Team Leader – Early Years and Counselling (HE & FE)
Kingston College
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- £37,516 - £40,890 per annum, including London Weighting
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 18 December 2018
Job overview
Joining us as Team Leader, you will be responsible for curriculum standards and outcomes for Early Years and Counselling qualifications, with a focus on HE provision across the school.
Monitoring academic staff within the Early Years and Counselling subjects, you will be responsible for the quality of teaching being delivered to students and for ensuring all the Early Years and Counselling qualifications meet the needs, standards and requirements of all partners, including awarding bodies, employers and higher education institutions. The Team Leader will also coordinate schemes of work and assessment schedules, manage the curriculum area self-assessment and staff development, and mentor and support NQT’s.
So, if you are educated to Degree level or hold a professional qualification in an appropriate subject, then we want to hear from you! You’ll have excellent teaching skills, recognised as a good or better teacher, and have experience of leading and managing Early Years and Counselling FE and HE with a track record of making sustained improvements. You’ll have previous success of monitoring and supporting ‘at risk’ learners to achieve or exceed their potential and have current knowledge of impending curriculum changes and the implications for teaching and learning strategies.
Experience of managing, supporting and developing staff would be beneficial, but is not essential. We also ask that you hold a teaching qualification or are willing to gain one in line with current regulations.
This position is based at Kingston College.
Closing date for the return of an online application form is 2nd January 2019.
South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
The benefits package includes generous annual leave, pension scheme, subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training.
The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.
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About Kingston College
Kingston College is a major provider of further and higher education in Kingston upon Thames. Situated in a thriving riverside town centre, Kingston College provides students with a friendly and stimulating environment for study.
Kingston is both a vibrant Surrey market town and one of the liveliest royal London boroughs, situated on the banks of the River Thames, 12 miles to the south west of London. Boasting great shopping, a colourful café culture, riverside walkways, a thriving arts scene and great nightlife, Kingston provides something for everyone. There are convenient and reliable bus and train services to all parts of the borough and London Waterloo can be reached in around 25 minutes.
Our extensive range of courses offers academic and vocational training from levels one to six. Every year over 600 students take up places at top UK universities and thousands more gain professional qualifications and training. The College is very proud of its position as one of the top ten university feeders in London and the South East.
Kingston College has recently been awarded the matrix Standard and matrix Excellence Awards for organisations that have made exceptional progress against the standard. Matrix is a national quality standard which assesses an institution’s information, advice and guidance services and their level of customer service. Kingston College achieved whole college matrix accreditation in July 2008 in recognition of its excellence and impartiality with regard to its student support services. Matrix ensures that the right student enrols on the right course and, most importantly, enjoys the right support.
Our courses cover a spectrum of levels with content aimed at 16 to 19 and 16 to 24 year olds, adult education, higher education, short courses and courses for international students.
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