Subject Leader in HE Business - CS11961

Warwick College Group; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Royal Leamington Spa is seeking a HE Subject Leader to manage a specialist subject area. This role involves ensuring high-quality teaching and assessment, fostering student employability, and achieving institutional KPIs. The ideal candidate will possess an honours degree in a related subject and be a qualified teacher. Employee benefits include hybrid working opportunities, generous leave, and health support.

Benefits

Hybrid working opportunities

Generous leave entitlement

Comprehensive training programme

Health and wellbeing support

Free on-site gym

Discounted courses

Pension schemes

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Required Honours degree related to Business.
• Must be teacher qualified to level 5 (DET or PGCE).
• Desirable to have a Master’s Degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage teaching and learning in the specialist area.
• Ensure high-quality assessment and student progression.
• Support continuous improvement in the educational experience.

Skills

Core Teaching Competencies

Planning and Organising Learning

Demonstrating assessment skills

Driving student access and progression

Taking responsibility for subject specialist knowledge

Core Management Competencies

Education

Honours degree in a relevant subject

Teacher qualified to level 5

Job description

Overview

BACKGROUND TO THE POST

The HE Subject Leader is responsible for the management of a specialist subject area, with direct accountability for the success and positive progression of the higher education student cohort under the leadership of the Dean of Higher Education.

The post holder will ensure that each student in the specialist subject area has access to and receives an outstanding experience including high quality teaching, learning and assessment that will ensure our students develop WCG employability skills to gain a competitive advantage as they progress towards and along their chosen careers.

Whilst working within the core values and through continuous improvement, the post holder will develop the specialist subject area to meet or exceed the College’s KPIs.

The person appointed will report to the Dean of Higher Education.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (THE CHILDREN’S ACT 1989)

Any offers of appointment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly CRB), a certificate of good conduct if applicable, plus receipt of satisfactory references, Occupational Health clearance, an understanding of safeguarding and qualifications verification. An Enhanced DBS check is required for this position as you will be working within 'Regulated Activity' within a specific place (i.e. the College).

This role is classed as working within Regulated Activity. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. By applying for this position, you agree to an Enhanced DBS check in line with DBS regulations.

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Main Tasks

• Teaching, Learning & Assessment
• Management
• Quality improvement

Qualifications & Competencies

To be successful in the role the post holder will need to demonstrate:

• A. Core Teaching Competencies
• B. Planning and Organising Learning
• C. Demonstrating assessment skills
• D. Driving student access and progression
• E. Taking responsibility for subject specialist knowledge
• F. Core Management Competencies

In order to support during busy exam periods, you may be asked to undertake exam invigilator duties. The College will provide training.

The list of duties is not exhaustive but outlines the main features of the post at appointment and may vary as the job evolves without affecting the nature of the duties or the responsibility level.

Offers of Work

For the successful candidate a conditional offer of work will be made. Our offer of work will be conditional upon a number of mandatory pre-employment checks, to include but not limited to: DBS, Barred List check, right to work check, internet search, TRA check (academic posts).

Employee Benefits

When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:

• The opportunity to apply for Hybrid working
• Generous leave entitlement plus up to 4 free College Closure days a year
• Comprehensive training programme
• Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers
• Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG
• The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield
• Free on-site gym
• Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted hair & beauty treatments in our college salons
• Pension schemes
• Free will writing service
• Free car parking on-site

Teaching Qualifications

The College values having a fully trained workforce to provide outstanding instructing and learning for our students, and has supportive teacher training pathways to help new colleagues thrive from day one. All student facing staff will be enrolled on our 8 week Teaching Essentials course as part of our onboarding programme.

And if you're not yet teacher qualified, don’t worry — you’ll follow a tailored training route linked to your role, with full guidance from our Quality Department after your appointment to get on to the Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET).

Essential Attainments:

• Honours degree (level 6) in a subject related to the specialist subject area (Business).
• Teacher qualified to level 5 (such as a DET or PGCE), or Fellow of the HE Academy

Desirable Attainments:

• Master’s Degree (level 7)