About the role
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to take on the role of operationally managing our Business & Professional Studies curriculum on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a key position focused on ensuring the successful development, delivery, and assessment of high-quality educational programmes that exceed stakeholder expectations.
As the Learner Manager for Business & Professional Studies, you will provide operational leadership to the team, fostering a culture of excellence that supports outstanding achievement and progression for all learners and apprentices across diverse cohorts. You will play a pivotal role in shaping curriculum content, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement to maximise student success.
You will manage curriculum delivery at our Haybridge site, ensuring learners are fully supported, enriched, and safe.
If you are passionate about Business education and have a proven track record of leadership in a further education or training environment, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support a team of teachers to deliver high quality teaching and learning, with an ethos of high expectations of student achievement which results in high achievement rates.
• Direct and support a team of learning support staff to deliver high quality support for learners to promote equality of opportunity.
• Support the appropriate Director in the co-ordination of tutorial delivery across the College.
• To take ownership and responsibility for the performance of the area including student outcomes, experience and safety and the quality of teaching and learning.
• Maintain expert knowledge of curriculum developments in courses (such as RARPA and Personal Development / Employability Skills reforms), qualifications and funding and actively contribute to the continuous development of a curriculum that meets local individual and business needs, including the development of non-funded commercial provision.
• Have responsibility with the appropriate Director for the specific planning of the curriculum including qualifications, schemes of work and teaching hours of the agreed programme of courses in the subject area.
• Thoroughly monitor the performance of the students and the subject area using data such as achievement rates, value added and student destinations, and to continuously monitor and evaluate performance and outcomes.

Skills, knowledge and expertise

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• Vocational/academic qualification linked to the learning area
• A recognised teaching qualification
• A recognised management qualification (Desirable)

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• Appropriate experience and curriculum knowledge of Business or Professional Studies
• Comprehensive understanding of the programmes within the learning area
• Knowledge and experience of the Ofsted inspection process
• An inspirational and motivational leader who is able to effectively communicate the vision and ethos of the learning area
• Creativity and enthusiasm to promote a positive College image to the local community and stakeholders
  How to Apply
  We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description.
  Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.
  Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. . Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.

• Manage and support a team of teachers to deliver high quality teaching and learning, with an ethos of high expectations of student achievement which results in high achievement rates.
• Direct and support a team of learning support staff to deliver high quality support for learners to promote equality of opportunity.
• Support the appropriate Director in the co-ordination of tutorial delivery across the College.
• To take ownership and responsibility for the performance of the area including student outcomes, experience and safety and the quality of teaching and learning.
• Maintain expert knowledge of curriculum developments in courses (such as RARPA and Personal Development / Employability Skills reforms), qualifications and funding and actively contribute to the continuous development of a curriculum that meets local individual and business needs, including the development of non-funded commercial provision.
• Have responsibility with the appropriate Director for the specific planning of the curriculum including qualifications, schemes of work and teaching hours of the agreed programme of courses in the subject area.
• Thoroughly monitor the performance of the students and the subject area using data such as achievement rates, value added and student destinations, and to continuously monitor and evaluate performance and outcomes