Programme Manager - English

Programme Manager - English

College location: East Surrey College (Redhill) and John Ruskin College (Selsdon)

Salary: £46,931 - £51,277 (Subject to qualifications, skills and experience)

Hours: Full time (37 hours/week) 08:45-17:00 Mon – Fri

We are looking for a passionate and experienced leader to take our English provision forward across the College Group.

In this key role, you will lead and manage English delivery, ensuring high-quality teaching and strong outcomes for students across GCSE and Functional Skills. You will play a central role in driving achievement, attendance, progress and a positive learner experience.

You will work closely with the Director of Learning (English and Maths) to develop a responsive and ambitious curriculum, support staff development, and use data and insights to continuously improve performance.

The successful candidate must have:

• Full Teaching qualification
• A demonstrable track record of improving success rates and standards
• Knowledge of current developments in the English curriculum within Further Education
• Experience of supervising staff

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, and changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

• Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.