Learner Manager – Foundation & Kings Trust

onlyFE; Telford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Telford College invites applications for Learner Manager for Foundation & King’s Trust. You will lead a team delivering SEND, Independence, Personal Development and Employability pathways, shaping curriculum and driving excellent learner outcomes.

With a focus on safeguarding, quality and continuous improvement, you will collaborate with staff, employers and partners to create exceptional learning experiences and prepare learners for life and work.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering FE/SEND teaching
• Track record of strong learner outcomes in FE
• Experience coaching and developing staff
• Curriculum planning, delivery and review experience

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for Foundation and King’s Trust curricula
• Design and deliver inclusive, responsive curriculum
• Lead staff, ensure safeguarding and compliance
• Coordinate timetabling, staffing and resources within budgets
• Drive quality assurance and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with employers and partners for meaningful engagement
• Promote high attendance and learner progression
• Foster a high-performance staff culture

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Teaching experience FE/SEND

Staff coaching/mentoring

Quality assurance

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Organisation

Education

Teaching qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed/DTLLS) or commitment to achieving one

GCSE English and Maths (C/4) or equivalent

Qualifications linked to SEND and curriculum area

Tools

IT/learning platforms

Job description

About The Role

Join Telford College as our Learner Manager for Foundation & King’s Trust, leading a dedicated team delivering high-quality provision across SEND, Independence, Personal Development and Employability pathways. This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational leader with a passion for inclusive education to drive outstanding learner outcomes, shape curriculum delivery and support students to achieve their full potential. You will lead teaching teams, champion high standards, and work closely with staff, employers and partners to create exceptional learning experiences that prepare learners for life and work.

£50,245

The Role

The Purpose Of This Role Is To

• Provide operational leadership and management for the Foundation and King’s Trust curriculum, consisting of SEND, Independence, Personal Development and Employability pathways. Fostering a culture of ambition, professionalism and continuous improvement that enables staff and students to meet their potential and more.
• Design and deliver high-quality, inclusive and responsive curriculum that meet student, employer and sector needs and secure excellent outcomes and progression.
• Take ownership of student experience, quality, safeguarding and compliance, representing the college with integrity while contributing to strategic priorities, partnerships and sustainable performance.
• Undertake teaching responsibilities commensurate with the level of the post as agreed for the curriculum area, including own timetable and cover as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide inspirational leadership to teaching teams to deliver consistently high-quality, innovative and challenging teaching that secures ambitious student outcomes, including strong value‑added, high achievement and positive progression destinations.
• Hold full accountability for the curriculum area’s performance, encompassing student outcomes, experience, safety and the quality of teaching, learning and assessment, while embedding a culture of high expectations, ambition and professional accountability.
• Lead the design, implementation and continuous review of coherent, well sequenced curriculum that meet student, employer and sector needs and align with local priorities, national policy and college strategic objectives.
• Maintain and apply up-to-date expertise in curriculum content, sector developments and contemporary pedagogy to drive continuous improvement in teaching, learning and assessment practice.
• Champion inclusive, ambitious and supportive learning environments, ensuring the effective use of learning support, initial assessment and resources so that all learners, including those with SEND and diverse needs, can thrive.
• Work proactively with employer facing colleagues and partners to embed meaningful employer engagement into curriculum design, delivery and the wider student experience.
• Plan, coordinate and manage timetabling, staffing and resources within agreed budgets to ensure effective curriculum delivery, efficient deployment of resources and financial sustainability.
• Ensure the effective delivery of tutorials and wider study programmes, supporting students’ personal development, employability, resilience and readiness for life and work beyond college.
• Promote high levels of engagement and attendance, including clear accountability for learners’ participation in maths and English, embedding these skills across the curriculum and supporting learners to overcome barriers linked to prior attainment.
• Lead and promote enrichment opportunities, including competitions, showcases and activities that extend learning beyond the classroom and raise student aspiration.
• Create and sustain a high-performance staff culture, celebrating success, sharing effective practice, supporting wellbeing and modelling sustainable, professional workload management.
• Recruit, induct, develop and performance manage staff effectively, providing clear expectations, coaching, mentoring and timely intervention where improvement is required, in partnership with Quality and HR.
• Lead rigorous quality assurance and improvement activity, including self assessment, quality improvement planning, observation of teaching, internal verification, moderation and effective liaison with external verifiers.
• Ensure the intelligent use of performance data by self and staff to monitor achievement, progress, attendance, retention and high grades, enabling timely, targeted interventions to improve learner outcomes.
• Ensure robust learner administration, safeguarding, data protection and compliance, while representing the college with professionalism through marketing, recruitment, partnerships and continuous professional development.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Experience delivering high-quality teaching, learning and assessment in FE, SEND or a similar educational setting.
• A proven track‑record of securing strong outcomes for students in FE or a similar educational setting, either within own classes or at departmental level.
• Experience managing the performance of staff, for example, through professional coaching/mentoring, appraisals, and improvement plans.
• Recent experience of successful curriculum planning, delivery and review.
• Specific technical skills if required for teaching responsibilities within the role (e .coding, accountancy)
• Experience and/or understanding of personal development, employability and/or life skills curriculum and qualifications.
• Relevant industry experience aligned to the subject area and qualification requirements.
• Experience involving industry professionals in the curriculum through guest lectures, visits, work experience placements and employer‑set projects.
• Be a clear, confident communicator able to explain complex ideas effectively.
• Be organised and efficient, managing time and priorities to meet deadlines.
• Positively and professionally respond to challenge and challenge others.
• Ability to motivate and coach staff and students to meet and exceed expectations and their potential
• Professional and ethical, modelling safe practice and high expectations.

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Up‑to‑date subject and industry knowledge, informed by current practice, research and employer requirements.
• A proven track‑record of securing strong outcomes for students in FE or a similar educational setting, either within own classes or at departmental level.
• Relevant qualifications linked to SEND and the curriculum area at or above the level of teaching responsibility.
• Recognized teaching qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed/DTLLS) or commitment to achieving one.
• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Math’s at Grade C/4 or above, or a commitment to obtain Level 2 Functional Skills alongside the post.

Desirable

• Any additional specialist qualifications where appropriate (e.g., Masters, leadership and management training).
• Knowledge and experience of the Ofsted inspection process.