Curriculum Area Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Queen Alexandra College

Description

Join our team at Queen Alexandra College as a Curriculum Area Manager.

As our current Curriculum Area Manager prepares for a well-deserved retirement, we are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to continue the legacy of excellence in our Preparation for Life (PfL) curriculum area.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of our students and are ready to take on this exciting opportunity, we invite you to apply for the role of Curriculum Area Manager.

Help us continue to support our students in achieving positive outcomes.

The closing date for this post is Friday 3rd May 2024 at 12 pm.

Should you be shortlisted for this post, will contact you before 5 pm on Friday 3rd May to invite you to interview.

We will conduct first stage interviews on Tuesday 7th May 2024.


Working Pattern: 37 Hours per week 5 Days a Week 52 weeks inclusive of annual leave entitlement. On site.

Key Responsibilities

The Curriculum Area Manager (CAM) will provide strong and positive leadership to the Preparation for Life (PfL) curriculum area within our independent specialist college of further education. You will support the ongoing development and delivery of a high-quality curriculum provision, that meets the needs of a wide range of students, ensuring our students have an exceptional learning experience and achieve positive outcomes. You will lead and manage the Tutors within your curriculum area to ensure a high standard of teaching and organisation, that meets the requirements of the ESFA funded curriculum provision. You will report to the Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning, working collaboratively to ensure the curriculum area is planned, recorded, monitored and impact assessed to meet the student needs.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of the key responsibilities.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Please refer to the Person Specification attached to the Job Description.

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills,
personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to QAC. Please take time to
review the job description above.

Please upload a CV/Resume* with details of your full employment history (since leaving school,
including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in
employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you
believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and
person specification requirements. Your CV/Resume* will be re-produced in a standard format by
the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from
engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The College's Safeguarding Policies are
available here.

As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in
September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may
enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review
online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process. As part
of your application we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for
any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on,
or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you
are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further
information.

Queen Alexandra College (QAC) is a national residential College and registered charity that supports a diverse range of student/client abilities and needs.

Our College provides education, training, routes to independent living and employment through an innovative, holistic approach to learning and support.

QAC offers a vibrant, varied and fun educational experience for both residential and day students. Our curriculum aims to maximise adult life, independence and work opportunities for all students. Class sizes are small and support levels high.
All students, clients and staff are supported within safe and well-resourced environments.

We have educational and learning sites based in Birmingham, one of Europe's most welcoming and vibrant cities, with a rich and diverse culture.

Our main site is based in Harborne, a pleasant leafy Birmingham suburb, on a friendly and green 8-acre campus with excellent facilities and resources.

As QAC has grown, we now have new educational and learning sites – Pinewood Campus (dedicated to employment progression) and Umberslade Campus (dedicated to horticulture and outdoor learning).

QAC makes a positive difference to the lives and learning of people with disabilities and learning difficulties. We have high expectations of staff, students and clients whilst being responsive, innovative and collaborative. Our College values drive how we work with students, clients, stakeholders and as a team.

We continue to attract and retain staff of the highest calibre, who are proud of QAC's achievements and who wish to be an integral part of ongoing and future successes.

As Leaders in Diversity which drives the culture at QAC and we warmly welcome applications from individuals who share our values, from all backgrounds, to add to our committed and diverse team.