Job Description

Salary

43,015 per annum

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Package

42 Holiday Days (310.8 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
28.68% Employer Pension Contribution into Teachers Pension Scheme

Date posted

10/07/2025

Job reference

RR00000596

About us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About

the role

The role of Curriculum Team Leader is a great opportunity for an experienced teacher to develop managerial skills and influence the success of students and staff in their area. The Curriculum Team Leader will lead a Curriculum Area and the programmes within that area, to ensure that there is high quality education and training for students in that area.

This role will involve supervision of staff, leadership of a number of programmes, acting as Lead IV, and the delivery of 630 hours of teaching each year (pro-rata for part time staff).

The role will not hold any line management responsibilities but will support the Head of Academy in ensuring the effective management of day to day issues relating to courses in the post holders remit and referring staffing issues to the Head of Academy.

Main Duties

Curriculum Leadership:

You will report to and support the Head of Academy by leading the day to day operational management of a programme area and associated teams.

Duties you will undertake in this role will include:

Chair programme team meetings, ensuring that they run effectively and are focused on improving the quality of education for students; Lead the course review process for all courses within the programme area and contribute to achievement of QIP actions; Contribute to programme, Academy, and Faculty Self-Assessment; Support engagement with employers and involve them in the co-design and co-creation of the curriculum, including the facilitation of Employer Academies; In conjunction with the Head of Faculty and Head of Student Experience, the monitoring of the performance of individual students against target academic and development grades. Working with the Head of Quality, Teaching, Learning and Assessment to ensure that all relevant Mark books and tracking are completed and up to date; Ensuring that all students have short, medium, and long term targets and make good progress against them; Tracking and implementing changes based on external influences and internal changes; Overseeing the assessment strategy for programmes in your area and reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of assessment, using findings to instigate change and enhance the curriculum; Taking the role of Lead IV for the programme or supporting the Lead IV to ensure that the rule of the awarding organisation are followed, standardisation activities are followed and EQA visits are effectively planned for and managed; Engaging with the Professional Standards in the Education and Skills sector to develop your own practice and to support other teachers in the programme team to develop their practice.

Teaching and Assessment

For your teaching hours you will undertake duties that include:

Teach and assess on a range of courses and learning programmes, appropriate to your skills and qualifications. You will undertake all necessary planning, preparation and assessment to ensure excellent teaching and learning occurs; You will undertake the necessary administrative/support tasks that underpin effective teaching, learning and assessment, such as participating in learner recruitment, registration, attendance, tracking, reporting and claiming achievements; You will work with other teams across College to ensure students are supported to develop skills for learning and work, including through work experience.

Structure

Your line manager will be a Head of Academy. You will regularly report on your objectives to update them on a range of KPI's including (but not limited to) student recruitment, retention, anticipated achievement, progress, attendance and punctuality; You will liaise with all staff that teach on your programme(s), monitoring performance indicators; You will provide day to day leadership, guidance and support to those who teach on your programmes through informal methods and regular team meetings; You will be part of Curriculum, Academy and Faculty teams and will work with other staff to develop and share good practice in the area; You may be required to participate in cross college teams or working groups on key projects


If you want to find out more about the role please contactChris Mangham, Curriculum Manager - Chris.Mangham@sheffcol.ac.uk

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of 43,015 per annum.

Our benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with TPS - 28.68% Annual leave - 42 Days (310.8 hours)+ 8 Bank Holidays(59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period Health and wellbeing, we offer + Employee assistance programme through Bupa
+ Occupational Health through PAM
+ Free eye tests for VDU users
Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses


Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we're pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply:

Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@sheffcol.ac.ukCVs are currently not accepted.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 14th August 2025

Please be aware - If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.