We have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and engaging Curriculum Area Manager to join our Professional & Leisure Services Department to lead our Hair, Beauty, Barbering & Business provision.
The successful candidate will ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of students, the business and the community and that students receive an outstanding learning experience whilst ensuring quality, recruitment, staffing and financial targets are met. As a manager leading a curriculum area, you will provide inspirational leadership for staff and students and embed our values: Respectful, Inclusive, Trust, Inspirational & Aspirational.
Responsibilities include:
1. To be responsible for the performance, management and development of the curriculum area staff, including setting targets, monitoring KPIs, managing performance, attendance, recruitment, AWAMs, induction, appraisals and curriculum-related staff development.
2. To deputise for the Head of Department as appropriate.
3. To ensure full compliance first time with all College procedures and systems and report on these via KPIs. To ensure appropriate records, registers, staff and student timetables are maintained and available as required by internal management information systems and external audit regimes.
4. To liaise with the Head of Department to enable the curriculum area budget allocation to be deployed efficiently and effectively; provide course costings and information relating to resources, ensuring that a quality experience for students and appropriate working resources and development is in place for staff.
5. To ensure effective management of the physical resources of a Curriculum Area and maintain a safe and secure learning environment by ensuring regular risk assessments are undertaken.
6. To contribute to the collegial culture, mission and strategic objectives and to work with colleagues in the department and other curriculum and service/support areas across the College.
7. To support the Head of the Department in the planning, innovation, design and development of curriculum provision and cross College marketing activities.
8. To manage within the curriculum area the guidance, selection, admission and progression of students and deal with matters relating to their performance, achievement, conduct and discipline as well as complaints.
9. To ensure that 16-19 provision within the curriculum area meet the requirements and guidelines for study programmes including compliance with maths and English conditions of funding and work experience
10. To ensure planning and delivery of AEB, NSF and Loans funded provision meets the target enrolment and budget allocation annually