Curriculum Manager

Curriculum Manager (Health, Animal Management and Land Based and Sports and Public Services)

Location: Rotherham

Salary: A GBP 47,942 per annum

Our client's main goal is to be an outstanding education and training provider, and this is at the heart of everything that they do. To help them achieve this, they are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative, and dynamic individuals to join their existing teams. To be a part of the team, they will expect you to be committed to their values too.

The Role

In this key role, you will have responsibility for the Curriculum provision at one of their College Campuses. You will be required to provide dynamic leadership in the day-to-day operations in these areas. Working as the lead for Curriculum at the College, you will play a significant part in linking with the local authority and local employers in supporting the local skills improvement plan and economic growth.

In this challenging role, you will have the skills and vision to continually develop the curriculum, ensuring that the offer meets the needs of learners, employers, and addresses local and commercial priorities. Their main goal is to ensure that their learners have great learning experiences, achieve outstanding success, and develop the work skills for their future.

You will support the Senior Leadership Team of the Group by leading on the design and delivery of the curriculum at the Valley College and projects across the Group. The Group is looking to recruit a talented individual who has expert curriculum knowledge and industry expertise in at least one of the curriculum areas specific to this role.

You will lead on the curriculum development to ensure programmes are innovative and have a clear intent so that they are preparing their students to be the workforce of the future. You will take a leading role in developing strong business engagement and community links to maximize the learner experience regarding projects and work placement opportunities. You will work with stakeholders across the sector to establish clear progression pathways for learners. You will develop strong relationships with the local authority, local schools, and employers and successfully develop and implement a learner recruitment strategy that ensures learner numbers and financial targets are achieved.

As operational lead for the curriculum areas, you will report directly to the Director of Campus and line manage teaching, support, and technical staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality education and training and successful commercial opportunities linked to the curriculum. You will set high expectations for learner success and proactively drive forward college strategies for the curriculum, quality improvement, digital learning, and business engagement which will support the Group's ambition to become outstanding.

Skills and Qualifications

• You will have experience of managing a successful Curriculum department with expertise in one or more of the curriculum areas covered within this role and have proven experience and knowledge of providing a curriculum that responds to the emerging employment market and new innovative technologies.
• You will have level 2 literacy and numeracy, a teaching qualification, and a management qualification or evidence of recent development training.

Department Info

As Curriculum Manager, you will lead a team across a range of subject specialisms, including Curriculum Team Leaders and Lecturers. You will work closely with other Curriculum Managers across the campus and wider Group, reporting directly to the Director of Campus for the Valley College.

Benefits

• Access to teachers' pensions scheme
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year including closure during the Christmas period
• Access to their gyms, restaurants, and salons
• Staff health and wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Full, part-time, and flexible working hours available in many roles.