About The Role
Innovate learning to unlock the potential of our students – the future business leaders!
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Ashford College, EKC Group for a Programme Director of Business. 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.
You will also lead and coordinate the delivery team so all students receive up-to-date course information during their time at college. You’ll create course/programme activities to support student understanding of the objectives, assessment schedules and requirements in line with awarding body criteria, including the course handbook.
Benefits
- 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, 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
- Well‑being 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 and perks – including 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
About You
The ideal candidate will be highly organised, creative and able to plan and teach engaging and innovative lessons with demonstrated interpersonal skills. Assessing and tracking student progress, to further plan intervention will be a vital part of the role and ensuring all students develop the skills they need to succeed.
The successful candidate will be passionate about making a difference to the future careers of our students, providing academic leadership and guidance in this area and managing the curriculum delivery and accreditation. Teaching and vocational experience is essential and strong leadership skills are desirable.
This is an ideal opportunity for a proven teacher or lecturer to progress their career to the next stage as you will oversee the curriculum provision from the beginning, building relationships with key stakeholders as well as delivering high quality teaching, learning and assessment.
It is a requirement for teaching experience and qualified teacher status for this position.
Salary
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 clarification.
Equal Opportunity
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
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