Course Director - Fashion Management and Marketing 58642

Company Description

About LCCA

LCCA is a modern, student-centered institution offering forward-thinking programmes designed to support both academic and personal growth. Our academic team inspires students from diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential and prepare for professional success.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting chance to lead a progressive Hospitality Management programme, shaping the future of aspiring professionals while working within a supportive and dynamic team. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates from underrepresented or diverse backgrounds with a strong commitment to higher education.

Position

Role Summary

To oversee the teaching, curriculum development and delivery of the course, taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of the course, related academic staff and students. The Course Director’s role is key to the management of the course and ensuring the curriculum and assessments are up to date, coherent and support the needs of students to ensure they successfully progress. The Course Director will lead a team of academics and have a strong track record in teaching and supporting students across all levels. The role holder will be expected to engage in scholarship to address changes within industry and work with a number of stakeholders across the College.

Key Activities & Responsibilities

Management and Performance of Course

• To be responsible for performance and quality of the designated course by monitoring and responding to key information and metrics, including student feedback.
• To lead course team meetings, course committee meetings and organise and prepare for examination boards.
• To undertake general course management responsibilities including lesson planning, teaching, curriculum development, assessment design and administration.
• To ensure arrangements are in place for effective course delivery and administration, including recruitment, admissions, timetabling and induction through collaboration with appropriate colleagues.
• To maintain strong links with related industries and professional bodies, keeping up to date with latest developments in the subject area.
• To manage the course across modes of delivery (evening and weekends) for which you will have separate support staff.
• To undertake continuous personal and professional development, and to support it for any staff you manage through effective use of the College’s Planning, Review and Appraisal scheme and staff development opportunities.
• To support the engagement and retention of students to ensure progression and attainment on the degree course.

Curriculum Development

• To work with the academic team, contributing to curriculum development and the review and development of cross-disciplinary teaching strategies.
• Lead the activities associated with course and curriculum development, including validation, accreditation and course monitoring.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• To manage the overall programme of teaching and assessment on the course, including liaison with the staff team.
• Take lead responsibility for implementation and delivery of the College’s teaching and learning related strategies and policies at a course level.
• To fully utilise the College’s and other information and communication technologies in order to facilitate and enhance students’ learning experiences and organisational effectiveness.

Quality Assurance

• To produce an annual course monitoring report and ensure the continuous improvement and development of the course.
• To set, promote and maintain appropriate educational and professional standards of good practice in teaching, delivery and curriculum development.
• To monitoring student progress and maintaining appropriate records.
• Ensure compliance with course performance expectations within the HE sector, including regulatory requirement of the OFS, other Regulatory standards and our partners.

Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

• Shows commitment to understanding the range of students’ experiences within a course
• Ability to motivate and work in a collaborative and respectful way with staff and students
• Ability to design and deliver a degree level course
• Demonstrate an understanding of assessment practice and appropriate feedback
• Demonstrate relevant professional networks and relationships
• Effectively plan and manage workload
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively, providing constructive and critical support to students.
• Uses appropriate levels of IT skills.
• Willing to commit to the College’s Equal Opportunities policy
• Ability to encourage the development of innovative approaches to course delivery.
• Engages in pedagogical research and implements the results to develop the learning and assessment processes and the learning environment.

Experience

• Experience of teaching & assessment in a Higher Education environment of widening participation students
• Experience of leading and managing education (people, curriculum, quality & standards, students, recruitment)
• Experience of teaching the subject in a HE environment
• Evidence of research, knowledge exchange and/ or professional practice that contributes to the advancement of the Discipline and is relevant to the goals of the Course, College and Business and Entrepreneurship.
• Experience of ensuring that time and resources are used effectively
• Experience of dealing with difficult situations or confidential matters according to policy and procedure.
• Experience of contributing to the long-term planning and development of learning programmes.