Company Overview
Activate Learning is an innovative education group that integrates secondary, further, and higher education with apprenticeships, workforce training, consultancy, commercial ventures, and social enterprise. All these entities share a common goal: to transform lives through learning.
Our unique learning philosophy is based on understanding how people learn most effectively and creating an environment conducive to their success. We are committed to ensuring our learners’ future employability throughout their lives.
We accomplish this by cultivating both the technical and essential soft skills needed to thrive. Our learners develop confidence, self-awareness, resilience, and creativity—qualities vital for success in a competitive global market.
We strive to go “further than education” by igniting confidence and expanding opportunities for our people in ways that invigorate communities, strengthen businesses, and stimulate economic growth.
Curriculum Manager (Lifestyles) – Maternity Cover
Lifestyles is seeking a maternity cover for a key leadership position, directly overseeing the Early Years, Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, and English and Maths departments. This role also includes overall responsibility for the Lifestyles faculty’s performance in Reading, working in conjunction with the existing Curriculum Lead who manages Beauty, Hairdressing, Hospitality, Media Makeup, Protective Services, and Sport.
With a student body exceeding 3,000 across 13 locations, encompassing ages 14-16, 16-18, adult full and part-time courses, apprenticeships, and HE programs (including Animal Management, Beauty, Care, Early Years, Hairdressing, Hospitality, Media Makeup, Protective Services, Sport, and Travel and Tourism), the Lifestyles faculty plays a vital role in this diverse educational environment.
The successful candidate will provide continuity and build upon the leadership team’s successful track record of delivering exceptional experiences for both students and staff.
This is a full-time, fixed-term position covering maternity leave, anticipated to last until April 2026.
What We’re Looking For:
To excel as the Curriculum Manager (Lifestyles) at Activate Learning, you will:
- Possess proven leadership experience at a Faculty Management level, along with a deep understanding of effective, evidence-based teaching, learning, and assessment, and how to monitor it effectively.
- Have a demonstrable history of raising standards and improving learner outcomes. In addition to a teaching qualification, you will possess highly developed practitioner skills, showcasing cutting-edge teaching and learning practices.
- Demonstrate an inspiring and genuine leadership style, coupled with excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
- Embody the attributes, behaviors, and track record essential to our Learning Philosophy-driven culture, which prioritizes learners and learning at the core of the organization.
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