Programme Manager - Counselling in Bristol

Contract: 1.0 FTE up to 17 hours teaching (Level 3 Counselling) Location: Ashley Down Campus (main site), College Green/South Bristol Skills Academy

At City of Bristol College, we deliver transformative education in inclusive and dynamic learning environments. One of our key strategic aims is our unrelenting focus on our people-first culture, ensuring you feel valued, empowered, and recognised for your individual contributions and expertise whether that be in a teaching capacity or a professional services team. All colleagues within the College contribute to the success of our students and we actively work to eliminate any barriers at work, ensuring you have the opportunity to thrive.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager – primarily for FE and HE Counselling with some additional programmes to also come in this portfolio. Our new colleague will join our college community as they lecture and lead across these study programmes. The ideal candidate will be an inspiring, innovative and team-focussed individual with a real desire to create maximum impact. The main teaching requirement is to teach on the level 3 Counselling course. This will require experience and knowledge of counselling, applied psychology, mentorship, ethics and personal development.

What we offer:

• Two-week paid Christmas close down and additional paid time off over Easter on top of a generous holiday entitlement of 35 holiday days, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time roles).
• Membership to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 28.68%
• Paid Volunteering leave (3 days a year)
• Family friendly policies including paid fertility and foster friendly policy
• A menopause policy outlining support available
• A person-centred annual appraisal focusing on your wellbeing and CPD
• Access to a benefits portal including shopping discounts and cycle to work scheme plus lots more!
• The 'Right to Disconnect' from work outside of your normal working hours
• A supportive, highly utilised hybrid and flexible working policy
• An Aspiring Leaders programme open to all plus our Management Academy for all management roles covering management skill and internal processes
• Welfare Rooms at all our sites for professional breakout and relaxation spaces
• A bespoke programme of recognition, reward and celebration for colleagues throughout the year to recognise your hard work.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join us. As a disability confident employer, we take a trauma informed approach to our work, support the Care Leavers covenant, and have been awarded accreditation as a College of Sanctuary for refugees.

About your role:

The Programme Manager for Counselling is a key role in the department, and the successful candidate will lead on these programmes from Level 2 up to degree level having responsibility for both the team and the curriculum. Our Counselling programmes are currently run predominantly from our Ashley Down campus with courses also run out of our South Bristol Skills Academy and College Green sites. The successful candidate will teach on department programmes as they also lead and inspire their team to provide excellence in teaching, learning and student experience.

Working with the other department Programme Managers and Head of Department, you will ensure the quality of curriculum provision and learner experience. You will build relationships with those who you line manage and colleagues in the wider college community, as well as external stakeholders including the AOs, our HE providers and employer partners.

About us:

We have four main sites across the city with state-of-the-art facilities. Further future investment in our estates is now allowing us to provide the best possible outcomes for our students and local communities, delivered by our fantastic community of colleagues. At City of Bristol College, we have one goal: to help our students succeed. We offer the widest range of academic and vocational qualifications in the area, with more than 1,000 courses available from entry to degree level and we provide education and training to approximately 10,000 students each year.

City of Bristol College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. The search of the online presence will be conducted for the successful candidates. All new employees to the College are required to complete and obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be found on the College website.

A few points to note:

• If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our processes, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best – please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? We are committed to creating an inclusive and flexible working environment, that promotes diversity. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the job description or you are seeking an alternative working pattern, please apply anyway – you may just be the person we are looking for.
• We do not engage with recruitment agencies for this role. Any CVs received from agencies will be considered as unsolicited and the property of the City of Bristol College, with no obligation to pay agency fees.

Closing date: Sunday, 05th July Interview date: Monday, 13th July