Course Leader - English, Keighley

Keighley College are currently seeking a passionate and dedicated Course Leader to join our English Team. This is a key role in shaping the educational journey of our learners and supporting them to achieve their full potential. If you are an enthusiastic and driven leader who thrives in a collaborative, learner-focused environment, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Keighley College provides a diverse range of study programmes and opportunities for learners aged 16-19 who are looking to build careers across a variety of sectors.

What You Will Do

• Deliver and assess essential knowledge and understanding to learners.
• Responsible for retention, achievement, progress/value added, attendance and positive progression rates for selected English courses.
• Maintain high quality and effective delivery across the course team.
• Responsible for developing new units, modules and courses in line with government policy, awarding organisation developments and student demand as well as local community, economic and employer requirements.
• Lead the IV process for selected courses.

About You

• Holds a L5 Teaching Qualification (e.g. Cert Ed, PGCE or willing to work towards).
• Relevant highest-level vocational qualification or degree in teaching subject.
• An enthusiastic and knowledgeable English specialist with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality teaching and learning.
• You bring experience in teaching English across a range of levels and abilities, with a clear understanding of curriculum requirements and assessment standards.
• You are confident in designing engaging schemes of work that support student progress and achievement, while fostering a love of learning.
• Highly organised and capable of managing course delivery, monitoring student performance, and supporting teaching staff.
• You use data effectively to track progress and implement strategies for improvement.
• You have excellent communication and leadership skills, enabling you to motivate learners and collaborate effectively with colleagues.
• You are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment where all students can succeed.

Benefits

• Annual leave: Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays; Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays.
• Pension schemes with generous employer contributions: Teachers Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, Peoples Pension Scheme.
• CPD opportunities: Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
• Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
• Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us

Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections. Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It's not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone's contributions and perspectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee/commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.