Programme Leader for Caring Professions

Oldham College • Full-time • Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom • £47,426 - £48,808 / year • 12h ago

We are looking for:

Programme Leader for Caring Professionals (Science Specialism)

Salary- £47,426 - £48,808

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Faculty of Caring Professions, for a Programme Leader (Science Specilism) The successful candidate will be Leading and teaching on 16-19 and Adult study programmes. You will be involved in designing and delivering a curriculum that is based on the ever-changing needs of the sector; and that develops the right knowledge, skills and behaviours of our learners, enabling them to achieve a career or higher education in their chosen field. You will also engage with local employers to support with continued curriculum development and work experience / placement opportunities.

If you are passionate about sharing your knowledge and skills whilst developing the next generation Care Professionals, and have a strong track record of providing outstanding teaching and learning opportunities within a career focused curriculum, then this is the ideal job for you!

You should hold a relevant degree and a teaching qualification.

Successful candidates must have relevant industry experience within the last 10 years and have recent experience of managing a team. This is a full-time permanent position working 35 hours per week, which will include a teaching/assessing commitment of up to 12 hours per week.

Part-time applications will also be welcomed and can be discussed at interview.

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, not only will you benefit from an annual reviewed salary but have access to numerous benefits and facilities:

Generous Pension Scheme
Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
Very generous holiday entitlement
Employee Assistance Scheme
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
Free confidential counselling service
Staff recognition awards
Car Scheme
Free car parking
On-site Day Nursery
On-site hair and beauty salon

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer.

But we want to deliver much more than this. Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it. We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities, and new technology; including our state-of-the-art clinical simulation suite.

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

At Oldham College, our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We encourage everyone to join us, as we create a workforce that is as diverse as our wonderful student community. We do monitor responses to our diversity questions in our application, to ensure that we can continue to build a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve.

We understand that not everyone works to the same timetable, and offer a range of flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times, part-time, term-time only or hybrid options, where the role permits.

We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, contact our HR team who will be happy to advise.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Any appointments will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and a check of the DfE Barred List.

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and vulnerable adults.