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We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
Introduction
As the Curriculum Leader, you will lead on the operational management of the English and community ESOL (COMESOL) provision, managing the performance of all aspects of the delivery of teaching, learning and assessment across this provision offer at Adult Learning Lewisham.
The role involves providing expert support and guidance to English and ESOL practitioners who deliver accredited and non-accredited provision at our centres and at various locations across Lewisham borough.
What’s the role?
This is an exciting role working closely with curriculum colleagues and management teams and guided by the Ofsted Inspection Framework, you will ensure effective implementation of quality improvement strategies and contribute to the continuous improvements across the service through regular self-assessments, classroom support visits and observations reports, whilst enhancing learner outcomes through effective implementation of RARPA, use of technologies and inclusive practices also meeting service wide priorities. You will engage in external partnerships with local schools, libraries and third party organisations to co-ordinate a wide range of English programmes that meet Lewisham’s local priorities and delivers outstanding learner experiences, consistently maintaining high standards in teaching, learning and assessment.
Reporting to the Curriculum Area Manager for Skills for Life and Supported Learning, you will work cross curricular and alongside MIS, business resources and Exams departments. This is a hands-on role, combining expertise, excellent communication skills and effective management to make a meaningful difference to learners whilst raising overall achievements.
Adult Learning Lewisham has been providing a wide range of high quality community courses to adults (19+) for over thirty years across Lewisham. Working in partnership with Lewisham council, schools, jobcentres and many community groups, we are well connected within local communities across the borough attracting a wide range of learners from a diverse background. The quality of our provision has been consistently graded ‘good’ by Ofsted
English courses run days and evenings from our three main centres in the London Borough of Lewisham, delivered by a small and well established team of qualified English tutors teaching courses from pre-entry through to functional skills levels and GCSE 9-1.
What’s in it for you?
Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
What we’re looking for
Due to retirement, we are now looking for a qualified English subject specialist with a strong commitment to adult lifelong learning and improving English skills and opportunities for adults.
With a minimum of five years teaching accredited English qualifications, you have a recognised track record of operational leadership and management in an adult community learning environment. You will bring to the team in-depth subject knowledge based on your teaching experience and an excellent understanding of initial assessment, advice and recruitment of learners to accredited and non-accredited English and or ESOL programmes.
Your understanding and knowledge of Functional Skills and GCSE qualifications will ensure high teaching and learning standards supporting the quality assurance required by Pearson’s and funders.
An effective curriculum leader with experience in developing a responsive curriculum that offers good value whilst meeting the needs of all learners, community groups and other stakeholders. Your excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills support the development of teaching staff and implementation of e-learning and inclusive strategies contributing to the enhancements of effective delivery methods including standardisation of e-learning platforms such a Moodle, Google Classroom improving learners’ independent learning and outcomes for all learners.
With strong communication skills you are able to use and draw from different management information systems to analyse data for reporting and development of improvement strategies in TLA.
This is a rare opportunity to make a difference to adult learners and to work alongside highly committed, values-driven curriculum teams.
A strong commitment to values, mission and equality and diversity for tutors and learners at Adult Learning Lewisham and Lewisham council wide.
Location
The job is primarily based in Brockley Rise Centre, 2 Brockley Rise, London, SE23 1PR, Granville Park Centre, Granville Park, London, SE13 7DU or Grove Park Centre, 333-335 Baring Road, London, SE12 0DZ, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.
Special conditions
The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.
Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.
For an informal discussion, please contact Angela Mesdaghi, Curriculum Area Manager on 0208 314 6837
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification
Salary
£45,852 - £47,925 per annum (PO2)
N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.
Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
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Lewisham is a vibrant and culturally diverse borough. This reflected in all aspects of daily life, from the response to the pandemic where the community rallied to support our most vulnerable residents, to the 170 languages spoken in our homes, schools and businesses. We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
As we plan ahead, we are working towards a fairer, greener, healthier and more economically sound future for all in Lewisham. This means continuing our efforts to tackle climate change for generations to come; ensuring that good health and wellbeing is equally accessible to everyone; and safeguarding local jobs and up-skilling residents with tools they need to succeed. Building on the community spirit and activism that has been so prevalent in recent years, we are committed to creating a Future Lewisham we can all have a part in.
