Foundation Curriculum Team Leader

• To provide leadership to course teams including operational line management of staff
• To actively promote employer engagement activities
• Ensure that liaison is maintained with external awarding organisation verifiers, examination offices and internal business support departments such as Data & Funding and Marketing
• Actively promote the organisation Safeguarding and Equality and Diversity policy, encouraging staff awareness and participation
• Ensure all staff are effectively and efficiently deployed through efficient rooming and timetabling and use of agreed staff/student ratios
• Coach and develop staff and ensure appraisals and probationary reports are carried out that identify staff development needs and plan and manage continuous professional development activities for all staff in the team
• To support and where appropriate discipline learners in line with organisanal procedures
• Curriculum planning to inform the business planning process. 9. Understand the budget within the area and have an ability to inform on decision regarding expenditure
• Teach on academic programmes for an average of 15 hours per week per academic year
• To be responsible for all quality assurance within the area and that actions are taken and monitored to ensure consistent improvements are made
• To ensure that the team accepts responsibility for achieving and maintaining high levels of student attendance, retention and achievement and that these are regularly monitored
• Work with the Head of Curriculum and Quality to ensure the organisation course quality processes are followed and course review and selfassessments (SAR) prepared and consciously reviewed to include completion of the quality improvement plan (QIP)
• To understand and use central Organisation data to produce reports to inform both course teams and Quality Team and to understand their current performance levels
• To act as a lead IV for the department and ensure appropriate assessment, verification or moderation of student work. Manage the Internal Verification process within the department, ensuring all AO and Organisation procedures are followed appropriately in ensuring their rigorous implementation, their usein Self-Assessment and their compliance with Awarding Body directives and requirements
• Take specific responsibility for and manage the collection of analysis and reporting of learners’ satisfaction surveys across the team, including Employer surveys where applicable, creating an action plan to address issues arising and ensuring the effective implementation of that plan to produce the desired improvement
• In liaison with the Quality Improvement Officer, identify and organise training needs in relation to quality assurance and quality improvement
• Build & develop a team of teaching and support staff focussed in improving quality of the learners’ experience to include regular minuted team meetings. Learning & Teaching
• To promote outstanding standards of learning and teaching across the Curriculum area
• To ensure that teaching staff fully understand course / subject requirements and are aware of learner’s preferred learning styles
• To ensure that learners have an individual learning plan with clearly defined and measurable personal and course targets that are understood by learners and regularly reviewed by them
• To ensure the use of ICT, e-learning and e-portfolio is promoted in teaching and embedded across the curriculum as an enhancement to learning
• To report on a regular basis at the SMT and Quality Performance Review (QPR) on all aspects relating to courses / programme and further curriculum planning developments

Person Specification

• Considerable leadership capabilities and the ability to lead and develop staff in an era of change
• Expertise in the chosen curriculum area and knowledge of additional short courses/enrichment activities that will enhance the learner experience
• Experience of the role of personal tutor and or guidance of learners onto programmes, on-programme and progression routes and the delivery and assessment of tutorial programmes
• Proven experience and skills associated with the assessment and development of quality in Learning and Teaching, including observation of teaching and learning and staff development
• Experience of using organisation data systems (MIS) to monitor performance especially in year, resulting in actions being taken to ensure improvements are made timely
• Proven experience in managing effective quality systems in a curriculum area delivering successful improvement to maximise student achievement and satisfaction