Programme Director

About The Role

Innovate Learning, Unlock Potential, Shape Student Success – Join us as Programme Director in our Health Department.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Canterbury College for a Programme Director (aka Course Leaders) of the Health Department. This is predominantly a teaching role, with the expectation to support development of the curriculum area.

You’ll be teaching, supporting and assessing students’ coursework.

As a Programme Director at EKC group you will plan a highly relevant and distinctive curriculum to meet the local/regional skills requirements, and the needs of the student, in liaison with the department leadership team to support outstanding progression for students.

• Lead and coordinate the delivery team to ensure all students receive up‑to‑date course information.
• Create course activities that support student understanding and learning objectives.
• Develop and communicate assessment schedules and requirements in line with the awarding body criteria.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern – aligned with our academic calendar
• Competitive Pension Scheme – 28% employer contribution
• Learning and Development Opportunities – 3‑4 annual paid group development days and bespoke training programmes and strong internal progression – 1 in 3 roles are filled internally
• Culture and Recognition – Being part of Community Days, an Annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco‑friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net‑zero by 2030
• Wellbeing and Health Support – Generous sick pay, health checks, free flu jabs, free eye tests, glasses vouchers, flexible support for medical appointments and return‑to‑work support
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks – Inc. restaurant, grocery, retail and holidays discounts as well as car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
• Flexible Personal Leave – Time off for your child’s first day at nursery or school, moving homes and for interviews

Are you passionate about making a difference? and want to create future careers for our students?

This is the ideal opportunity for a proven teacher or lecturer to progress their career to the next stage! You will oversee the curriculum provision from the beginning, building relationships with key stakeholders as well as delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment.

• A commitment to ensuring all students develop academic and professional skills needed to succeed.
• High organisation and creative skills, with the ability to plan and deliver engaging lessons.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and support learners.
• Able to build effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experienced in assessing, monitoring, and tracking student progress to inform planning and targeted interventions.

It is a requirement to hold teaching experience and qualified teacher status for this position. The ideal candidate will have experience of teaching on the T Level Health qualification (Adult Nursing Occupational Specialism) and have proven experience of delivering clinical skills or hold a Science qualification in Biology. A further responsibility of the role is to lead on the Internal Quality Assurance processes and as such the candidate should hold a recognised A1/A2 assessors qualification or equivalent.

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

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Please note that there are two salary scale points for our Programme Director positions. All candidates will start at the introductory salary scale point unless certain criteria are met. Employees can move up the salary scale once you have worked as a Programme Director for our group for one entire academic year, subject to approval. Therefore, internal applicants may qualify for the higher salary scale, although they should seek…