Faculty Manager Creative Industries

Job Description

An exciting opportunity to join the Creative Industries leadership team at Activate Learning, as a Faculty Manager with responsibility for driving forward the quality of our Media, Performing Arts and Art pathways at Banbury and Bicester College.We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our established and successful team and to build on their previous accomplishments. The successful person will lead their team in the planning and delivery of an engaging, diverse and high-quality curriculum which inspires learners to progress academically and into industry to meet their ambitious career aims. They will focus on developing the skills, knowledge and attributes needed by our learners to make every one of them highly employable.The role includes a proportional teaching commitment within the faculty. Experience of teaching within one or more of the sector areas identified within the role would be desirable.What do you need to be successful in this roleYou will already be a highly effective, qualified teacher and will understand what makes effective learning. In your teaching, you will value the importance of developing and maintaining up-to-date subject knowledge and have a wider understanding of effective pedagogy. You will use this understanding to lead a team in creating the conditions for high quality teaching, learning and assessment and to role model high standards in your own teaching, learning and assessment.You will have experience of leading colleagues to develop their practice and to improve the student experience; this may have been gained through formal roles or relationships, but if not, we would still be keen to hear how you have led these changes with colleagues more informally. You will confidently have honest conversations with others, using appropriate coaching approaches.Continuous learning and development will be central to your approach as a teacher and leader and you will be passionate about your own and others development, sharing this curiosity and enthusiasm with your students and colleagues. Your outward looking approach will enable you to liaise with colleagues across our Group for the benefit of your peers, colleagues and students. You will have a commitment to high standards and expectations and will set and model these whilst supporting colleagues and students to surpass them. You will understand the importance of strong interpersonal skills and be able to build and maintain strong and successful relationships with your students, colleagues, and other stakeholders.What are the benefits of this roleThere really is no limit in terms of your personal growth, development and career by joining one of the largest Education Providers in the UK and you will be provided with support to excel in your role from the day you are appointed in post. With an experienced and expert mentor allocated to you, you will quickly learn about the culture and ethos of the Group and become an integral part of our wider leadership team.Your development will be supported through regular coaching conversations with your manager and peers, as well as a buddy system, digital induction modules and a close-knit community of experts and managers across the Group to support the sharing of best practice and to encourage individual growth. This will be supplemented by a more formal development plan that will provide support at every step of the way to set you up for success.What are the benefits of working for Activate Learning Group At Activate Learning we are pioneering education with an unwavering focus on providing talent for business and transforming lives through our award-winning Learning Philosophy. Our student experience is the result of our attention to detail in recruiting, developing and retaining the right staff who match and promote the values and behaviours of our brand.We reward our employees with generous annual leave entitlements, access to training and development, onsite parking (first come first served), plenty of public transport options for all sites, discounted membership to the Lifestyle Centre (on some campuses) and Employee Assistance Programme.Applications are reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive.We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application form.Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level.Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.Applications are encouraged from all candidates meeting or exceeding the minimum criteria for the role regardless of age, disability, gender, orientation, race, religion or ethnicity.Activate Learning are committed to employing people with disabilities and will ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. If you require any reasonable adjustments either at application or interview stage please contact the talent team directly.If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company, you should be aware that they have no authority to enter into an arrangement with you. Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our preferred suppliers list, and we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers.