About The Role

Are you ready to lead on Maths in our Folkestone College?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our growing team at Folkestone College for a Curriculum Lead for Maths (known internally as a Programme Director). This is predominantly a teaching role, with the expectation to support development of the curriculum area.

About Us:

At EKC Folkestone College, we are dedicated to providing high-quality education to learners from diverse backgrounds. Our commitment to inclusivity and excellence drives us to create a supportive atmosphere where students can thrive.

Key Responsibilities:

To plan a highly relevant and distinctive curriculum to meet the local/regional skills requirements
Develop and deliver engaging lesson plans tailored to individual learner needs.
Foster a positive and inclusive classroom environment.
Lead and coordinate the delivery team so all students receive up-to-date course information during their time at college.
You'll create course/programme activities to support student understanding of the objectives, assessment schedules and requirements in line with awarding body criteria, including the course handbook.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
Generous pension scheme - 28% employer contribution
Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
Being part of our Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

You will be:

highly organised and creative
able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons
have great interpersonal skills.
Be able to assess and track student progress,
Plan interventions wit impact to ensure all students develop the skills they need to succeed.

You 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.

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 from the beginning, building relationships with key stakeholders as well as delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment.

It is a requirement for teaching experience and qualified teacher status for this position.

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on jobs@ekcgroup.ac.uk

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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