Company Overview
MidKent College, a major further and higher education provider in southeast England, offers a wide variety of programs, including study programs, professional qualifications, and apprenticeships. The college received a “Good” rating from Ofsted in 2018.
Its £86 million Medway Campus in Gillingham, opened in 2009, features top-tier vocational training facilities. The Maidstone Campus underwent a £20 million redevelopment in 2013, creating excellent facilities and modern workshops and classrooms. This redevelopment also included a higher skills center for professional and higher education courses.
Job Description: IoT Curriculum Manager at MidKent College
About MidKent College:
MidKent College is a thriving further education institution with growing higher education (HE) provision. We are committed to providing high-quality education and helping our students and apprentices reach their full potential. We are a partner college in the South East Institute of Technology (IoT), which aims to be a center of excellence for construction and engineering, offering high-quality HE programs supported by state-of-the-art equipment, technology, and a dedicated teaching team.
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced manager to lead and manage our IoT provision. This role requires strong leadership skills, the ability to foster a culture of trust, collaboration, innovation, and accountability, as well as experience in curriculum development and driving continuous improvement.
About You:
You will have proven experience in curriculum management, preferably HE within an FE environment. You will be passionate about team development and thrive on supporting and motivating others to achieve shared goals. Please contact us if you are interested and would like an informal discussion.
Main Responsibilities:
This list outlines the key priorities of this role, as directed by your line manager, and is not exhaustive:
- Curriculum Leadership: Lead the curriculum team in preparing, developing, and implementing curriculum, teaching, and learning plans for the designated curriculum area, aligned with the College’s strategic plan. This includes assessing current and future needs and ensuring plans are robust and fit for purpose, meeting departmental and College requirements. This role includes a set number of teaching hours.
- Timetabling: Lead the delivery, development, and maintenance of effective timetables for IoT programs, considering physical resources (e.g., accommodation, specialist facilities) and optimizing human resources by balancing skills and experience and allocating classes appropriately.
- Performance Monitoring: Regularly monitor College, team, and individual targets (as specified by the Director of Curriculum), including student attendance, retention, achievement, and progress. Develop and implement strategies to support teaching staff in achieving key performance indicators and address underperformance.
- Quality Assurance: Lead the quality assurance of teaching and learning for the IoT curriculum and related courses across the College. Assess and drive quality improvements, promote and implement innovative best practices, and ensure continuous improvement.
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to all university quality and assessment processes and procedures within agreed timeframes. Ensure MidKent College complies with all Office for Students, QAA, and CMA requirements for its IoT HE provision.
- Business Planning: Work with the Director of Curriculum to lead the business planning process for the department. This includes research, analysis, data provision, and developing options and solutions based on program knowledge, student retention and achievement, and their impact on human, financial, and physical resources.
- Staff Management: Manage designated staff, including allocating duties, performance management, absence management, one-on-ones, timekeeping, leave approval, and the cost-effective use of overtime and time off in lieu. Ensure compliance with College policies and procedures and participate in staff recruitment and selection.
- Curriculum Development: Lead the development, design, and implementation of an innovative, employer-led curriculum in construction and engineering, collaborating with the curriculum team, apprenticeship team, and validating universities.
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