Curriculum Manager - Health and Social Care

Hopwood Hall College; Middleton; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Middleton is looking for an experienced Curriculum Manager to guide the Health and Social Care department. The role focuses on providing effective leadership and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning. The successful candidate will drive student recruitment, manage curriculum delivery, and ensure performance standards are met. Experience in further education is essential. Competitive salary of £51,808 per annum offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in further education.

Responsibilities

• Oversee leadership of programs delivered within the curriculum area.
• Lead and support curriculum innovation within the program team.
• Ensure targets for recruitment, retention, and achievement are reviewed.
• Promote excellence in curriculum management and innovation.
• Manage programme teams for quality assurance processes.
• Engage with and produce a robust self-assessment report.
• Coordinate internal and external verification processes.
• Support high performance through effective performance management.
• Deliver 324 hours per year of scheduled teaching.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum Innovation

Performance Management

Teaching Skills

Job description

Application Deadline: 28 September 2025

Department: Health and Social Care

Location: Middleton

Compensation: £51,808 per annum

Description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of Health and Social Care education? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Curriculum Manager to lead and inspire our dedicated team within the Health and Social Care department.

About the Role: As Curriculum Manager, you will be responsible for providing effective leadership and operational management of your teams. You will work closely with the Centre Director to ensure the department contributes to and achieves the College’s strategic objectives of becoming an outstanding, innovative, and customer-focused provider.

Your leadership will drive growth in student recruitment, enhance the quality of teaching and learning, and ensure service excellence across all aspects of curriculum delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• To oversee leadership of the programmes delivered within the curriculum area ensuring highly effective delivery of teaching, learning and assessment.
• To lead and support curriculum innovation within the programme team to ensure the curriculum offer is effective in meeting the needs of learners and employers in line with national, regional and local government agenda.
• Ensure all targets set for recruitment, attendance, punctuality, retention, achievement and progression are regularly reviewed and monitored with programme teams.
• To promote excellence in all aspects of the curriculum, management development and Innovation, and facilitate the sharing of best practice.
• Effectively manage the programme teams to ensure all aspects of the College’s quality assurance processes are fully implemented.
• Lead the team to effectively engage with, and produce a robust self-assessment report.
• Co-ordinate internal and external verification processes, liaising with awarding bodies, external verifiers and the College’s exams team
• Support the Centre Director to ensure that programme teams are consistently high performing through effective use of the College’s performance management system, including conducting performance review meetings.
• Lead, motivate and support programme teams so that they can make a full and valued contribution to the development of the programme area.
• To deliver 324 hours per year of scheduled teaching
• Support and lead the team to fully prepare for external/internal inspection and all audits.
• Effectively manage all cost centre budget allocations in line with the College’s financial regulations.
• Be responsive to internal and external college initiatives
• Be an active member of the cross college teaching and learning observation team.
• Work with marketing and others partners to raise the profile of the area.
• Any other duties of a similar level of responsibility as may be required.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Experience of working in further education.