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Are you passionate about making a difference to our citizens and the district that they reside in? Then, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

About the Role:

• We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Curriculum and Quality Manager who is passionate about adult learning. 

Key Responsibilities:

• You will oversee a broad range of curriculum areas, including wellbeing and community learning courses that support social inclusion, build confidence, and promote personal development. Currently this includes creative pathways, family learning and first steps community engagement courses.

What will be expected from me?

• You will have responsibility for curriculum planning, staffing, timetabling, and resource allocation, alongside maintaining robust quality assurance processes and ensuring full compliance with funding body requirements, awarding body regulations, and internal performance frameworks.

• You will maintain rigorous quality assurance processes and ensure full compliance with funding requirements, awarding organisation regulations, and internal performance frameworks.

• You will have proven experience contributing to and leading quality procedures such as IQA/EQA, RARPA, QIP and SAR, and will demonstrate a strong understanding of awarding body expectations.

• Strong communication skills are essential, along with the ability to build effective relationships with staff, senior leaders, external agencies, and community partners.

Essential requirements:

• Level 4/5 teaching qualification (Cert Ed, PGCE or equivalent)
• Proven experience of planning and managing curriculum and quality in adult learning or FE
• Strong understanding of Ofsted, funding rules and quality improvement processes.
• A strong track record of working with disadvantaged communities across varied settings

What can I expect?

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy up to 10 extra days of annual leave
• Hybrid working (subject to role suitability)
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career to the next level.
• We are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our staff. We recognise that resilient teams need good work life balance as well as supportive leadership.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and a Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) scheme providing a tax efficient way to increase our pension.
• Great range of benefits including an Employee Assistant Programme, discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, a cycle to work scheme, and many more

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about the role, the recruitment process or working for Wakefield Council, feel free to contact.

Name: Lyndsay Cooper

Tel: 07353 899260

E-mail: Lyndsaycooper@wakefield.gov.uk

Company: Wakefield Council

Salary: £42,839,00 - £46,142.00, Grade 10, 37 hours, Permanent

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Sector: Education

Sector: Life Long Learning

Sector: Skills and Learning

Job Role: Manager