The School of Vocational and Technical Studies at South Thames College are seeking a Team Leader – someone to drive and manage outstanding quality teaching, learning, assessment, and tutorial support to students, to maximise achievement and continuous improvement.
Whilst delivering the Level 1 and Level 2 Multi-Skills curriculum, you will assist in leading, managing and monitoring the curriculum area to ensure that achievement rates meet or exceed targets. You will ensure high quality student learning and coordinate schemes of work, assessment schedules and student monitoring. Providing coordination and leadership to delivery teams, you will ensure the effective and efficient use of resources allocated to the curriculum and contribute to the future direction and planning of the curriculum.
We’re looking for someone who is qualified to degree level and who has recent experience of teaching Multi-Skills in an FE College. Committed to managing overall effective performance of a team, you will have strong evidence of outstanding teaching, learning and assessment and of effective employer engagement in curriculum design and delivery.
Able to work under pressure and to strict validating body deadlines, you will have strong working knowledge of current framework for teaching, learning, assessment and quality assurance and have a successful record of setting and implementing target setting, monitoring and reviewing progress.
Please note that this post is funded for the 2024/25 academic year so the successful candidate would not be expected to commence in post prior to August 2024.
Subject to a cost of living review from 1 August, the successful candidate will be eligible for any subsequent increase in salary.
Closing date for the return of completed applications is 2nd May 2024.
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 37 days plus up to 7 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. This leave is all in addition to Bank Holiday entitlement. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.
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