Job Details
Job title: Course Leader: Foundation Skills
Job reference: REQ0001671
Date posted: 17/06/2026
Application closing date: 29/06/2026
Location: Redcar & Cleveland College, Redcar, TS10 1EZ
Salary: E25 – E28 (£40,932.85 – £44,733)
Package: Blank
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
Job category/type: Teaching and Learning Attachments
Role Overview
As Course Leader for Foundation Skills, you will lead the planning, coordination, delivery and continuous improvement of Foundation Skills programmes, ensuring outstanding teaching, learning and assessment practices that promote learner achievement, progression and employability.
You will be responsible for curriculum planning and development, including the design of schemes of work, learning resources and assessment activities, while ensuring programmes remain responsive to learner needs, awarding body requirements and local skills priorities. You will monitor and drive performance across designated courses, taking responsibility for attendance, retention, achievement, success rates, progression and positive learner destinations.
The successful candidate will deliver high‑quality teaching across Foundation Skills provision and provide effective academic and pastoral support to learners through initial assessment, individual learning planning and regular progress reviews. You will contribute to the recruitment, enrolment and induction of learners, support careers education and progression activities, and work collaboratively with employers, support services and external partners to enhance learner opportunities and experiences.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, learner-focused professional with experience of delivering high‑quality education and a commitment to supporting learners with a wide range of needs and abilities. You will possess excellent organisational, communication and leadership skills, alongside a passion for creating positive and meaningful learning experiences that enable learners to progress successfully into further study, training, employment and independent living.
Benefits
- Teachers Pension Scheme with 28.68% Employer Contribution
- Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Scheme
- Free on‑site parking
- Career development opportunities for progression
- Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing programme
- Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff, available 24/7 365 days per year)
- Free gym memberships/discounted memberships (dependent on site)
- Staff Discounts Package – Save on your weekly shop with discounts and savings at a number of retailers including groceries, electronics, clothing, homeware and much more
- Better Health at Work Scheme – etc. has achieved the Continuing Excellence Better Health at Work award
- Wellbeing Days (in addition to annual leave)
- Discounted Hair and Beauty treatments available
Schedule
- Monday – Thursday 8.30 – 17.00 and Friday 8.30 – 16.30
Application Requirements
Shortlisted candidates will be required to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the interview date. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure by DBS.
We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work, promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability or sexuality. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We are a disability‑confident committed employer.
All applications must be completed via our website: https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/join-our-team/
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