Course Leader - Culinary Skills

Leeds City College; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent further education institution in Leeds is seeking an enthusiastic Course Leader for Level 2 and Level 3 Culinary and Professional Cookery courses. The role involves leading teams, developing modules, and ensuring student success. Candidates must possess industry experience and a relevant teaching qualification. This position offers excellent benefits, including generous annual leave and CPD opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension schemes with employer contributions

CPD opportunities

Employee wellbeing initiatives

Discounted travel

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching Culinary and Cookery courses.
• Ability to develop new course modules.
• Skills in motivating and inspiring students.

Responsibilities

• Lead full and part-time professional culinary courses.
• Ensure high-quality delivery across the course team.
• Market courses and provide information to students.

Skills

Organisational skills

Industry experience

Course management

Teaching

Education

Relevant teaching qualification (e.g., PGCE)

Job description

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The School of Travel, Food and Drink, based at the historic Printworks campus is looking for an enthusiastic Course Leader for our level 2 and Level 3 Culinary and professional cookery courses.

Travel, Food and Drink offers a number of courses for all ages and abilities, ranging from Entry 3 to Level 3 extended programmes of study.

We are looking for an organised and experienced Teacher/Course Leader to lead the full and part time professional culinary and cookery courses. You should have industry experience and be able to demonstrate skills in course management, meeting learner needs, and monitoring and driving attendance to ensure successful outcomes.

What You Will Do

• You will be responsible for retention, achievement, progress/value added, attendance and positive progression rates for an identified course or courses.
• Maintaining high quality and effective delivery across the course team.
• Developing new modules, units and course.
• Responsible for developing new units, modules and courses in line with government policy, awarding organisation developments and student demand as well as local community, economic and employer requirements.
• Deliver and assess essential knowledge and understanding to learners.
• Plan, prepare and develop schemes of work, lesson plans, teaching and learning resources and assessment plans and ensure these are in place for all the course(s) teaching activity.
• Help to ensure all team members maintain and update knowledge of the subject and / or vocational area.
• Motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression.
• Reflect on what works best in teaching and learning to meet the diverse needs of students and engage in scholarly activity.
• Develop and adapt curriculum delivery with the course team to maximise its effectiveness and efficiency
• Be responsible for recording student progress and meeting individual and group learner targets.
• Develop and employ effective assessment activities and ensure student work is assessed with constructive and timely feedback provided that motivates and inspires students to improve and achieve.
• Market courses and provide high quality IAG (including full participation in open days, transition activity, enrolment and induction).
• Complete a course level self-assessment report and maintain the course quality improvement plan.
• Carry out internal verification/moderation.

About You

• We are looking for a self motivated and inspirational, industry specialist who has the skills and experience to teach across a level of different courses in addition to managing the daily needs of these particular curriculum areas.
• You will be motivated to positivelymanage student and group progression to ensure positive outcomes for learners.
• Managing the assessment of own courses and that of others who teach on your courses is a key aspect of the CL role, ensuring that IQA plans are in place and updated regularly to satisfy the EQA annual process

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 37 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting:Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.

Flexible and hybrid working opportunities:Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us

Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.

We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.

We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references.