Head of STEM Pathway Programmes

Heads of Subject will provide the leadership and vision to deliver excellent student outcomes; quality assurance and enhancement that is commended by the QAA; and curriculum innovation which embeds strong collaborative working with both the University and the network.

ABOUT THE ROLE

• Communicate our vision to drive forward continuous improvement and enable the Centre to achieve the aspirational targets for student outcomes.
• Communicate our vision for the development of programme pathways to meet the overall strategic aims of the Centre as an effective, attractive, and high-quality pathway to UK HE. Contribute to planning and development including human resources; academic development; learning, teaching, and assessment; and academic quality assurance and enhancement, as part of the Centre Management Team (CMT).
• Provide effective and efficient academic management and co-ordination of staff resources across the academic and progression support teams in the College, working closely with the other Heads of Subject and the Head of Curriculum and Quality.  
• Take responsibility for ensuring that the Centre is fully compliant with Study Group’s, LJMU’s and relevant external agencies’ quality frameworks, policies, procedures, and codes of practice.
• Take responsibility for actioning the Centre Action Plan (CAP); within the CAP there will be cognate actions which will form the D&Es which you are responsible for and contribute to ensuring that the College’s Quality Assurance framework is implemented across all academic teams and lead on the development of the relevant sections of the Annual Monitoring Report.
• Contribute to analysing data and feedback from a wide variety of sources to monitor progress towards progression targets, planning and implementing remedial actions where necessary.Produce reports, analysis and evaluation for all internal and external scrutiny processes as directed by the Head of Curriculum and Quality.
• Work closely with the Head of Student Experience and their function to ensure that timetables and assessment schedules are delivered effectively, staff are recruited compliantly, and SET (Student Experience Team) and Academic staff work together as one team.Contribute to delivering the curriculum effectively and efficiently (teaching load to be a maximum of 10 hours per week).
• Work closely with the other Heads of Subject and academic staff to ensure that appropriate, current, and relevant subject, academic skills, and language development are integrated and embedded in the programme, aligned with the partnership articulation.Contribute to the delivery and assessment of provision.
• Take responsibility and accountability of the development and maintenance of the Centre’s virtual learning environment (VLE) to drive forward continuous improvements in the ECLS department.Support a cost-conscious working environment, at the same time as delivering a quality service and experience to students.
• Contribute to ensuring that the Centre is compliant in relation to Safeguarding responsibilities and staff across the Centre are aware of their obligations/requirements.

ABOUT YOU

• A bachelor’s degree and a post graduate qualification
• Experience of providing leadership in a complex multi-disciplinary environment, 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 successfully leading on internal communication, which includes disseminating complex messages or changes to operations.
• Experience of working across, up and down an organisation as well as with external partners and both national and international stakeholders.

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