Programme Leader in Computing

Job Title: Programme Leader

Job description:
Overall purpose:
The Programme Leader role is a key postholder in our academic management structure. The role involves the academic and line management responsibilities for a specific programme and associate staff. There will be a limited number of teaching hours associatedto the role, but responsibility will be for ensuring the programme meets the associated learning, teaching and assessment requirements and an excellent academic experience for the students. The role will be hybrid with associated duties both on-campus andonline.

Specific duties and responsibilities:
The key responsibilities of a programme leader are to:

- Manage the day-to-day delivery of the programme.
- Ensure a positive academic student experience.
- Monitor, review and enhance the teaching learning and assessment of a programme
- Manage and ensure all assessments and marking are delivered appropriately and to the required standard.
- Work with both internal and external stakeholders to support the management of the programme.

Academic Management:
The post holder will
- Provide line management for named Lecturers and Associate Lecturers as allocated by the Head of School (or deputy).
- Ensure that each new Lecturer/Associate Lecturer under your line management receives a full academic and staff induction in line with college policies and procedures.
- Provide communication, guidance, and support to all staff for which you are allocated line management responsibility.
- Liaise with other Programme Leaders and Senior Lecturers as appropriate to ensure that staff under your management receive appropriate operational guidance and communication when teaching on programmes that are not your immediate responsibility.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment:
The post holder will
- Ensure that all aspects of the programme comply with the Academic Regulations for the Taught Programmes.
- Ensure that relevant Programme Handbook, programme and module specifications are current and maintained and staff briefed appropriately.
- Ensure that the programme learning outcomes are fit for purpose and that module learning outcomes are aligned to them.
- Ensure that programme and module changes are appropriately considered at School level and is carried out in line with the Colleges or university partners’ Programme Design, Approval and Amendment Procedure.
- Liaise with administrative staff to ensure the programmes are appropriately administered.

Student support
The post holder will
- Facilitate student registration on the programme in conjunction with appropriate administrative staff (at regular start points and for late-registering students).
- Co-ordinate and participate in the student induction process, liaising where appropriate with relevant colleagues, support services and agencies (e.g. HUBX, The Library, police, health service, Students representatives, student societies).
- Ensure student representatives have been selected for their role, trained and supported within their role and ensure any issues are responded to appropriately.
- Respond to student queries relevant to the programme where these have not been satisfactorily resolved elsewhere and ensure the general orientation of students through the programmes.

Quality Assurance
The post holder will
- Produce the Annual Programme Monitoring and Enhancement report in conjunction with the programme team.
- Lead Periodic Programme Review and Re-approval in line with College or University partner procedure.
- Receive comments from external examiners and ensure that recommendations are implemented where appropriate.
- Monitor student progress, achievement and retention.

Scholarship
The post holder will
- Engage in scholarship as required to support teaching activities and continually update knowledge.

Personal specification
Experience & Personal Qualities:
Essential:

- Experience in academic programmes’ management.
- Experience of teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement in an HE environment.
- Evidence of excellent teaching identified by peer review.
- Evidence of a positive impact at discipline programme level beyond own teaching.

Desirable:

- Relevant industrial experience.
- Experience of research and enterprise activity.

Technical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programmes and the provision of learning support.
- In-depth understanding of own specialism to enable the development of new knowledge and understanding within the field.

Desirable:

- Knowledge of higher education and ability to use a range of delivery techniques to enthuse and engage students.

Education & Professional qualifications
Essential:

- Fellowship of the Advanced Higher Education (HEA) or willingness to work towards (within 12 months)
- Sufficient breadth and depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop teaching programmes and the provision of learning support.
- Experience of teaching, curriculum development and quality management and enhancement in an HE environment and respective learning environments.
- Appropriate digital skills in learning, teaching and assessment

Desirable:

- Teaching qualification or preparedness to work towards.