CURRICULUM AREA LEADER – HUMANITIES

Teaching Vacancies; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Eyecare voucher

Annual increments

Job summary

WQE College is seeking a Curriculum Area Leader in Humanities to join the Curriculum Leadership Team. The postholder will also contribute as a member of the wider middle leadership team—Curriculum and Student Leadership Group—meeting weekly.

The successful candidate will have substantial advanced level teaching experience across History, Geography, Politics, Law and Ancient History, with the ability to lead and motivate staff and students to achieve excellent learning outcomes.

Qualifications

• Substantial and successful advanced level teaching experience across multiple subjects
• Ability to lead and motivate staff and students
• Experience in curriculum development and assessment practices

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Humanities Curriculum Area within the Curriculum Leadership Team
• Support the Deputy Curriculum Area Leader and two Assistant Curriculum Area Leaders to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Contribute to the wider Curriculum and Student Leadership Group and school leadership activities

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please see attached Job Description

What the college offers its staff

Thank you for your interest in this post at WQE.

We believe that this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, offering a real opportunity to make a difference in this thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our work with students; their academic and wider achievements, their learning experiences, the support they receive in their academic progress, their learning environment and their wider experience of College life. The College operates across two closely located campuses, next to the University of Leicester on University Road and a smaller campus at Regent Road.

In this context, we are looking to appoint a Curriculum Area Leader in Humanities to join our Curriculum Leadership Team. The postholder will also play an active role as a member of the wider middle leadership team - Curriculum and Student Leadership Group - who meet weekly.

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic person with substantial and successful advanced level teaching experience where the ability to teach across a variety of our subjects at this level would be an advantage. The capacity to lead and motivate staff, and students, will be essential as the successful person will help us to provide the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for our students.

This vibrant curriculum area brings together History, Geography, Politics, Law and Ancient History. The curriculum area consists of sixteen teaching staff and is led by a Curriculum Area Leader, supported by a Deputy Curriculum Area Leader and two Assistant Curriculum Area Leaders who together ensure the provision of high-quality outcomes and experiences for students and lead the on-going development of teaching, learning and assessment.

The area is located at the Regent Road campus in a large, open-plan office in the College's main teaching block and uses recently refurbished classrooms nearby. There are a good range of resources including excellent online materials, interactive whiteboards, library holdings and IT facilities.

For our part we shall make every effort to support our new colleagues in making the best of the professional opportunities offered by this post.

This is a permanent full-time, term-time post commencing as soon as possible.

The salary will be at a point on the Sixth Form Colleges pay spine which ranges from £33,465 - £51,714 per annum, plus a responsibility allowance commencing at £10,431 and rising annually to £12,398.

• Annual incremental pay increases, linked to performance, within the pay scale range
• Pension - Automatic enrolment into the Teachers' Pension scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff (if applicable), both of which are generous defined benefit pension schemes
• Eyecare voucher scheme

We have an active and enthusiastic staff wellbeing group who meet regularly and are committed to adding value to life at work wherever possible, as well as ensuring a strong sense of community, wider opportunities and mutual support exist in our workplace.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfying references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.