Assistant Director – English & ESOL

We have an exciting opportunity for a suitably experienced individual with the vision, passion and ability to progress into a key leadership role within our Directorate of Life Skills and Young People. In this role you will have overall responsibility for curriculum performance within a designated area of the Directorate, leading and managing a team of staff to achieve strategic and operational objectives. You will support the development, planning, delivery and monitoring of the curriculum and student experience ensuring that key requirements in relation to teaching, learning and assessment and quality are effectively embedded.

Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have experience of effectively managing a team of academic staff and experience of meeting audit/inspection requirements and responding effectively to recommendations. A thorough knowledge of quality assurance processes and procedures and a breadth of specialist knowledge in teaching, learning and assessment processes to lead development and improvement across the Directorate is essential. You will also be able to provide evidence of consistently delivering high quality teaching and learning over at least the last two years.