Section Manager: Business - Finance and Management
Salary - 43,000 - 50,000 per annum Location - Hayes Contract Type - Permanent; Full-time (36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year)
We are looking for a strategic and experienced Section Manager to lead the development and expansion of our Business, Finance, and Management curriculum. This is a pivotal leadership role designed for someone who can drive student achievement while successfully managing a dynamic team of educators.
The Organisation
The further education provider we are recruiting for is a forward-thinking institution dedicated to inclusive learning and meeting individual learner needs. They operate in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and value staff who adopt a flexible, constructive approach to their work. As a curriculum leader here, you will be expected to act as a role model and play a key part in the institution's ongoing growth and success.
Role Responsibilities
- Leadership & Strategy: Lead the development and expansion of the Commercial and Professional curriculum, including Work-Based Learning.
- Management: Assist the Head of School in managing staff, providing supervision to course teams, and deputising for the Head of School when required.
- Operational Oversight: Prepare course and staff timetables, ensuring the maximum use of accommodation and staffing resources.
- Employer Engagement: Liaise with external organisations and employers to build new contacts, create commercial business opportunities, and facilitate workplace programmes.
- Quality & Evaluation: Provide leadership in teaching and learning by implementing quality policies, target setting, and conducting annual graded lesson observations.
- Teaching: Deliver high-quality teaching across a range of programmes according to your specialism, which may include AAT and Higher Education (HE) programmes.
- Student Success: Oversee recruitment activities and ensure the implementation of tutorial and careers guidance policies to support student retention and achievement.
Essential Requirements
- Expertise: Considerable subject-based and pedagogic knowledge within Business, Finance, and Management.
- Leadership Skills: Experience in staff supervision, induction, and performance management/appraisal processes.
- Curriculum Knowledge: Ability to develop and implement new schemes, including submissions to awarding bodies.
- Safeguarding: A deep understanding of and commitment to safeguarding legislation and the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
- Professionalism: A motivation for keeping up-to-date with industry developments and a commitment to promoting equal opportunities.
Benefits
- Professional Development: Access to staff development opportunities and secondments relevant to your professional needs.
- Growth & Support: Take an active part in the institution's appraisal and mentoring processes designed to support your career progression.
- Impactful Leadership: The opportunity to act as a role model and influence the pedagogical direction of the Business School.
- Secure Environment: Work within a safe and friendly learning environment that prioritises health, safety, and wellbeing.
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and an enhanced DBS check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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