Quality / Curriculum Manager - Apprenticeships and Funded Programs

Quality / Curriculum Manager - Apprenticeships and Funded Programs

Acton / Hybrid - opportunity to work from home up to 2 days a week.

Full-time

Pay: Up to £45,000.00 per year

The Role

In this role you will have an outstanding opportunity to provide professional support in all aspects of curriculum development and delivery, quality assurance, student support, placement, and assessment. This will also include associated organisational, administrative and line management responsibilities.

• Curriculum management and curriculum improvement
• Operational responsibility for curriculum delivery (Teaching, Learning & Assessment)
• Ensure quality assurance process across all provision and services
• Line management of teaching staff
• Student performance and achievement

To provide support to the Operations Manager and the Apprenticeship Delivery Manager, using specialist vocational expertise, in development and overseeing the curriculum areas.

You will be a member of the Teaching Observation Team to support the improvement of teaching, learning and assessment and the standardisation / assurance of the process.

Role Responsibilities:

1. Curriculum and Quality

• Lead on curriculum innovation and development
• Manage course quality and subject review activities and self-assessment, ensuring that courses are matched to student need, and that actions are in place to improve teaching, learning and assessment
• Identify areas for improvement, implementing an action plan to address these, and monitoring its impact
• Manage the Quality Improvement Process across the organisation working closely with the head of other departments to ensure Contract Compliance, stakeholder feedback, and Inspection Readiness (Ofsted, etc)
• Manage external examination arrangements and liaison with examination bodies
• Lead to improve teaching, learning and Assessment. Leading on observations including IAGs
• Work closely with the Apprenticeship Delivery Manager to ensure that area meets our targets as well as Ofsted and employers requirements.
• Work closely with the Lead IQA to ensure IQA and EQA requirements are met as part of the wider Quality Improvement process.
• Work closely with the Business Development Team to improve learner and employer recruitment and Information, Advice and Guidance
• Lead a team of staff to ensure that the our strategic vision is fully and successfully implemented
• Lead on identifying and delivering the Continuous Professional Development of colleagues across the organisation ensuring the delivery is consistent with Best Practice within the FE sector.
• Keep informed of latest research and developments relating to the mode of study you manage and use this information to inform best practice in curriculum planning and delivery
• Plan a current and future curriculum that responds to local need and produce a resource plan for its efficient implementation
• Ensure an excellent student experience in lessons and work with Student Support to deliver enrichment and appropriate support for individuals
• Track student progress and implement effective and timely interventions to support improvement
• Manage efficient allocation of both staffing and non-staffing resources in the department, including planning and managing the budget for the mode of study
• Use data to strategically improve student and staff performance
• Take responsibility for the recruitment, induction, appraisal, probation, development, and training of line-managed staff, and ensure effective teams are developed
• Carry out allocated teaching, assessing & associated duties in an appropriate curriculum area.

1. Student Support

• Co-ordinate the pastoral programme (tutorials, personal development, careers advice etc.)
• Liaise with the staff or agency responsible for student support, including basic and functional skills, to ensure student needs are met
• Line manage the ALS Tutor and ensure effective learning support is provided to relevant learners and appropriate documentation of all support is maintained to ensure funding compliance
• Oversee and monitor student admissions, enrolment, induction, and progression
• Be responsible for promoting good student attendance, punctuality, and discipline

1. Team management

• Lead and build a team of staff, running regular team meetings to ensure good communications are in place across the team
• Encourage collaborative working, sharing of good practice and debate about teaching, learning and assessment
• Consult on planning and ensure a team approach to quality issues
• Encourage peer observation, learning walks and quality visits to other providers

1. External focus/liaison

• Undertake external liaison as required for the suite of all courses managed
• Keep up to date with strategic developments in the curriculum areas and local and national initiatives which might impact on the area and ensure through visits to other institutions that best practice is disseminated across the team.
• Ensure marketing materials (fact sheets, course guides) are produced on time and in the correct format, having consulted with the Operations and Compliance Manager. Work proactively to promote the programme through participative recruitment activities: taster sessions, open days, visits

Person Specification:

• Educated to degree level or professional qualification which is appropriate to work
• A recognised teaching qualification – level 4 or above
• Possess assessor and internal verifier qualifications
• Teaching, assessing and IQA experience
• Evidence of raising the quality of provision across subject areas
• Evidence of managing quality of delivery across a range of funding streams
• Have an excellent knowledge of Ofsted and the latest Education Inspection Framework, and demonstrate good previous experience of successful inspections
• Detailed knowledge and experience of current teaching, learning, and assessing strategies
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Competence in IT and its use in teaching, learning, and assessing
• Have an awareness and understanding of Safeguarding, Prevent and E&D and how to embed these into the curriculum and the wider organisation

Working knowledge of:

• Quality processes and procedures
• Retention, achievement, and success rates
• Current teaching & learning pedagogy
• Ofsted requirements and frameworks for FE and Apprenticeship
• IQA and Quality Assurance processes

Desirable:

• Teaching, assessing and IQA: 1 year (required)
• Similar role: 1 year (required)
• Teaching Certificate or equivalent (PTTLS etc)
• Assessor/Verifier award (D32/33/34, A1, V1, TAQA, CAVA)

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