Job Title: Head of Animal and Childhood Studies
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post:
Advert Closing Date:14/02/2025
By joining the Government of Jersey and wider Jersey Public Services, you'll be proud of what you can achieve – both for yourself and the people of Jersey. You'll enjoy a broader scope that allows you to express yourself, in a smaller setting that means you see the positive results of your impact every day. You'll have a diversity of opportunities that stretch and challenge you, with all the personal and professional support you need. Most of all, in our open, welcoming environment, your voice matters, enabling you to build a rewarding career.
Job Overview
Highlands College are seeking an enthusiastic motivated Head of Department for our Animal and Childhood Studies department. The successful candidate will lead the childhood studies and Animal Management teams who motivate, inspire, and support our learners through their vocational programme. The appointed Head of department will need to have experience coordinating or line managing a busy department working with young people. The successful candidate will need to have excellent leadership skills and be an effective communicator. There is a possibility of additional supplementary allowance (SA) point(s) being available for the successful candidate.
Further information on the role will be available, please contact Heather Audoire, Assistant Principal, on 01534 608575 or heather.audoire@highlands.ac.uk
Job Purpose
Responsible for managing the learning process including classroom teaching, tutorials, associated outreach and open and distance learning programmes and student placements for a specific group.
Job Specific Outcomes
1. Identify learning needs of individuals and groups, prepare and deliver lectures, seminars and tutorials to enable students to meet assessments and examination requirements.
2. Assist in Curriculum development, the planning and evaluation of courses, review of course materials and lead specialist programmes as required.
3. Contribute to team/Department meetings including course monitoring and course assessment to ensure objectives are being met.
4. Set and mark student work for assessment and examination, identify previously acquired competencies, verify assessment procedures, maintain relevant records for report writing, references, records of achievement for internal and external verification/validation purposes.
5. Contribute to the development of external contacts with industry and professional bodies to enhance the relevance of the teaching situation.
6. Plan continuing professional development, participate in performance review and appraisal and appropriate in-service training and evaluate and disseminate advances in training and development in order to facilitate individual and organisational learning.
7. Assist in ensuring the quality of the curriculum provision to meet internal and external standards through management of course meetings and contributing to course planning and review.
8. Assist in ensuring the college environment meets health and safety and security Requirements.
9. Recognise the personal welfare needs of students, and initiate appropriate referrals. Monitor and develop the standards of students’ behaviour in order to provide additional support where a student is not completing a study programme as planned.
10. Identify course requirements and use resources allocated in order to create environment(s) conducive to the learning of individuals and groups.
11. Any other duties required by the senior team for the successful achievement of the job purpose.
Qualifications
Essential
A requisite teaching qualification within the Qualified Teaching Learning & Skills framework (or willingness to work towards this).
Evidence or capability of achieving level two literacy and numeracy (e.g. GCSE)
Evidence of a degree or appropriate technical or professional qualification to at least Level 3.
A preparedness to adhere to Continual Professional Development requirement
Desirable
Higher Degree
Knowledge
Essential
Demonstrable evidence of secure subject knowledge and skills relevant to their field.
Technical Work Based Skills
Essential
An ability to meet the requirements of examination and assessment bodies.
Desirable
Experience of teaching/ lecturing in an FE or Secondary Education environment.
General skills / attributes
Essential
An ability to communicate fluently and effectively.
An ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
An ability to motivate and inspire learners.
Experience
Essential
Evidence of relevant academic, industrial or commercial experience.
Desirable
Experience of working with young adults in a training, coaching or supportive role.
Safeguarding
Essential
An understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding for all.
Desirable
Foundation Safeguarding (Level 1) qualified.
Across the Government of Jersey and public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities – to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
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