Head of Curriculum: Music & Performing Arts
Reference: NCL993248
The Vacancy
Newcastle College is seeking an experienced and dynamic leader for their Music and Performing Arts Curriculum. Join Newcastle College as our new Head of Curriculum for Music and Performing Arts and become a pivotal force in shaping the future of our well-established provision.
Our Music and Performing Arts department boasts exceptional facilities and a dedicated team committed to nurturing students' talents and preparing them for success in their chosen industries. Situated within the vibrant Faculty of Digital & Creative Industries, this role offers ample opportunities for cross-faculty collaboration and professional growth.
With the landscape of these sectors experiencing significant growth and transformation, we seek a dynamic leader to drive our curriculum forward. You'll play a central role in delivering an outstanding student experience across Further Education, Higher Education, Adults, and Apprenticeships.
As Head of Curriculum, you'll be at the forefront of leadership, responsible for driving continuous improvement and exceeding key performance indicators. Your duties will include staff development and performance management, stakeholder engagement, curriculum development, and ensuring excellence in teaching, learning, and assessment.
Your leadership will be instrumental in aligning our curriculum with local needs, addressing regional skills gaps, and fostering collaboration both within and outside the college. Managing budgets effectively, forging external partnerships, and promoting civic commitment will be integral aspects of your role.
We're seeking a candidate with substantial experience in the Music, Performing Arts, or Creative Industries sectors, coupled with a proven track record of team management in an educational setting. Exceptional organisational skills and a comprehensive understanding of FE, HE, Adult, and Apprenticeship funding, compliance, and delivery are essential.
This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of our students and the broader community. If you're passionate about driving excellence and innovation in education, we invite you to join us in this exciting journey at Newcastle College. Apply now and be part of our dynamic team!
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Veronica Spowart veronica.spowart@ncl-coll.ac.uk who is the Director of Faculty.
Please note that applications may be managed by our recruitment partner Imperial Recruitment Group. By submitting your application for this role you confirm that you agree to us sharing your personal data with Imperial Recruitment Group.
About Newcastle College
Newcastle College is a further and higher education college offering hundreds of vocational courses, apprenticeships and professional qualifications, alongside more than 70 degrees and higher technical qualifications, delivered through Newcastle College University Centre.
We consider Newcastle College to be at the heart of the North East; a welcoming, supportive, inclusive and safe place, where everybody can be themselves as part of our vibrant and diverse community.
We’re proud to be one of seven colleges that make up NCG, one of the country’s leading college groups and we’re a key part of providing education and training to learners, apprentices and employers across the UK. Newcastle College’s vision is to develop the skills and talents of our students to succeed in modern enterprise and make a positive contribution to the prosperity of our region.
Newcastle College benefits from passionate and talented colleagues, who form a community committed to supporting our students to develop their skills and talents and achieve their aspirations. By joining our team you’ll be part of an organisation that works in close partnership with employers and local industry to offer education and skills training that leads to real employment opportunities for our learners and makes strong local economic impact here in the North East. Whatever your role, you’ll have the chance to work collaboratively with colleagues across all seven NCG colleges and share expertise, innovate and accomplish real change for our learners.
Newcastle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.
At Newcastle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.
Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.
1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
As part of the NCG Group, Newcastle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.
NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.
To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.
NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
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Telephone: 0191 226 6390
Email: NCGRecruitment@ncgrp.co.uk