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 an inclusive curriculum and ensuring our provision aligns with local, regional, and national skills needs for a sustainable future. The CPL role combines operational leadership with a small teaching commitment (approximately 12 hours per week) and will lead a dedicated team across Study Programmes (EPYP), Adult Learners, Higher Level Skills, Commercial, and Apprenticeships.
Operational & Team Leadership
* Line Management: Provide clear direction, support, and professional challenge to lecturers, assessors, and technicians to drive high standards of performance and conduct.
* Performance & Development: Lead the Performance Development Review (PDR) process, setting clear targets and identifying continuing professional development (CPD) needs.
* Staff Induction & Support: Provide personalised, structured induction and mentoring for new and developing staff to build team capability and confidence.
* Resource Planning: Efficiently manage staffing allocation, contribute to timetable development, and oversee delegated physical resources and budgets.
Quality Assurance & Curriculum Excellence
* Academic Rigour: Lead the local self-assessment process (SAR), manage Internal Quality Assessment/Moderation (IQA/EQA), and ensure absolute compliance with external awarding bodies.
* Quality Improvement: Conduct learning walks in collaboration with the Quality Team to continuously improve the classroom and training experience.
* Data Integrity: Manage student data, ensuring highly accurate and timely registers, tracking enrolment, and monitoring exam claims in partnership with the MIS team.
Student Success & Inclusive Practice
* Teaching & Tutoring: Deliver high-quality teaching, planning, and assessment across a range of programmes tailored to your qualifications, while acting as a group tutor.
* Early Intervention: Constantly track student attendance, punctuality, and progress, implementing early intervention strategies to tackle underperformance.
* Inclusive Curriculum: Work collaboratively to eliminate barriers to education, ensuring students with Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCP) or those facing social exclusion receive preventative, tailored support.
* Employability & Recruitment: Engage with employers, schools, and parents to secure real-world projects, placements, and guest speakers, while recruiting the "Right Students to the Right Course."
Key Role Objectives
* Foster a department-wide culture of high expectations, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
* Use empowering coaching techniques to support the mental health, well-being, life skills, and self‑reliance of both staff and students.
* Ensure full institutional compliance with regulatory bodies, with a strong focus on Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Prevent Duty.
* Meet or exceed departmental KPIs, reporting progress to the Curriculum Manager regarding student recruitment, retention, and achievement.
Challenges You’ll Thrive On
* Being a Role Model: Remaining positive and solution‑focused at all times, helping teaching and support staff overcome daily obstacles.
* Supporting Every Learner: Helping students achieve their absolute best, regardless of personal or educational challenges.
* Navigating Change: Adapting to changing awarding body specifications and curriculum shifts with agility and support from your Curriculum Manager.
Qualifications
* Experience as a lecturer or course leader within Animal Care and Land Based provision, with a proven track record of excellent educational outcomes.
* Strong knowledge of curriculum intent, quality assurance processes, and data tracking within Further Education, Adult, and Apprenticeship settings.
* Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or willingness to undertake).
* Recognised teaching qualification at Level 5 or higher, and a professionally relevant qualification in animal care, veterinary sciences, animal welfare, or plant sciences.
* Assessment award (A1/CAVA) would be advantageous.
Benefits
* Access to teachers pension scheme (with employer contributions to 23.68%).
* Up to 50 days annual leave per year, including closure during the Christmas period.
* Access to gyms, restaurants, and salons.
* Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes, including in‑house Occupational Health service.
* Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub.
* Full, part‑time and flexible working hours available.
* Free parking at all sites.
* Career development opportunities, including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships, and other industry‑recognised qualifications.
* New FE teachers may apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply).
* Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made.
Equal Opportunity and Diversity
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of background, proudly participate in the Disability Confident Scheme, and provide reasonable adjustments. All new employees will undertake a DBS check and other associated safeguards in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.
Closing date: Monday 15 June 2026. Selected candidates will be contacted within a week of the closing date.
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