Digital Course Leader

Location - City of Westminister Council

Hourly Rate - £21.65

Full Time - Interim Position

Reference - 7861050

Background

This is an exciting opportunity to build and shape the role of Digital skills within WAES and make a difference to committed individuals who want to break into the sector.

You will be overseeing the digital skills provision and securing excellent outcomes for our learners.

You will be working with the Head of Department to develop the provision to ensure our offer best meets the needs of learners and local residents.

The tech sector is a fast-growing sector and WAES has rapidly developed its curriculum offer to offer courses from L2 to L5 including bootcamps to get people into work.

Key Responsibilities

• To teach to a high standard, allowing learners to progress and achieve as appropriate.
• Ensure high quality delivery and programming of clusters of courses, including where appropriate team meetings, programme planning, and producing course files and developing and reviewing the Digital curriculum in conjunction with the Head of Inclusion, English, Maths and Digital.
• Provide timely and accurate information for a cluster of courses for the service’s self-assessment and development plans.
• Make effective use of service management information to monitor enrolment, retention, attendance, punctuality and progression within a cluster of courses in conjunction with the Head of Inclusion, English, Maths and Digital Skills and ensure timely interventions occur if necessary, including withdrawals and transfers.
• Undertake diagnostic assessment of learners, identifying individual learning needs and referring to learning support as appropriate and ensure all learners have appropriate individual learning plans.
• Undertake tutorials, prepare course outlines, produce schemes of work and lesson plans and undertake lesson preparation, produce flexible learning materials and complete the formative assessment of learners’ work.
• Identify materials and equipment resource needs to assist the provision of teaching and learning by learners.
• Liaise with the exams officer and other WAES staff and be responsible for the timely and efficient exam / accreditation process and ensure the efficient and accurate IV / moderation process for a cluster of courses as directed by the Head of Inclusion, English, Maths and Digital Skills.
• Ensure learners in a cluster of courses have participated in learner surveys or other processes to gauge learner views including ensuring the appointment of a class representative and participation in learner activities.
• To be responsible for the monitoring and achievement of targets identified in the QIP in association with the Head of Inclusion, English, Maths and Digital Skills.
• Take part in the sharing of good practice with other tutors in the service on CPD days which may include leading on CPD sessions where appropriate.
• To ensure all courses within a cluster identified by the Heads exceed the national averages for success and teaching standards meet the relevant quality standards.
• To work with the Co-ordinators to ensure that Tutors are completing their registers in a timely manner.
• Where appropriate to participate in the recruitment, selection and appointment of staff.
• Undertake appropriate training identified at the end of year review through the line management process and keep up to date with curriculum developments in the relevant subject area, undertaking short industrial placements as required.
• Comply with any Health & Safety regulations and, in particular, be familiar with the procedure to be adopted in case of fire and to ensure the safety and security of both the classroom and any equipment borrowed or used within the classroom.
• Observe and actively promote equal opportunities policies in the classroom, in the syllabus and learning materials and in all relationships with the service.
• Develop external contacts and promote industry based work including work experience placements where appropriate.
• Comply with any reasonable request in relation to the teaching programme made by the Service.

Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant first degree in Digital/Computing or a related subject or relevant recent subject experience.
• A recognised teaching qualification.
• GCSE Maths and English 9 - 4 or equivalent qualification at level 2 as a minimum, preferably level 3.
• Digital Subject Specialist teaching qualification (desirable).

If you are interested in this role, please call 020 3641 9193 for further details or email your CV to apply@instajobsuk.com