Centre Head and Curriculum Manager

MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MTC Training seeks a Centre Head and Curriculum Manager to lead the delivery team and drive the design, development and delivery of pioneering apprenticeship and HNC/HTQ programmes at the Ansty site. You will oversee facilities, safety, quality assurance and stakeholder engagement while driving continuous improvement across all delivery activities.

The role requires senior management experience in engineering education, with a track record of delivering high-quality training, ensuring

Qualifications

• Holding a technical qualification at HNC or above.
• Experience of managing curriculum teams to highly perform, creating a culture where colleagues are engaged and valued.
• Successful experience as a senior academic manager.
• Working in the engineering training sector.
• Successful Ofsted / DfE audits.
• Management experience within education sector.
• Experience of managing people cross functionally.
• Experience of operating at strategic level.
• Able to travel throughout the UK, occasionally overseas if required.
• Driving licence required.
• Critical thinking and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Trainers, Skills Coaches and Supporting Roles providing outstanding apprenticeship and HNC/HTQ provision across all programmes within MTC Training at the Ansty site.
• Lead, manage and motivate colleagues to highly perform, creating a positive culture and working environment.
• Lead on the health and safety of learners and colleagues.
• Responsible for the design, development and delivery of the MTC Training programmes.
• Management of all facilities and operational needs for the site including day to day issues.
• Continuous improvement and innovation of delivery.

Skills

Team leadership

Curriculum leadership

Health & safety

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Education

HNC or above

Job description

MTC Training is a multi-award winning Independent Training Provider delivering high quality engineering apprenticeships and upskilling training courses.

The Centre Head and Curriculum Manager role is required to lead the delivery team including the design, development and delivery of our pioneering training programme in our MTC Training facility within AMTC.

Key Activities

• Manage a team of Trainers, Skills Coaches and Supporting Roles providing outstanding apprenticeship and HNC/HTQ provision across all programmes within MTC Training at the Ansty site
• Lead, manage and motivate colleagues to highly perform, creating a positive culture and working environment
• Lead on the health and safety of learners and colleagues
• Responsible for the design, development and delivery of the MTC Training programmes
• Management of all facilities and operational needs for the site including day to day issues
• Continuous improvement and innovation of delivery
• Leadership and management of training team including performance reviews and CPD ensuring best in class teaching
• Work with all MTC Training teams to ensure delivery in an effective and cost efficient method
• Engage with the marketing, recruitment, apprentice placement and employer engagement
• Ensure the quality of the training provision (DfE, DWP, Awarding Organisations, Ofsted, Skills England, Internal and External processes and audits)
• Develop relationships with customers to support the growth of MTC Training
• Budget responsibility for the MTC Training delivery at Ansty
• Responsible for stakeholder engagement
• Manage quality and standards of delivery across MTC Training within Ansty
• Set standards, build policies and develop practices that lead to outstanding learner experience
• Responsible for the timely completion of all learners against set Government achievement targets
• Promote a positive safety culture by ensuring that safety issues and targets are met, lead by example and develop new approaches to deliver the vision of zero accidents
• Responsible for producing reports aligned to the apprentice programme performance

Qualifications

Essential

• Holding a technical qualification at HNC or above
• Experience of managing curriculum teams to highly perform, creating a culture where colleagues are engaged and valued
• Successful experience as a senior academic manager
• Working in the engineering training sector
• Successful Ofsted / DfE audits
• Management experience within education sector
• Experience of managing people cross functionally
• Experience of operating at strategic level
• Able to travel throughout the UK, occasionally overseas if required
• Driving licence required
• Critical thinking and problem solving

Vetting Checks

Learners’ safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance to all MTC Training employees. All individuals are expected to actively contribute to our culture of safeguarding and vigilance to ensure learning is delivered in the safest environment possible.

Shortlisted candidates are subject to safer recruitment screening, including but not limited to:

• Employment history check
• Right to work check
• Identity check
• Two references
• Qualification check
• Industry prohibitions check (applies to programme delivery and assessment roles)
• Public online activity search
• Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list check.

The successful applicant will be required to promptly complete training relating to safeguarding and prevent and is expected to undertake ongoing training in relation to children’s safety and wellbeing.

The successful applicant will be expected to maintain our safeguarding culture and contribute to it by supporting the Designated Safeguarding Lead and safeguarding team.

The successful applicant will be required to adhere to our Code of Conduct and share our commitment to the welfare of children.

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.