Programme Manager, Horticulture Apprenticeships

We are seeking an exceptional Programme Manager to join our high performing horticulture and floristry division, leading our horticulture apprenticeship provision. We are passionate about horticulture and innovative in our approach to delivery, which results in outstanding achievement rates, a high external reputation and students achieving awards outside of the college curriculum.

Work with our students and employers, you will build relationships and support students to achieve their apprenticeships. You will create, manage and deliver well designed and challenging programmes to develop highly effective teaching, learning and assessment experiences. This is a pivotal role in ensuring that our students gain excellent vocational and academic skills and consistently improve their personal, social and employability skills.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified teacher who has experience of Lecturing Horticulture courses. With a relevant degree or professional qualification or equivalent experience, you will be confident in teaching both theory and practical. You will be a professional, hardworking and confident team player with strong organisational skills and an innovative and inspirational approach to engaging learners in and out of the classroom environment.

As well as a competitive salary, you can also look forward to a great range of benefits including 37 days holiday plus bank holidays (as well as up to 5 efficiency closure days at Christmas), membership of the Teachers’ pension scheme and free on-site parking. We offer excellent teacher training and CPD opportunities to our teaching staff.

With over 3,000 students, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: Monday 4th March 2019

We reserve the right to call candidates to interview or withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.

To apply, please complete an application form and return it via the Apply link.