Programme Leader English

**Description**:
**Working Pattern: 36 hours / 48 weeks inclusive of Annual Entitlement**

**Job Purpose**
- **_Please note that the interviews will be held on 23rd April 2024, included will be a Q&A and an In Tray Exercise._**

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Team management responsibilities**
- Responsible for the day-to-day organisation (including appraisal) of specialist staff allocated to the programme area of English.
- Promote excellence in teaching, learning, assessment and support through own practice and support the teaching team to achieve outstanding standards.
- Provide appropriate reports to senior staff and other relevant colleagues about the English provision
- Ensure that equality of opportunity is fully reflected in all aspects of the work.
- Work with the relevant senior staff to provide effective leadership of a curriculum team including:

- Allocate duties, including timetables
- Create and maintain effective working relationships
- Enhance team performance
- Appraisals and regular 1:1 meetings
- Conduct team meetings

**Curriculum planning/delivery**
- 0.3 Contact Hours
- Undertake programme leadership responsibility including oversight of assessment, examinations processes, and Quality Assurance processes for the English department.
- Ensure that the English curriculum area programmes are developed, designed, delivered and assessed in a relevant way and on a flexible basis to meet learner and employer needs.
- Plan and deliver teaching/learning programmes using a flexible range of strategies, delivery, and assessment methods to maintain the high expectations of learners.
- Monitor and evaluate the attendance, success and progression of students within the programme area of English.
- Ensure effective liaison with Awarding Organisations, including identification of appropriate accreditation, exam entries and necessary actions arising from verifiers reports.
- Coordinate regular programme/course review meetings with agreed schedules with agendas and minutes circulated and to promote collaborative working
- Contribute to the monitoring of Key Performance Indicators and targets within the area
- Support the direct line management and Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning to maximise the cost effectiveness within the programme area.
- Ensure that effective curriculum planning and use of resources in the area meets the needs and demands of the college's strategic direction and financial imperatives.
- Contribute to the Department SAR (Self-Assessment Report) and QIP (Quality Improvement Plan) as part of the Self-Assessment process.
- Act as Lead IQA.
- Maintain and contribute to data sets for the English department

**Cross college role/s**
- Create and maintain working relationships that promote effective and impactful cross-college communication
- Contribute to the development of Cross College promotion activities e.g. open events, interviews, and taster sessions.
- Participate in the development and marketing of the English department programmes and initiatives.
- Maintain effective Quality Standards within the programme area ensuring compliance with Quality Assurance processes where appropriate including:

- Programme/course Self-Assessment
- New Course Approval
- Assessment Planning,
- Co-ordination of the IQA process,
- Maintain quality of Teaching, Learning, Support and Assessment by sharing good practice.

**_QAC complies with Safeguarding guidelines and all appointees are required to have a DBS Check and two references._**

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Essential**
- Degree or equivalent professional qualifications.
- Level 5 Teaching Qualification (as a minimum)
- GCSE English and maths grade 4 or above (or equivalent)
- Level 3 in Subject Area (maths)
- Evidence of continuing professional development and/or a track record in research.
- Enthusiasm, vision, drive, adaptability and resilience.
- Able to demonstrate a passionate approach to the student experience
- Able to lead by example in promoting the college’s vision and holding high expectations of self, staff and learners.
- Able to use creativity and imagination to anticipate and solve problems.
- Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise workload
- A “can-do” approach focused on achievement and continuous improvement.
- Able to think strategically and work in collaboration with others towards strategic goals.
- Track record of planning for quality improvement, and the ability to respond to student quality issues
- Experience of managing the link between target setting, planning, quality and funding.
- Proven experience of analysing data and KPIs to improve quality and identify issues within the area
- Able to manage time effectively and prioritise work to achieve timescales at self/team and cross college level.
- Successfully achieving balance between work priorities and assuring own health & well-being.
- Personal resilience and ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Proven experie