.

• Work alongside the Director of Mathematical Programmes to co-create world-class mentoring content and curriculum materials bringing your own mathematical creativity and pedagogical insight.

• Help develop and refine the mentoring approach based on what you observe in your pupils.

Pupil and Family Relationships

• Build deep trusting relationships with each pupil and their family from day one.

• Be the familys guide through key transitions ensuring no talented child falls off the pathway due to lack of navigation.

• Support parents to understand their childs potential the opportunities ahead and how to nurture mathematical curiosity at home.

• Identify and remove practical barriers access to technology financial constraints or gaps in school support with empathy and pragmatism.

Acceleration and Enrichment Coordination

• Identify and coordinate opportunities for pupils to access advanced mathematical courses competitions and enrichment beyond school.

• Connect pupils with frontier mathematics research real-world applications and the people who do it.

• Help build and sustain a peer community so that pupils feel they belong to something exceptional.

Programme Building

• Contribute actively to programme design sharing observations and ideas with the wider team.

• Get involved in the selection process including running assessment days to help identify the most talented pupils.

• Take on a varied portfolio of tasks across the organisation as needed this is a start-up and everyone pitches in.

• Help set the blueprint for what the Maths Coach role looks like at scale.

Person Specification

Essential

• An exceptional teacher of mathematics with a track record of inspiring and stretching highly able pupils.

• Deep love of mathematics and the ability to communicate that love to young people.

• Confident leading mathematical discussions and improvising problems or lines of inquiry in direct response to pupils ideas and questions.

• Ability to build genuine trusting relationships with children and families from diverse backgrounds.

• A natural multi-tasker who thrives when juggling a varied workload and different kinds of challenges.

• Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the prospect of helping to build something from scratch.

• High levels of resilience initiative and drive.

• An understanding of or interest in the wider educational landscape around gifted education and talent development.

• Degree in Mathematics or a closely related field

Desirable

• Familiarity with mathematical olympiad and competition problem-solving.

• Experience of working with families from disadvantaged or under-represented backgrounds.

• Experience creating curriculum or educational content.

We are committed to equity and inclusion in everything we do. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from under-represented backgrounds. If you might have qualified for a programme like this as a child then we especially want to hear from you.

What we offer

Salary: 45000

Hybrid team: We all work remotely for part of the week. The successful candidate will work in the office every other Monday at our office which is close to Kings Cross(N7 9QH)

Travel costs: Travel to London for office days twice a month are included in the salary above and is not covered by expenses. All other relevant travel is covered by expenses.

Flexible Working: We work flexibly by default and value outcomes not hours worked. All our team are empowered to organise their work in a way that balances their work and life.

Setup costs covered: We offer a 500 allowance to purchase equipment for working from home. A laptop is also provided.

Pension: 11% employer contribution

Annual leave: 27 days leave bank holidays increasing by 1 day after 2 years tenure (up to 30 days). The office closes for 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year.

Employee assistance programme: All our employees have access to a confidential employee assistance programme which provides information and advice on a wide range of topics affecting their work or personal life.

Books: Any employee can expense the purchase of any book that they believe will help make them better at their job.