Are you a visionary educationalist ready to shape the future of pedagogy and professional development?
Belfast Metropolitan College is seeking a dynamic Teaching, Learning and Development Manager. As a core leader within the People and Culture team, you will champion evidence-informed teaching practices and play a pivotal role in driving the ambitious new Powered by People strategy.
This is your opportunity to embed a culture of world-class teaching excellence and innovation across all Further Education, Higher Education and Work-Based Learning (WBL) programmes at one of the UK’s largest colleges.
What’s on offer?
Location: Belfast – Titanic Quarter Campus, with cross-campus working
Salary: Band 10 | £29.82 per hour equivalent
Contract Type: 6 months – with scope for extension
Hours: Full-Time (36 hours per week, Monday – Friday) – Part-Time hours would be considered
Vibrant Environment: Work from our landmark Titanic Quarter Campus with access to excellent onsite staff amenities (including term-time canteens and discounted parking)
Professional Impact: Broad visibility reporting to cross-college management and steering high-profile annual staff conferences and excellence awards
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you won’t just manage processes, you will lead change. You will:
- Drive Strategy: Design, implement, and deliver a world-class learning and development strategy that empowers academic teams to realise their full potential.
- Elevate Pedagogy: Partner with senior leadership to advance continuous improvement, blend emerging technologies (TEL) into the classroom and establish an online resource hub for best practices.
- Nurture Talent: Oversee staff inductions, mentorship paths and formal teaching/assessing qualifications in collaboration with external educational partners.
- Quality & Compliance: Guide academic teams toward inspection-readiness, linking classroom observation data directly to meaningful, tailored training interventions.
Who You Are
- Qualifications: A recognised teaching qualification alongside a minimum of a Level 5 qualification or equivalent OR a Level 6 Degree and a minimum of 5 years Learning & Development Executive level experience (for candidates without a recognised teaching qualification).
- Proven Track Record: At least 3 years of experience driving organisational performance improvements through targeted training, development or people-focused initiatives.
- Sector Expertise: Deep insight into what constitutes outstanding, high-performance teaching across FE, HE, and work-based environments.
- Innovative Mindset: Practical experience creating blended learning pathways and integrating innovative techniques/technologies into training settings.
- Influencing Skills: Exceptional relationship management skills with a proven capacity to consult, negotiate, and collaborate at a senior leadership level.
Please note, enhanced vetting is required for this role including an Enhanced Access NI check.
If you have a can-do attitude, thrive in a collaborative environment, and possess the vision to foster an agile, continuous-learning workforce, we want to hear from you! Apply today or reach out to Sam @ Randstad for a confidential chat.
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Skills:Training Teaching Learning Development
Benefits:Enhanced Holidays Free On-site Parking
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