Curriculum Manager - Creative Industries

USP College; Grays; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading college in England is seeking a Curriculum Manager to enhance the learning experience for students. The role involves aligning the curriculum with strategic goals, improving quality standards, and leading a dedicated team. The successful candidate will have significant management experience and a strong background in curriculum development within a further education setting, ensuring that all learners receive the support they need to succeed.

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing a similar service.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and identify areas for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Align department with College's Strategic Plan and Policies.
• Ensure high-quality, career-focused learning experience.
• Plan and coordinate courses to meet learner needs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Curriculum Management

Quality Improvement

Education

Degree

Teaching Qualification

Job description

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Job Details

As the Curriculum Manager, you will play a key role in aligning the department with our College's Strategic Plan and Policies. Your leadership will ensure that students have access to a high-quality, career-focused learning experience, while also overseeing the management of Study Programmes, staff, quality, and assessment standards.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Be a role model in maintaining a positive culture that embeds the College's values and beliefs through highly effective communication processes, and ensures that learners and staff feel valued, safe, and supported.
• Be a role model for outstanding employability skills and practices.
• Represent the College positively and highly effectively in all dealings with external partners, parents, stakeholders, and agencies.
• Demonstrate exemplary communication practices in line with the whole College communication plan and own responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Ensure that individual staff and teams are supported to maximise their effectiveness through continuing professional development arising from highly effective appraisal processes.
• Take responsibility for own continuing professional development as agreed in the appraisal process.
• Participate in rigorous self-assessment of all areas within scope of the post and raise standards through pro-active quality improvement that is data driven.
• Implement Performance Management processes effectively as required.
• To plan, develop and co-ordinate a range of courses in the Curriculum Area to ensure that the offer meets the needs of all learners and takes account of best practice and national developments so that students achieve their learning outcomes and progress to a positive destination, and this is to be in line with the College's Strategic plan of Career Focused Learning.
• Continuously improve the quality of the Curriculum Area in line with Study Programme and/or adult provision requirements through ensuring timely compliance with the Quality Framework Structure e.g., assessment schedules and course review activities.
• Work with the curriculum director of creatives industries, course leaders, progress coaches and support staff to ensure effective support for all students so that, tracking and monitoring target setting, and intervention processes are consistently implemented and meet the needs of all learners.
• Contribute to strategies designed to improve the quality of Teaching, Learning & Assessment e.g. Learning walks, IQRs and progress reviews and support the development of innovative approaches to curriculum delivery.
• Ensure the highest standard of course planning and resources (e.g. schemes of work, students CPD days, online resources and course materials).

Job Requirements:

• Significant experience managing a similar service.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, with a track record of planning for excellence.
• Degree qualified.
• Teaching Qualification

The right candidate will have:

• Relevant management qualification.
• Experience of curriculum management within FE/Sixth Form College setting
• Knowledge of current issues and future developments in FE and HE, relevant to the Curriculum Area
• Successful of track record in improving the quality of standards and teaching and learning

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