Course Director Health and Social Care

Full-time Permanent Band 06

Posted 01 Oct 2026

Course Director – Health and Social Care

UK Management College (UKMC) is seeking an experienced and motivated Course Director – Health and Social Care to provide academic leadership for our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year
, delivered in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced higher education academic to combine teaching with course leadership, supporting high academic standards, positive student outcomes and a consistently high-quality learning experience across UKMC.

• Job Title: Course Director – Health and Social Care
• Department: Academic Faculty
• Location: Sunderland / Newcastle (North Shields), with travel between UKMC campuses as required
• Course: BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year
• Awarding Partner: University of Wolverhampton
• Reports to: Office of the Chief Academic Officer

About the Role

As Course Director, you will provide academic leadership and oversight for the Health and Social Care programme across the campuses where it is delivered.

You will work closely with Module Leaders, Lecturers, academic support teams and the awarding partner to ensure consistent course delivery, effective assessment and moderation, strong student engagement and continuous improvement.

Teaching remains an important part of the position, and you will contribute directly to the delivery of Health and Social Care modules from Foundation Year through to final-year undergraduate study.

You will also provide leadership to the course team, monitor academic performance and student outcomes, and ensure the programme operates in accordance with UKMC's academic requirements and those of the awarding partner.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide academic leadership for the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care with Foundation Year.
• Lead and coordinate consistent course delivery across relevant UKMC campuses.
• Deliver engaging and high-quality teaching across Foundation Year and undergraduate levels.
• Lead modules and support the effective planning and delivery of teaching and assessment.
• Oversee assessment, marking, internal moderation and the timely provision of student feedback.
• Monitor course performance and use academic data to identify areas requiring intervention or improvement.
• Monitor student attendance, engagement, submission, retention, progression and achievement.
• Identify students at risk and work with academic, wellbeing and student support teams to provide appropriate support.
• Lead and support Module Leaders, Lecturers and other academic staff delivering the programme.
• Chair and contribute to course meetings, ensuring actions are recorded, monitored and completed.
• Support the standardisation of teaching, assessment and academic practice across groups and campuses.
• Maintain high standards of academic integrity, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
• Lead the course's internal moderation processes and ensure assessment documentation is accurate and completed within required deadlines.
• Work closely with the University of Wolverhampton and represent the course at relevant assessment and examination boards.
• Support annual monitoring, external examiner activity, validation and periodic review processes as required.
• Ensure student feedback and student voice are effectively captured and used to enhance the programme.
• Maintain accurate course records and contribute to institutional reporting and academic review.
• Support the ongoing development of teaching quality and academic practice across the course team.
• Contribute to open days, induction, applicant events, staff development and wider College activities.

About You

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