Curriculum Specialist

Government Recruitment Service; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Government Recruitment Service advertises a Curriculum Specialist role based in York. You will lead academic and research liaison activities across national security topics, coordinating with external providers and government colleagues to source, contract and onboard SMEs for our learning interventions.

The role requires line management experience and occasional travel to London and other UK locations to pilot courses and engage with the National School of Government. Full-time, permanent.

Qualifications

• Academic and Research liaison with external providers and x-government.
• Coordinate with Commercial Lead, Head of Engagement and Events Manager to finalize contracts and deliver courses.
• Line manage HEOs and support EO/AO/interns/apprentices.
• Regular travel to London and other UK locations for meetings and pilots.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships with external providers, universities and x-government to source SMEs for design and delivery of learning interventions.
• Coordinate with Commercial Lead, Head of Engagement and Events Manager to finalize contracts and deliver courses.
• Build a network of SMEs across national security topics, including reaching out across grades up to SCS.
• Create Communities of Practice for each national security topic with leadership.
• Develop a bank of facilitators across the curriculum in collaboration with the National School of Government.
• Support design of learning products and review current materials for continuous improvement.
• Line manage HEOs and support EO/AO/interns/apprentices.
• Drive innovation and ensure accessibility and diversity in learning design.
• Travel regularly for meetings and pilots.

Job description

The post holder will join the new UK College for National Security (CfNS). CfNS is the PM endorsed, National Security Advisor sponsored, learning and development capability to help deliver the Integrated Review. It was announced by Ministers in March 2022, and confirmed as a capability in the 2023 Integrated Review Refresh.

The College will build knowledge, expertise and networks of national security policy makers across the Union - so they can tackle the complex threats the UK faces, and also exploit opportunities. CfNS is supported by multiple departments, intelligence and security agencies and the Devolved Governments. It uniquely operates across all security classifications. The College formally launched in January 2025 and is at the start of pulling together its portfolio. The team is based in locations based across the UK with a mix of national security, project management, and learning and development experience.

The role will involve exciting and creative work on our highest priority, mass learning offer - the National Security Curriculum. Work is already in place to design and pilot a range of courses across the curriculum on priority national security topics such as Serious and Organised Crime, Counter Terrorism, Economic Statecraft and State Threats. The job holder will work closely with the Deputy Head of College and Head of Delivery to review and further develop these materials into engaging and effective courses for our national security community and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be CfNS’ Academic and Research Liaison: Responsible for cultivating relationships with external providers, universities, and x-government to source, contract (if external), and onboard the right SMEs to support the design, deliver, and facilitate of our learning interventions (from podcasts to practitioner courses). You will work closely with the Commercial Lead to finalise contracts, the Head of Engagement to feed into Communities of Practice, and the Head of Events to coordinate expert delivery.
• Act as the Delivery Team’s bridge between key leads, including commercial lead (SEO), Events Manager (SEO) and Strategic Engagement Manager (SEO).
• Build a network of SMEs x-government and external on a number of national security topics, alongside the confidence in reaching out to this network across multiple grades, including SCS.
• Create Community of Practices for each national security topic, working closely with CfNS’ Head of Engagement.
• Develop a bank of facilitators, working closely with the wider National School of government. This bank can then be utilised across our curriculum, working closely with the Head of Events (SEO), and ensure you adhere to due diligence policy.
• Working closely with the other Curriculum SEO, support your team on their design of learning products of the national security curriculum. This includes the review of current materials, building upon these to build effective courses.
• Line Management of a number of HEOs, and support their Line Management of EO/AO/interns/apprentices.
• Driving innovation and diversity in the learning design of modules. Ensuring courses meet the needs of all our student base and are fully accessible. Diversity is at the heart of how we approach and deliver our work.
• Working with colleagues to build and act on continuous evaluation of our programmes.
• The role requires regular travel to London and other areas of the UK for meetings and pilot of courses.

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Curriculum Specialist

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £45,292 to £53,629 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: York

Job type: Permanent

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