Curriculum Manager

Abingdon and Witney College; Witney; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Abingdon and Witney College seeks an ambitious Curriculum Manager to lead Construction Trades, shaping the curriculum and developing high-performing teams. You will collaborate with employers and industry partners to ensure learners achieve excellent outcomes and prepare for careers in construction.

You will drive curriculum innovation, support high-quality teaching, and create an environment where staff and students can thrive, with a strong emphasis on industry links and regional skills needs.

Qualifications

• Must have a recognised teaching qualification.
• Experience leading curriculum delivery, quality improvement, or educational teams.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to student success and achievement.
• Understands current educational developments, curriculum innovation and industry trends.
• Is an exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Can build effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about creating outstanding opportunities for learners and staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a successful curriculum area with a clear focus on quality, achievement and progression.
• Support, motivate and develop teaching teams to deliver engaging, inclusive and industry-relevant learning.
• Drive continuous improvement through effective quality assurance, performance monitoring and action planning.
• Build strong partnerships with employers, schools and external organisations to enhance opportunities for learners.
• Identify opportunities for curriculum growth, including new programmes that respond to local and regional skills needs.
• Use data and performance measures to improve learner outcomes and close achievement gaps.
• Champion excellence in teaching, learning, assessment, student experience and staff development.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Curriculum leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Educational leadership

Data-informed improvement

Education

Teaching qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced educational leader ready to make a real difference to learners, staff and industry?

We are looking for an ambitious and inspirational Curriculum Manager to lead and develop our Construction Trades provision. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of the curriculum, develop talented teams and ensure learners achieve excellent outcomes that prepare them for successful careers within the construction Industry.

Working closely with the Head of Faculty, employers and industry partners, you will drive curriculum innovation, support high-quality teaching and learning and create an environment where both staff and students can thrive.

You will play a key role in strengthening our industry-focused curriculum vocational pathways, ensuring our offer remains responsive to local and regional skills needs and gives learners the best possible start in the construction sector.

About the Role

As Curriculum Manager, you will lead curriculum delivery across your area, ensuring programmes are ambitious, inclusive, well organised and closely aligned to the needs of learners, employers and the wider community.

You will support and develop teaching teams, use performance information to drive improvement, and build strong relationships with employers, schools and external stakeholders. Your leadership will help ensure excellent teaching, learning, assessment and student experience across the provision.

What you will be doing

• Lead and develop a successful curriculum area with a clear focus on quality, achievement and progression.
• Support, motivate and develop teaching teams to deliver engaging, inclusive and industry-relevant learning.
• Drive continuous improvement through effective quality assurance, performance monitoring and action planning.
• Build strong partnerships with employers, schools and external organisations to enhance opportunities for learners.
• Identify opportunities for curriculum growth, including new programmes that respond to local and regional skills needs.
• Use data and performance measures to improve learner outcomes and close achievement gaps.
• Champion excellence in teaching, learning, assessment, student experience and staff development.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

About You

• Must have a recognised teaching qualification.
• Experience leading curriculum delivery, quality improvement, or educational teams.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to student success and achievement.
• Understands current educational developments, curriculum innovation and industry trends.
• Is an exceptional communicator with strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Can build effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about creating outstanding opportunities for learners and staff.

Why this role matters

This is a chance to help shape the next generation of skilled construction professionals. You will be joining a faculty with strong employer links, a clear focus on high-quality technical education and a commitment to giving learners the skills, confidence and experience they need to progress into work, apprenticeships and further study.