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About The Role
Leeds City College are recruiting for a Course Leader in English to join our team.
About The Role
Leeds City College are recruiting for a Course Leader in English to join our team.
This Is An Exciting Opportunity To Join a Dedicated And Dynamic English & Maths Team Within Creative Arts, Based At Our Quarry Hill Campus. The School Of Creative Arts Supports Over 1,600 Learners, Primarily Aged 16–18, Across Three Vibrant Departments
* Creative Media and Digital Arts
* Music and Performance Production
* Visual Arts
We are seeking a committed, creative, and forward-thinking colleague who is excited by the opportunity to contribute.
Quarry Hill is a purpose-built, state-of-the-art campus. It offers outstanding facilities including a 180-seat Chroma-Q Theatre, five fully equipped dance studios, two professional recording studios, TV production suites, dedicated IT suites, and a range of specialist spaces for textiles, printmaking, art, and photography.
What You Will Do
* Manage course outcomes by ensuring retention, achievement, progress, attendance, and positive progression rates for assigned courses.
* Develop and update curriculum including new modules, units, and courses aligned with policies, awarding bodies, student needs, and local economic demands.
* Plan and deliver teaching by preparing schemes of work, lesson plans, assessments, and providing constructive feedback to motivate and inspire learners.
* Maintain quality and effectiveness across the course team, supporting professional development and adapting teaching to meet diverse student needs.
* Monitor and record student progress, ensuring targets are met and assessment activities are timely, accurate, and encouraging.
* Support marketing and student engagement through providing information, advice, guidance, and participation in open days, enrolment, and induction activities.
About You
You will have:
* Ability to inspire and motivate learners to achieve their optimum..
* Relevant up-to-date subject knowledge and recent delivery in the Further Education or school sector.
* Recent teaching delivery demonstrates active learning and differentiated teaching styles.
* Ability to be adaptable and flexible towards the requirements of different learner needs.
* Experience of setting appropriate SMART targets to ensure progression of learners.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual Leave
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension Schemes With Generous Employer Contributions
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD Opportunities
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications Including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership And Management Courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.
Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We do not accept unsolicited CV’s and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any fee in connection with a candidate that has been submitted speculatively through any agency that has not been expressly instructed for a particular vacancy as part of our Preferred Supplier List.
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