Health & Social Care Programme Director (Foundation Year)

UK Management College Ltd; Salford; Presencial; GBP 48 000 - 58 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

UK Management College Ltd in Salford is seeking an experienced Course Director for Health and Social Care to provide academic leadership for the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year, delivered in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton.

The role combines teaching with strategic course leadership across campuses, ensuring high academic standards, robust assessment, and excellent student outcomes.

Qualificações

• Master's degree in Health and Social Care or a closely related discipline.
• Substantial teaching experience in UK higher education at Foundation and undergraduate levels.
• Experience of module leadership, including assessment, marking and internal moderation.
• Relevant academic leadership experience, ideally involving course or programme management.
• Strong current knowledge of Health and Social Care within the UK context.
• Knowledge of policy, safeguarding, ethics, person-centred practice and research methods.
• Understanding of academic quality assurance and integrity.
• Evidence of supporting student engagement, retention, progression and achievement.
• Ability to use academic and student data to inform decisions.
• Strong leadership, organisational and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide academic leadership for the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year.
• Lead and coordinate consistent course delivery across relevant UKMC campuses.
• Deliver engaging and high-quality teaching across Foundation Year and undergraduate levels.
• Lead modules and support the effective planning and delivery of teaching and assessment.
• Oversee assessment, marking, internal moderation and timely provision of student feedback.
• Monitor course performance and use academic data to identify areas requiring intervention or improvement.
• Monitor student attendance, engagement, submission, retention, progression and achievement.
• Identify students at risk and work with welfare and support teams to provide appropriate support.
• Lead and support Module Leaders, Lecturers and other academic staff delivering the programme.
• Chair and contribute to course meetings, ensuring actions are recorded, monitored and completed.
• Support standardisation of teaching, assessment and academic practice across groups and campuses.
• Maintain high standards of academic integrity, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
• Lead internal moderation processes and ensure documentation is complete on time.
• Work with the University of Wolverhampton and represent the course at boards.
• Support annual monitoring, external examiner activity, validation and review processes.

Conhecimentos

Course leadership

Teaching

Academic leadership

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Team leadership

Inclusive practice

Formação académica

Master's degree in Health and Social Care

Fellowship of Advance HE (Desirable)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

UK Management College Ltd in Salford is seeking an experienced Course Director for Health and Social Care to provide academic leadership for the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year, delivered in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton.

The role combines teaching with strategic course leadership across campuses, ensuring high academic standards, robust assessment, and excellent student outcomes.