Curriculum Leader of English - ELPO

Contract type: Full Time (37.5 hours per week) – Fixed Term (12/09/2025)

Location: Brighton Head Office

The Curriculum Leader for English – English Language Preparation Online (ELPO) Program will contribute to the delivery of excellent student outcomes; quality assurance and enhancement and curriculum innovation which embeds strong collaborative working in the Program.

The Curriculum Leader for English - ELPO Program will lead on key elements of the organisation of the ELPO Program team in order to support the delivery of excellent student outcomes. They will work with the Head of Program English to assure quality of provision and also to enhance the curriculum through the development of innovative practice.

Reporting to the Head of Program English you will work closely with senior colleagues within and outside of Study Group and be accountable for the delivery of outstanding ELPO Program outcomes. In addition to supporting the effective line management of teaching staff.   

The successful candidate will have a teaching commitment of up to 15 hours per week.  Additional teaching hours may be assigned if there are periods where lower number of Program courses being delivered or if cover teaching is required

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Support with maintaining academic oversight of the delivery, including timetabling, assessment, and monitoring of ELPO Program.
• Provide support to ELPO Program tutors, including providing feedback on their performance and help with arranging staff cover
• Support the Head of Program English with the appointment and induction of ELPO Program staff   
• Participate in regular meetings with ELPO Program staff and represent the Digital English or Program team at appropriate events and meetings internally and externally.
• Contribute to program centre meetings as determined by the Head of Program English, and Program Director to inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Participate in regular meetings with ELPO Program staff as required
• Liaise with the Digital Student Support team to provide support and guidance for students.
• Support the Head of Program English to track and monitor the ELPO Program student engagement and student outcomes throughout the year, using knowledge of appropriate and effective intervention strategies to implement support where necessary.
• Assure consistency of delivery and standards across the ELPO Program provision, liaise with other departments to share good practice and benefit from the dissemination of developments elsewhere in the network at subject level.
• Contribute to annual review, academic development and appropriate diversification of the ELPO Program provision.
• Supervise consistency of delivery and standards across the ELPO Program provision, in line with the Study Group Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Strategy.
• Any other duties as required from time to time by the Head of Program English or Program Director.

ABOUT YOU

• A Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline, a Master’s or higher degree is desirable.
• A recognised Teaching Qualification (desirable)
• Teaching experience within Secondary, further or higher education
• Some experience of providing leadership with evidence of success.
• Experience of providing feedback to another person about their performance, which achieved a positive improvement.
• Ability to delegate activities, set deadlines and take responsibility for overseeing their successful completion to meet challenging deadlines.
• Experience of working with international students with a knowledge of their needs.
• Experience of data management and interpretation, and quality assurance.
• Experience of leading, advising or supporting others to develop curricula.
• Experience of working online including delivering online lessons with different digital learning tools and platforms.

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