About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen at EKC Group for a Programme Director (aka Course Leaders) of Media and Music. This is predominantly a teaching role, with the expectation to support development of the curriculum area and develop a centre of excellence. Teaching, supporting and assessing students coursework.

Programme Director responsibilities will be available for the right candidate. Applicants wishing to be considered for Programme Director responsibilities must be teacher qualified with at least two years teaching experience post achievement of the teaching qualification. Without these skills candidates may not be considered for this role.

As a Programme Director at EKC group you will plan a highly relevant and distinctive curriculum to meet the local/regional skills requirements, and the needs of the student, in liaison with the Department leadership team to support outstanding progression for students. Your role responsibilities will also include leading and coordinating the delivery team so all students receive up-to-date course information through precourse/programme events and start of course/programme activities to facilitate student understanding of the objectives of the course/programme, assessment schedules and requirements in line with awarding body criteria, including the course/programme handbook.

Working for EKC Group is extremely rewarding with excellent benefits including: Competitive salary  Generous holiday entitlement Staff discount scheme for your food shop, retail, gyms, holidays and restaurants Cycle to work scheme Work laptop provided / work tablet provided  Opportunity to progress, train and develop - we have a fantastic teaching programme Generous pension scheme 28% employer contribution

About You

You will be highly organised, creative and be able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress, to further plan intervention this will be a vital part of the role and ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be passionate about making a difference to the future careers of our students, providing academic leadership and guidance in this area and managing the curriculum delivery and accreditation. Teaching and vocational experience is essential and strong leadership skills are desirable. You will have taught using UAL before and have a firm understanding of the awarding body and processes involved. You will have a strong background in Media and have some knowledge of Music to help staff develop this area. Due to some exciting developments within Broadstairs College, it would be beneficial if you had a role within the media industry, specifically involving editing or camera operation due to the future requirements of the curriculum.

This is the ideal opportunity for a proven teacher or lecturer to progress their career to the next stage as you will oversee the curriculum provision, building relationships with key stakeholders as well as delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment. It will be a requirement to have two years of teaching experience and qualified teacher status for this position. This is a very exciting time to join this new team with some very exciting opportunities in the future to come. Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Programme Director positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale once you have worked as a Programme Director for our group for one entire academic year, subject to approval. Therefore, internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale, although should seek clarification.

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