Description
Organisational Information
MidKent College is a thriving further education institution with a growing HE provision. We are passionate about delivering high-quality education and ensuring our students and apprentices achieve their full-potential.
The College is a partner college in the South East’s Institute of Technology, the vision of the IoT is for it to be a centre of excellence for the sectors of construction and engineering by offering high quality higher education programmes, supported by state of the art equipment and technology and a dedicated teaching team.
The role
We are seeking an experienced manager to lead and manage our IoT provision. This role requires an individual who excels in team leadership, fostering a culture of trust, collaboration, innovation and accountability, along with curriculum development and driving continuous improvements.
About you
You will have proven experience of curriculum management, preferably of HE within an FE environment, be passionate about team development and thrive on supporting and motivating others to achieve shared goals.
If you are interested in this role and would like an informal chat please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Main Responsibilities and Duties:
The following is an indication of the type and level of the main priorities expected of this role as directed by your line manager and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties or tasks:
1. Lead the curriculum team in the preparation, development and implementation of curriculum, teaching and learning delivery plans for the designated curriculum specialism, in accordance with the strategic plan set for the College, assessing immediate and short-term needs, ensuring that all such plans remain robust and fit for purpose in accordance with departmental and College requirements. This will include personal delivery of a set number of teaching hours as agreed with the Director of Curriculum.
2. Lead on the delivery, development and maintenance of effective timetables for programmes across the IoT, taking account of physical resources e.g. accommodation, relevant specialist facilities etc., ensuring the optimum use of human resources, balancing skills and experience and allocating classes to match the available amount of contact hours.
3. Monitor on a daily/ weekly basis, all College, team and individual targets as specified by the Director of Curriculum, in particular, monitoring student attendance, retention, achievement and progress against student starting points, developing and implementing strategies to assist teaching staff in the achievement of key performance indicators, whilst ensuring that all such targets are monitored and appropriate steps taken to address underperformance.
4. Lead on the quality assurance of teaching and learning for the curriculum across the Institute and/ or related courses across the College, assessing and driving quality improvements, promoting and implementing innovative and best practice techniques, to ensure the continued and sustained improvement of quality in these areas covering short to medium term activity and targets for the department.
5. Ensure all university quality and assessment processes and procedures are accurately followed within university agreed timeframes and that MidKent College is compliant with all Office for Students, QAA and CMA requirements in delivering its IoT HE provision.
6. Working with the Director of Curriculum lead the business planning process for the designated department, by undertaking research and analysis, providing data and ideas, options and solutions based on the knowledge of programmes, student retention and achievement and their impact on both human, financial and physical resources.
7. Manage all designated staff, taking responsibility for allocation of duties, performance, absence management, 1-2-1s, time keeping, approval of annual leave etc., and the cost effective use of overtime, allocation of additional contact hours and time off in lieu for staff, ensuing full compliance with relevant College policies and procedures at all times. This will include participating in recruitment and selection of staff as required.
8. Lead on the development, design and implementation of an innovative employer-led curriculum in the construction and engineering fields working alongside the curriculum team, apprenticeship team and validating universities
All staff are required to:
* Complete mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in accordance with the number of hours set for their Department.
* Travel between sites as and when required in accordance with their job role.
* Undertake occasional evening and weekend work to meet the needs of the service.
* Comply with and understand all aspects of legislation and College policies and processes relating to safeguarding, including promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
* Form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
* Comply with, understand and promote statutory and college best practice in Health & Safety at a level relevant to the role and responsibilities held by the post holder.
* Comply with, understand and promote statutory and college best practice in respect of GDPR at a level relevant to the role and responsibilities held by the post holder.
* Have access to confidential information which should not be disclosed to any other person unless in pursuit of your duties in compliance with GDPR or with the specific permission given on behalf of the College.
* Actively take responsibility for their personal learning and development (informal and formal) reviewing and reflecting on their performance within their current role.
* Promote, adhere to, understand and put into practice all college policies and procedures.
* Positively support equality of opportunity and equity of treatment to colleagues and students in accordance with the MidKent College Equal Opportunities Policy.
* Attend and complete all mandatory training sessions or on-line computer based training packages as required by the college.
* Undertake any other duties consistent with the key responsibilities and/or duties of this role as directed by your manager.
Benefits
Health & Wellbeing:
Access to a Workplace Health Coach
Benenden Health & Health Assured services
Support for Eye Checks & Glasses
Health Checks
Menopause Mentors & Counselling Services
Mental Health First Aid & Musculoskeletal Advice
Stop Smoking Support & Help for Alcohol or Substance Use
“Get Moving” Physical Activity Programs & Healthy Living Support
Work-Life Balance:
Flexible Working Options to suit your needs
Generous Annual Leave
Up to 5 Volunteering Days per year
Wellbeing, Community, and Focus Days
Free Parking on all Sites
Career Development:
Learning & Development Opportunities
Internal Development Schemes & Aspiring Managers Programme
Pay Progression & Honoraria Payments
Recognition & Rewards:
One You Rewards & Recognition Schemes
Campus Resources & Support
You at Work
Long Service Awards & Retirement Bonus
Teachers Pension / Local Government Pension Plans
A GOOD local College for Maidstone and Medway
Every year over 6000 students from Medway, Maidstone and beyond choose MidKent College to continue their studies and prepare for their future career.
Our sparkling campuses in Maidstone and Medway boast some of the best vocational training facilities in the country as well as staff and student social zones and more. Our University Centre Maidstone campus provides a valuable higher education and professional training centre for Maidstone, including South East Institute of Technology and the College's Home Energy Centre. Additionally, in September 2024 we proudly opened Medway School of Arts in Chatham's Historic Dockyard.
All of our campuses benefit from ongoing investment programmes so that we can provide fantastic learning environments for our students.
For over 100 years we've been providing high-quality technical training and apprenticeships in a range of subject areas.
In November 2018 Ofsted rated the College as 'Good'.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding of all our students and staff. This means everyone who works here is required to actively protect them from preventable harm. Our recruitment and selection process includes background checks which will be undertaken on the successful applicant, including an enhanced DBS, and in your application you are required to demonstrate how you meet the Colleges requirements on safeguarding.
The background checks will be carried-out in accordance with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice. The DBS helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. We operate in accordance with the DBS Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy. You can access both of these documents at https://www.midkent.ac.uk/about-us/policy-and-privacy-information
MidKent College is committed to safeguarding and the Prevent Agenda and to promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. MKC complies fully with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Code of Practice regarding the correct handling, storage, retention and disposal of Disclosures and Disclosure information, and undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a disclosure on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.
Since the post for which you are applying may involve unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults, it will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or young people. Candidates who are preliminarily offered a position for such posts will be required to disclose details, cautions (including final warnings or reprimands), or convictions which are not "protected" as defined by the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 or any other matters that may be relevant to their suitability to work for the College including sanctions relating to work with children in any country outside of the UK.
Please note that the College is unable to consider an application further if the candidate declines to complete the Disclosure form.
Commitment to Equal Opportunities
As a proud user of the disability confident scheme the College is committed to equal opportunities and celebrates the diversity of staff and students. As part of our commitment to the scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.