Programme Director Engineering

Ashford College; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in Canterbury is seeking a Programme Director for Engineering to lead curriculum development and enhance student success. This role requires a qualified individual with teaching experience and strong leadership skills to ensure high-quality learning and assessment. The successful candidate will be passionate about shaping the future careers of students and fostering an inclusive learning environment. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits offered.

Benefits

Generous holiday pattern

Competitive pension scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing and health support

Exclusive discounts and perks

Flexible personal leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in teaching and vocational roles.
• Ability to assess and track student progress.
• Experience in curriculum delivery and accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Plan a distinctive curriculum aligned with local skills requirements.
• Lead and coordinate the delivery team.
• Support and assess students' coursework.

Skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Teaching experience

Curriculum development

Leadership skills

Education

Qualified teacher status

Job description

About The Role

Innovate Learning, Unlock Potential, Shape Student Success - Join us as Programme Director for Engineering

This is predominantly a teaching role, with the expectation to support development of the curriculum area. We are seeking to appoint either a Lecturer or Programme Director in our Engineering Department at Canterbury College.

The salary for these roles is as follows:

• Lecturer: £36,110 up to £39,560 (FTE) per annum.
• Programme Director: £41,810 up to £44,110 (FTE) per annum.

As a Programme Director at EKC Group you will plan a highly relevant and distinctive curriculum to meet local/regional skills requirements, and the needs of the student, in liaison with the department leadership team to support outstanding progression for students.

You will also lead and coordinate the delivery team so all students receive up-to-date course information during their time at college. Youll create course/programme activities to support student understanding of the objectives, assessment schedules and requirements in line with awarding body criteria, including the course handbook, as well as teaching, supporting and assessing students coursework.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern - aligned with our academic calendar
• Competitive Pension Scheme - 28% employer contribution
• Learning and Development Opportunities - 3-4 annual paid group development days and bespoke training programmes with strong internal progression; 1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• Culture and Recognition - Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation aiming for net-zero by 2030
• Wellbeing and Health Support - Generous sick pay, health checks, free flu jabs, free eye tests, glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return-to-work support
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks - Restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Flexible Personal Leave - Time off for childs first day at nursery/school/college, moving homes and for interviews

About You

You will be highly organised, creative and able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress, to further plan intervention will be a vital part of the role and ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be passionate about making a difference to the future careers of our students, providing academic leadership and guidance in this area and managing the curriculum delivery and accreditation. Teaching and vocational experience is essential and strong leadership skills are desirable.

This is the ideal opportunity for a proven teacher or lecturer to progress their career to the next stage as you will oversee the curriculum provision from the beginning, building relationships with key stakeholders as well as delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment.

It is a requirement for teaching experience and qualified teacher status for this position.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us at [e-mail]

Salary and Notes

Please note that there are two salary scale points for Programme Director positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale after one full academic year as Programme Director, subject to approval. Internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale; please seek clarification.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider - East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. Our colleagues place students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything we do across EKC Group, reflected in our strong skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding - We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and carry out checks to ensure staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, including conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing. It is a criminal offence to apply for a post involving regulated activity with children if you are barred from doing so. Suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored at interview if shortlisted.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase diversity and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer, with commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare a disability and meet essential criteria, and to exploring reasonable adjustments for health needs or disability. We also commit to Care Leavers and Armed Forces personnel pathways with interview commitments as applicable. We welcome flexible working and note we do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.