We are recruiting a combined role of Quality Improvement Coach and Lecturer for Hertford Regional College (HRC) to act as the first-line staff support for Quality Improvement and Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Assessment across the college. This is an opportunity for a passionate and experienced coach/mentor to join a team of professionals motivated to support and inspire teaching staff and drive excellence in teaching, learning and support for students by providing staff development, coaching, mentoring, and disseminating good practice.
About HRC
HRC are a vibrant, dynamic further education college, recently graded a Good College by Ofsted, with students across two campuses, with ambitious growth and development targets.
HRC put people first – students, staff, the organisations that they partner with, and the local communities that they serve.
The HRC goal is to create a supportive environment for all staff in which they can develop their skills, progress their career and make a real difference in their local community. HRC ethos is evident in everything that they do and are always looking for new colleagues who share the HRC vision and values. As part of the HRC team, you will benefit from fantastic on-site facilities, exciting opportunities for career progression and relevant training opportunities to help you gain the additional skills that you need to reach your full potential.
About The Role
The Quality Improvement Coach will develop existing and new teaching staff across the college through CPD and bespoke tailored support in connection with managers and business needs. The role encompasses teaching duties, curriculum development, departmental organisation responsibilities, personal professional development and the marketing and promotion of HRC.
A significant part of the role will encompass the delivery of planned, coordinated and high-quality teaching and assessment on appropriate subjects/units and contribute to teaching on other programmes as agreed with the line manager. Teaching duties will include the appropriate preparation and delivery of learning materials and resources.
QIC – Mondays - 7 hours (9am to 5pm with 1 hour lunch)
QIC – Wednesdays - 7 hours (9am to 5pm with 1 hour lunch)
Teacher Training – Evenings - 2-3 hours (Day TBC)
About You
You will have proven experience of, and a passion for supporting teaching staff to success through coaching and mentoring. You will have experience of internal verification or quality assurance for Teaching, Learning and Assessment. You will have knowledge of the education Inspection framework and early career teacher framework, and an up-to-date knowledge of reforms in FE including T-Levels and English and Maths.
You will have an ability to engage and motivate individuals to deliver performance outcomes in further education, work based learning and higher education.
You will possess a teacher training qualification such as a PGCE, a Level 2 qualification (or above) in a specialist subject and have an L3 assessors award or be willing to work towards achieving one.
All applications will be considered upon receipt, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early before the closing date.
*All positions are subject to a DBS clearance check*
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Salary description
£28.57 - £30.70 per hour