Curriculum Team Leader

Overview

£44,281 per annum

42 Holiday Days (310.8 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period (pro-rata'd)

Employer Pension Contribution into Teachers Pension Scheme

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment — recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rd‑place ranking in the National Centre for Diversity’s 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

Ready to take the next step in your education career?

We’re looking for an Curriculum Team Leader with a background in re-engagement or employability programmes
. If you’re passionate about helping learners succeed and want to shape and develop an inspiring curriculum, we’d love to hear from you.

Ideally, you’ll have experience delivering Functional Skills (Maths),
Employability
, and/or Personal & Social Development
, along with the drive to lead, inspire, and support both learners and colleagues.

Take the next step in your career and help make a real difference.

You will report to and support the Head of Academy by leading the day to day operational management of a programme area and associated teams.

• Chair programme team meetings, ensuring that they run effectively and are focused on improving the quality of education for students;
• Lead the course review process for all courses within the programme area and contribute to achievement of QIP actions;
• Contribute to programme, Academy, and Faculty Self-Assessment;
• Support engagement with employers and involve them in the co-design and co-creation of the curriculum, including the facilitation of Employer Academies;
• In conjunction with the Head of Faculty and Head of Student Experience, monitor the performance of individual students against target academic and development grades;
• Working with the Head of Quality, Teaching, Learning and Assessment to ensure that all relevant Mark books and tracking are completed and up to date;
• Ensure that all students have short, medium, and long term targets and make good progress against them;
• Tracking and implementing changes based on external influences and internal changes;
• Oversee the assessment strategy for programmes in your area and review and evaluate the effectiveness of assessment, using findings to instigate change and enhance the curriculum;
• Take the role of Lead IV for the programme or supporting the Lead IV to ensure that the rules of the awarding organisation are followed, standardisation activities are followed and EQA visits are effectively planned for and managed;
• Engage with the Professional Standards in the Education and Skills sector to develop your own practice and to support other teachers in the programme team to develop their practice.

For your teaching hours you will undertake duties that include:

• Teach and assess on a range of courses and learning programmes, appropriate to your skills and qualifications. You will undertake all necessary planning, preparation and assessment to ensure excellent teaching and learning occurs;
• Undertake the necessary administrative/support tasks that underpin effective teaching, learning and assessment, such as participating in learner recruitment, registration, attendance, tracking, reporting and claiming achievements;
• Work with other teams across College to ensure students are supported to develop skills for learning and work, including through work experience.

• Your line manager will be a Head of Academy. You will regularly report on your objectives to update them on a range of KPI’s including (but not limited to) student recruitment, retention, anticipated achievement, progress, attendance and punctuality;
• You will liaise with all staff that teach on your programme(s), monitoring performance indicators;
• You will provide day to day leadership, guidance and support to those who teach on your programmes through informal methods and regular team…