Curriculum Performance Lead : Animal Care and Plant Sciences/Horticulture
Hours: Full time (37 hours each week, all year:round)
Duration: Permanent
Salary: A GBP 43,672 a year + benefits
Location: Dearne Valley College, Rotherham
About The Role
Are you an experienced, high:performing lecturer or course leader ready to take your first step into operational leadership? Do you have a passion for driving academic excellence and inspiring both staff and students to reach their full potential?
RNN Group is seeking a dynamic, passionate, and proactive Curriculum Performance Lead (CPL) to join our team. As a first:line leader, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our inclusive curriculum, ensuring our provision aligns with local, regional, and national skills needs for a sustainable future.
The Curriculum Performance Lead is a dual:element role combining operational leadership with a small teaching commitment (approximately 12 hours per week). You will lead a dedicated team of lecturers, assessors, and technicians across a variety of provisions: including Study Programmes (EPYP), Adult Learners, Higher Level Skills, Commercial, and Apprenticeships.
This position is ideal for someone with a robust understanding of quality assurance and curriculum planning who is eager to improve performance through coaching, clear accountability, and collaborative practice.
You will:
* You will be an experienced lecturer, or course leader within the area of Animal Care and Land Based provision, with a proven track record of excellent educational outcomes with strong knowledge of curriculum intent, quality assurance processes, and data tracking within Further Education, Adult and Apprentices.
* You will be an empathetic, coaching:focused leader capable of motivating staff and building confident, independent learners.
* You will be a collaborative professional ready to work cross:campus and participate in cross:college project working groups.
* You will hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake), hold a recognised teaching qualification at Level 5 or higher, and a professionally relevant qualification within animal care, veterinary sciences or animal welfare or plant sciences. An assessors award (A1/CAVA) will be advantageous.
Department Info
Reporting to the Curriculum Manager, you will work alongside colleagues within the curriculum area and wider college departments. You will provide supervisory/first line management for lecturers, assessors and teaching assistants as directed by the Curriculum Manager.
Our Excellent Benefits And Rewards Package
* Access to teachers pensions scheme (with employer contributions to 23.68)
* Up to 50 days annual leave per year including closure during Christmas period
* Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
* Staff health and wellbeing and benefits schemes including in:house Occupational Health service
* Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
* Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
* Free Parking available at all of our sites
* Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
* New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to A GBP 6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
* Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth A GBP 200 per referral made
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