Programme Manager (Temporary)

School:
School of Engineering and Computing (SoEC)
Responsible to:
Head of School (HoS)
Responsible for supporting HoS in establishing, leading, enhancing, and growing the discipline of computing and the SoEC, ensuring that its programmes and academic delivery inspire, have impact and support the plans of the institution.
To contribute to the overall success of the Computing Discipline and the SoEC by working closely with the HoS and the Senior Management Team to ensure that innovative programmes and courses are demand led and deliver to the needs of students across the organisation and the market.
Lead and inspire staff in the discipline in terms of academic practice and scholarly activity and lead by example in academic enterprise and professional engagement.
Deputy Head of School, PL’S and with all other teams on enhancement action planning, reviewing practice.
To be a member of the School Management Team with responsibility for the planning and delivery of activities.
Lead the Programme Leaders and other academic staff to ensure the discipline forms an integral part of the school and Regent College and its students’ progress while adhering to appropriate regulatory requirements (e.g., Lead the academic and curriculum development for the discipline, identifying trends in student demand, anticipating emerging requirements and ensuring the promotion of employability, enterprise, and inclusion across programmes.
Ensure that the academic curriculum inspires and challenges our students, is fit for the future through innovative methods of delivery and meets the highest quality standards and the offer is ambitious and attractive.
Ensure that the discipline delivers outstanding learning, teaching and assessment practice, that embed the values and ambition of the school within its core delivery and that this is reflected in metrics and rankings such as TEF and NSS and other key performance indicators.
Take responsibility for the quality assurance including lesson and tutorial observations, self-assessment reports and quality improvement plans.
Monitor performance targets (e.g. recruitment, retention and achievement targets for students) and taking action, as necessary, to address under performance.
Curriculum Management and Responsibilities
Curriculum Management and Delivery:
Ensure that the College’s quality processes (including targets for the improvement in quality of teaching, learning and attainment) are embedded within the curriculum area and demonstrate their impact upon teaching, learning and attainment.
Analyse course performance data and ensuring that the staff team(s) are aware of course performance against national benchmarks.
Co-ordinate and advise on the production of high quality course materials, including schemes of work, lesson plans, assessment schedules and learning materials.
Ensure the development and implementation of new curricula, including submissions to awarding bodies.
Ensure that College policies for the delivery of the curriculum, teaching and learning, including key/basic skills and work based learning are implemented fully within the curriculum area.
To ensure staff attend promotional events and activities and contribute to the positive promotion of the curriculum area.
To ensure the implementation of the College’s Tutorial Policy, induction processes, ensuring effective use of students’ support schemes.
To ensure the implementation of the various College policies designed to provide outstanding support and skills development for students.
Leadership and management
To ensure the maximum use of accommodation and staffing resources.
To ensure that students and staff take pride in and responsibility for, the learning environment, including the tidiness, comfort and safety of accommodation within the remit of the college.
To be responsible for the management of staff within the curriculum area/
To support in inducting, supporting and developing staff including the support for part-time staff.
To be responsible for the booking of part-time lecturers as required and in line with college policies.
To support the coordination and implementation of lesson observations and staff appraisals.
To assist in the development planning and the construction of the school’s course portfolio.
To plan, manage and ensure the effective deployment of the resource requirements for the services that are the responsibility of the role including financial human and physical resources.
Contribute fully to the discipline and school management structure.
Contribute in a flexible and constructive manner to other responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time.
Undertake as appropriate some personal scholarship and research in a relevant field of endeavor.
Occasional evening and weekend working.
Overseas / overnight business travel as and when required.
EXPERIENCE & PERSONAL QUALITIES
Significant management experience in an HE institution of a similar or larger size.
Successful experience of using effective leadership and management competencies to create a high performing team.
Knowledge and utilisation of quality assurance and enhancement policies and procedures.
Successful development of international collaborations, recruitment of international students and internationalisation of the curriculum.
Highly regarded academic and people leader with a proven ability to deliver through people.
Successful experience of performance management, monitoring against agreed targets in a supportive environment.
Knowledge and utilisation of quality assurance and enhancement policies and procedures.
Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, including report writing.
Strong business skills and commercial acumen and ability to manage budgets.
Flexible and adaptable, willing to challenge, innovate and change the orthodoxy.
Educated to postgraduate level and hold a teaching qualification.
Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) with aim of achieving Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy within 3 years of commencement date in post (if not already SF-HEA).
Hold a PhD/EdD in an academic discipline relevant to the school.