Job Description
Curriculum Leader of Social Sciences/RME/Psychology/IT
Castlebrae Community Campus
Salary: £64,320 - £64,320
Hours: 35 per week
The successful candidate will be working within our Social Sciences/RME/Psychology/IT faculty. The Curriculum Leader will manage and lead a team of teaching staff within Castlebrae Community Campus to ensure high quality teaching and learning with the ultimate aim of maximising attainment and achievement for all pupils. They will work, with a specific remit to take a lead role in managing this curriculum area, covering the following subjects: History, Modern Studies, RME, Travel and Tourism, Admin/Business and Psychology.
As well as managing discrete courses, they will be expected to be forward thinking and innovative in terms of delivering the most appropriate courses to all levels of ability at all stages in the school. The school is firmly committed to raising attainment and promoting achievement. This is a whole school priority in the improvement plan and reflects local CEC and national priorities.
We moved into the new Castlebrae Community Campus in April 2022. Our new building has transformed learning and teaching experiences and provided innovative and inspirational spaces for our rapidly expanding community.
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This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
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