Curriculum Team Leader – Welding
Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD
Department: Motor Vehicle & Welding
Reporting to: Associate Director Curriculum, Motor Vehicle & Welding
Salary: £39,364 - £43,562 per annum
Annual Leave: 45 days per annum plus bank holidays
Contractual hours: 37 hours per week
Basis: Full Time, Permanent
Pension: Teachers Pension Scheme
Job Summary
The Curriculum Team Leader for Welding courses within Engineering will be responsible for providing academic leadership and operational management of the curriculum area.
Responsibilities
* Provide an example of academic excellence within the course team.
* Undertake all operational management of the curriculum area.
* Undertake all aspects of line management of the team including performance appraisals of staff, monitoring and development.
* Guide staff in the discharge of their curriculum duties across a range of innovative delivery models.
* Lead on the development of interesting and effective Schemes of Work.
* Promote use of ILT in curriculum delivery.
* Promote innovative teaching and learning approaches, and implement the Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy.
* Carry out "walk throughs" including feeding back to staff.
* Ensure students are registered with the Awarding Body.
* Complete all PVC requests.
* Meet all Awarding Body validation, delivery and assessment requirements.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Awarding Body developments.
Qualifications and Experience
* Hold a relevant qualification to at least level 3 in Welding.
* Are a qualified Teacher or must be prepared to commence an appropriate teaching qualification on appointment to the post.
* Have a personal commitment to keeping professional knowledge up to date and improving capabilities.
* Hold Grade C /4 or above in Maths and English (or equivalent) or willing to work towards it.
* Are a qualified assessor/internal verifier or willing to work toward – Desirable.
* Subject to meeting enrolment criteria for the teaching qualification – see Job description for further details.
Benefits
* Health & Wellbeing – Subsidised health scheme, free gym membership, and 24/7 counselling for you and your family.
* Family-Friendly Policies – Flexible hours and support for all of life’s big moments.
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Confidential support, counselling, legal and financial advice, and wellbeing resources.
* Professional Development – Extensive training, mentoring, and career progression opportunities.
* College Extras – Up to 15% cashback at top retailers & restaurants.
* Discounted gift cards for big brands, home & tech upgrades via salary sacrifice, Cycle to Work scheme.
* Coming soon: EV Leasing, Pension Schemes – Discounted car parking on site.
Additional Information
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship may be available for this role if you meet the Home Office eligibility criteria under the Skilled Worker route. If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, please indicate your current visa status in your application.
Targeted Retention Scheme: You could be eligible for a Targeted Retention Incentive payment. FE staff who have been employed in the sector for less than five years and teach in courses such as building and construction, chemistry, computing, early years, engineering and manufacturing, maths or physics could be eligible for an incentive payment. Please read the full criteria information on the incentive payment to see if you are eligible: https://www.gov.uk/targeted-retention-incentive-payments-for-fe-teachers.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Safeguarding
Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students, including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. The role involves regulated activity and direct contact with children and young people. The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding practice.
We follow Safer Recruitment practices in line with statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions, and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules.
Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Contacts
For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Alan Jones, Associate Director Curriculum on AA.Jones@mbro.ac.uk.
To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit https://www.middlesbroughcollege.ac.uk/.
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