Head of Programmes in Health

Overall purpose

• Responsible for supporting Dean of School in establishing, leading, enhancing, and growing the discipline of health and the SoHSS, ensuring that its programmes and academic delivery inspire, have impact, and support the plans of the institution.
• To contribute to the overall success of the Health Discipline and the SoHSS by working closely with the HoS and the Senior Management Team to ensure that innovative programmes and courses are demand led and deliver to the needs of students across the organisation and the market.
• Plan and manage the resources required to ensure that targets are met within the discipline area.
• Lead on the development of innovative and appropriate curriculum development and design.
• Lead and inspire staff in the discipline in terms of academic practice and scholarly activity and lead by example in academic enterprise and professional engagement.
• Work collaboratively with other colleagues e.g., Dean of Health and Sports Science, PL’S and with all other teams on enhancement action planning, reviewing practice.

Specific duties and responsibilities Key Responsibilities

• Within the identified curriculum area, under the overall direction of the Dean of School:
• To be a member of the School Management Team with responsibility for the planning and delivery of activities.
• Lead the Programme Leaders and other academic staff to ensure the discipline forms an integral part of the school and Regent College and its students’ progress while adhering to appropriate regulatory requirements (e.g., OFS)
• Lead the academic and curriculum development for the discipline, identifying trends in student demand, anticipating emerging requirements and ensuring the promotion of employability, enterprise, and inclusion across programmes.
• Ensure that the academic curriculum inspires and challenges our students, is fit for the future through innovative methods of delivery and meets the highest quality standards and the offer is ambitious and attractive.
• Ensure that the discipline delivers outstanding learning, teaching and assessment practice, that embed the values and ambition of the school within its core delivery and that this is reflected in metrics and rankings such as TEF and NSS and other key performance indicators.
• Take responsibility for all collaborative partnerships linked to the discipline.
• Take responsibility for the quality assurance including lesson and tutorial observations, self- assessment reports and quality improvement plans.
• Monitor performance targets (e.g., recruitment, retention and achievement targets for students) and taking action, as necessary, to address under performance.
• Undertake teaching and learning activities. (Average of 6 hrs/wk except where agreed otherwise) within the identified curriculum area, under the overall direction of the Dean of School:

This position requires candidates to undergo a DBS check as part of the application

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