Course Leader, Digital Arts Ref: LCC2533

Job Description

** COVID-19 INFORMATION: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic you may experience some delays during the recruitment process. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. **Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC) and White Rose Academies Trust (WRAT). Luminate Education Group is one of the fastest improving and most innovative education groups in the country. WHAT WE DO The Visual & Digital Arts Department at Leeds City College has an exceptional reputation in the regions for outstanding education. We are a large creative department which includes a wide range of creative pathways for our learners. The digital arts pathways (Computer games, Animation and Visual Effects and Digital Arts) provide vocational skills to around 250 learners at from Level 1 to Access to HE courses. Our staff are highly skills educationalists with strong industry knowledge and a passion for developing young and adult learners in a post 16 setting at our new creative arts campus at Quarry Hill in LeedsWHAT YOU WILL DOPlan a creative digital curriculum with teams of teachersTeach and assess on those coursesInnovate and develop new provision with new resourcesOversee and support the learning of around 120 learnersWork and be supported in a strong staff team of 15 Creative Digital StaffYOUR PROFILE Proven experience in teaching in a vocational settingSkills in creative digital technologies particularly for Games and Animation (games engines, adobe suite, Maya, 3Ds Max, etc)You will have some skills in codingStrong people and communication skillsYou will be open minded and will to develop your skillsSome Games/animation industry knowledgeA LITTLE BIT ABOUT LEEDS CITY COLLEGELeeds City College is part of the Luminate Education Group, and is one of the UKs largest FE establishments with around 1,440 employees and over 22,560 students. We offer a curriculum as diverse as our students within a vibrant and multicultural learning environment. Our goal is to deliver excellent and innovative education which supports and inspires every student to achieve their ambitions. BENEFITS & REWARDS We have a range of excellent benefits and rewards at Leeds City College, including:Annual leave entitlement starting from 37 days + 8 bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary college closure days at ChristmasExcellent pension schemes with the West Yorkshire Pension Fund and the Teachers PensionDiscounted travel cards for those who regularly use public transport across the region with Northern Rail and MetroExceptional learning and development opportunities for all of our staffYou can read about these benefits, and others in more detail by downloading the Staff Benefits document attached to this vacancy. SAFEGUARDING Luminate Education Group is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants are required to complete all mandatory pre-employment checks, including:Proof of right to work in the UKEnhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) checkChildrens barred list check (we may also check the adult barred list if the role involves working with vulnerable adults)Two professional references Fitness to work, this is conducted by our occupational health partners, NHS Airedale Section 128 check for all staff entering management rolesProhibition check for all staff entering teaching related rolesPlease Note: All successful applicants who have lived or travelled overseas for three months or more in the past five years will be required to undertake an overseas check as part of the pre-employment checks.More information on overseas checks can be found on the government website: -records-checks-for-overseas-applicants All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UKThe UK Government introduced a new points based immigration system on 1 January 2021. You can read about the new immigration routes on the Gov.UK website here: -immigration-system-what-you-need-to-know#visa-application-process Many of the new routes require sponsorship from an employer. Luminate Education Group is not a licenced sponsor. We are unable to employ anyone without current, and appropriate right to work in the UK. If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen and you were resident in the UK on or before 31 December 2020, you have until 30 June 2021 to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, you can continue to prove your right to work in the UK with your passport and identity card up until 30 June 2021. There is no change to immigration and right to work for British and Irish Citizens. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSIONWe positively welcome applications from all sections of the community, all candidates will be treated fairly irrespective of race, gender or gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion and belief or age.WANT TO FIND OUT MOREFor more information about the role please contact:Kevin OHare kevin.oArif YounusPlease use the person specification (on the job description under "Documents Available") to complete your supporting statement.We cannot accept CVs as part of the application process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. INFORMATION FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES Luminate Education Group vacancies generate a lot of interest and we receive many calls and emails from recruitment agencies. Although we do appreciate the interest you have shown in Luminate Education Group, our policy is to recruit candidates directly wherever possible. We therefore do not accept any cold calls, speculative emails or CVs from agencies. Speculative emails and CVs will be deleted unread.