Curriculum Manager (Sports and Public Services) - Buckinghamshire College Group

Location: Aylesbury

Overview

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, highly skilled, motivated, passionate, forward thinking and supportive Curriculum Manager – Sports & Public Services. This is a full time role (37hrs per week / all year round) based at our Aylesbury and Wycombe Campus.

Salary Type: £46,473

Salary details: The salary is £46,473 per annum. Range 14 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37

Closing date: 07/01/2025 00:00

Interviews to be held: Aylesbury

About us

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

Website: https://www.buckscollegegroup.ac.uk

About the role

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, highly skilled, motivated, passionate, forward thinking and supportive Curriculum Manager – Sports & Public Services. This is a full time role (37hrs per week / all year round) based at our Aylesbury and Wycombe Campus.

The successful candidate will bring a good knowledge of academic quality within Further Education, strong knowledge of teaching, learning and assessment and proven experience of dealing with curriculum processes in order to drive improvement. The chosen candidate will also have the ability to develop effective working relationships at all levels within the College and beyond from both an academic and professional service perspective. By joining our College your expertise will play a real part in shaping young people’s development and transforming their lives.

We believe that education should inspire and develop our future generations and as Curriculum Manager – Sports & Public Services you will be able to:

To deliver outstanding student success through operational leadership and management of a team of staff including lecturers, business support staff and external partners.
To line manage a high performing team of staff and support the team’s development.
To ensure that the curriculum offer meets the needs of students, employers and local stakeholders.
To utilise business planning strategies to ensure growth and sustainability, including staff utilisation, resources, financial management to provide a distinctive high quality student experience.
To embed an aspirational culture with students and staff across the curriculum area
Set high expectations for learners and staff in order to develop an outstanding team

If you're ready to take on this challenging yet rewarding role, apply now and join us in our mission to empower every student to reach their full potential!

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

Pension scheme - LGPS (21% employer contribution)
30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
A wide range of learning - access to free training & continuous professional development
A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon
24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. 

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

Closing date for applications is the 7th January 2025, with interviews taking place shortly after.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About you

As per person spec.

Other information

All applications need to be completed on the Bucks College website.
https://ce0335li.webitrent.com/ce0335li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=612290007I&VACANCY_ID=52071249J8 

Commitment to Safeguarding
BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

  • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
  • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.