Curriculum Area Manager - Academic, Sport and Facutly

Hours

Hours Full time, 37 hours per week

Contract Type

Contract Type Permanent

Location

Location Barnstaple

Closing Date

Closing Date 02/08/2026

Job Description and Person Specification

Passionate about ensuring young people have access to fantastic sports courses? Do you have the leadership skills to inspire a team and the vision to build an outstanding curriculum? We’ve got the job for you!.

This isn’t just another management role. As Curriculum Area Manager you’ll be front and centre in shaping the curriculum for our Academic, Sport and Adventure Facutly.

You’ll work closely with teaching staff, learning assistants and support staff to ensure an outstanding learner experience. You will carry out formative observations, support with learning walks and ensure all staff have access to the right resources.

What you’ll bring

• Recent teaching and tutoring experience in sports-based courses.
• Experience leading and delivering curriculum provision.
• An enthusiasm for leading and managing teams.
• A relevant degree and teaching qualification.

In return, you’ll get

• A generous holiday entitlement + a 2 week Christmas shutdown
• A superb pension scheme adding an extra 28% of salary into your pension
• Access to amazing benefits, including 24/7 counselling, shopping discounts, free on-site gym and eye care vouchers.
• A genuine commitment to your professional development
• The chance to join one of the best Colleges in the UK
• To make a real difference to the North Devon and wider South West region

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We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks , including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at North Devon College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.