Curriculum Manager - Maths in City of London

At USP College, we put the student experience at the heart of everything we do. We do this through Career-Focused Learning, built with our community and strengthened by our connections with local businesses and regional employers. If you're passionate about shaping curriculum that genuinely supports progression into higher education and successful careers, this is your opportunity to make a measurable impact. As a Curriculum Manager - Maths, you will lead the development, quality and continuous improvement of curriculum delivery-ensuring programmes are relevant, effective and aligned to employer needs.

What you'll be responsible for

• In this role, you'll lead curriculum strategy and quality across cross-campus delivery. You will work with curriculum teams to make sure learners receive well-designed teaching, supported by robust assessment and responsive planning.
• Curriculum leadership: Oversee curriculum planning and development to ensure programmes are engaging, coherent, and aligned to intended outcomes (progression to higher education or employment).
• Quality assurance: Strengthen quality processes, including monitoring, internal review, standardisation, and improvement planning.
• Teaching and learning impact: Support curriculum teams to deliver high-quality learning experiences, with clear learning goals and consistent standards.
• Assessment and outcomes: Ensure assessment practices are reliable, transparent and aligned to programme aims, learner needs and progression pathways.
• Employer and community alignment: Collaborate with local businesses and regional employers to maintain course relevance, practical learning opportunities and meaningful progression routes.
• Compliance and policy: Ensure curriculum delivery meets relevant statutory and regulatory expectations, including documentation and governance requirements.
• Data-informed improvement: Analyse learner performance and curriculum indicators; use findings to drive improvements in retention, achievement and student outcomes.
• Resource planning: Support staffing, timetabling considerations and curriculum resource needs to enable effective delivery across sites.

How you'll work

• Lead by coaching and building capability within curriculum teams.
• Work collaboratively across functions and sites to ensure an integrated approach.
• Translate curriculum intent into practical delivery-so learners feel the difference in every lesson.
• Use insight from employers, learner voice and performance data to keep programmes current and impactful., This isn't a paperwork-heavy post where curriculum happens in isolation. You'll lead from the front-helping to build a curriculum that is purposeful, vocationally relevant and rooted in real-world opportunities.
• By focusing on career-focused learning, you'll play a key part in transforming lives: guiding learners towards higher education or successful careers.
• And because this role is based across campus, you'll have the chance to create consistency of quality while still encouraging innovation and local responsiveness.

What success will look like in your first 12 months

• Clear curriculum quality priorities agreed with teams, with practical improvement plans in place.
• Stronger coherence between curriculum intent, delivery and assessment.
• Improved consistency of standards across cross-campus delivery., Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

What we offer:

• A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn
• We're keen to hear from experienced curriculum professionals and leaders with a strong background in Maths who understand what makes learning effective and how to measure its impact. You may have worked across vocational and/or academic programmes, and you'll bring a confident, supportive approach to management.
• Proven curriculum leadership experience, including quality assurance and improvement.
• Strong understanding of curriculum design and how to align learning aims, teaching, assessment and outcomes.
• Experience working with external stakeholders-particularly employers, industry partners or progression providers.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and motivate teams.
• Data literacy-you can interpret performance trends and turn them into action.
• A commitment to learner-centred practice, including inclusive approaches that support progression for all.
• Knowledge of relevant compliance expectations (or demonstrable willingness to develop quickly).