Programme Lead in Health and Social Care

Please Note: Cheshire College South & West and Macclesfield College are in a proposed merger to commence from 1st August 2026.

Should you be successful at your interview for this role, and the merger confirmed, your terms and conditions will be aligned to Cheshire College South & West, details below:

Macclesfield College is a place that fires ambition, realises potential and looks to the future.

We continue to build a growth mindset for both students and colleagues alike and are excited to continue to attract, retain and develop our outstanding people to provide only the best for our learners.

We have the most supportive and collaborative colleagues who enrich the lives of our students though are values.

Our Health & Social Care department are excited to announce that we are looking for a team member to join as a Programme Lead in Health & Social Care.

Join us in shaping the future of our students and make a lasting impact within our college group!

The Role

The role of Programme Lead is to assist the Centre Principal with the operational day to day running of the area. The post holder will be expected to teach an appropriate caseload (0.5) within the designated curriculum area.

Is to also be an ambassador for the college and to take the strategic lead for your designated curriculum area. As an integral member of the college’s wider team, you will be responsible for the operational management of your curriculum areas, the line-management of staff and will teach an appropriate caseload within the curriculum area.

This post may require some evening and weekend working to support College events including interview evenings and parents’ evenings.

Main Duties for this role include

• Plan teaching, learning and assessment for college programmes using the appropriate College format to ensure effective learning.
• Deliver teaching and learning to an Outstanding standard to ensure learners achieve high success rates.
• Assess accurately learners work both formatively and summatively against appropriate awarding body criteria to ensure learners achieve their qualifications.
• Comply with all College quality assurance procedures as prescribed by the Deputy Principal to ensure the achievement of all internal and external audits.
• Have available an up-to-date syllabus and scheme of work (showing methods of delivery and embedded cross-cutting themes) for each course/class taught.
• Thoroughly prepare suitable teaching, learning and assessment materials for a range of courses/classes and make use of a variety and appropriate learning and teaching methods.

We offer a brilliant package of benefits to support your career and wellbeing including:

• Access to state-of-the-art facilities
• Financial support to gain your teaching qualification
• Professional development and upskilling opportunities
• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme (28.68% TPS / 20% LGPS)
• Up to 51 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, Christmas closure, and a dedicated Wellbeing Day
• Discounted gym membership, and hair and beauty treatments
• Onsite Starbucks café
• Free secure campus parking and excellent transport links
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Staff Awards & Recognition
• Access to our employee benefits platform

Pre-employment Screening

All posts are subject to standard pre-employment checks and you will be asked to provide;

• Evidence of your right to work in the UK
• Proof of Identity
• A minimum of two professional referees to cover a five-year period
• Health Declaration for any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need the College to make appropriate adjustments.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

Please note we reserve the right to close this role earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this post.