Course Leader – REC2334
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £38,841 to £44,993 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | Barnsley, South Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnsley College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REC2334 |
Summary
Course Leader – REC2334
Department: Childcare & Health
Salary: £38,841 to £44,993 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Reference: REC2334 | Closing Date: Sunday, 4th January 2026
The Opportunity
As our Course Leader, you will play a key role in delivering and managing high-quality teaching and learning for our learners. You’ll take ownership of lesson planning and delivery, ensuring sessions are engaging, relevant, and aligned with awarding body requirements.
You’ll manage the full learner journey—from induction through to achievement and progression. This includes setting and monitoring individual learning plans, providing academic and pastoral support, and tracking attendance, retention, and success data. Early intervention and accurate record-keeping will be essential to support reporting and quality processes.
Collaboration is central to this role. You’ll coordinate with your course team to maintain consistency in delivery and standards, line-manage and support staff, and contribute to their professional development. Administrative responsibilities such as updating registers, uploading assessment outcomes, and preparing for internal verification will also form part of your remit.
Beyond day-to-day delivery, you’ll help shape curriculum improvements by reviewing schemes of work, embedding key themes like digital skills and sustainability, and supporting the development of new courses or delivery models. You’ll attend departmental meetings, contribute to quality assurance processes, and work closely with colleagues across the college to ensure the course remains effective and learner-focused.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced and solution-focused leader who can drive high performance and maintain outstanding quality standards. You’ll have the ability to objectively assess your courses, implement incisive actions for improvement, and work collaboratively with the Programme Manager to meet and exceed the college’s quality expectations.
Key attributes include:
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience in line-managing staff.
• Ability to lead on Internal Verification and liaise effectively for external quality assurance.
• A proactive approach to embedding digital technologies and supporting staff development.
• Commitment to curriculum excellence and continuous improvement.
If you believe you have the skills, qualities, and values to succeed in this role, we’d love to hear from you.
Below is a list of some of the key skills, qualifications and experience we are seeking for this exciting opportunity.
Required
• Teaching qualification (must be willing to work towards Level 6 PGCE if not already held)
• Relevant Level 6 qualification
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent Level 2 qualification
• A minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience
• Knowledge of curriculum review, development and planning strategies as appropriate.
• Ability to devise strategies to improve attendance, retention, achievement and pass rates
• Supportive ability to give clear and constructive feedback to students to guide learning
• Understanding and knowledge of the pastoral needs of learners
• Knowledge of a range of teaching methodologies
• Highly- professional, flexible, organised, self-motivated, positive with a can-do attitude, supportive, determined, resilient, team-player
Closing date for applications is Sunday, 4th January 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest.
Barnsley College is committed to creating a dynamic and diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all candidates regardless of their gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or faith. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from DBS.
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.
Department: Childcare & Health
Salary: £38,841 to £44,993 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Reference: REC2334 | Closing Date: Sunday, 4th January 2026
The Opportunity
As our Course Leader, you will play a key role in delivering and managing high-quality teaching and learning for our learners. You’ll take ownership of lesson planning and delivery, ensuring sessions are engaging, relevant, and aligned with awarding body requirements.
You’ll manage the full learner journey—from induction through to achievement and progression. This includes setting and monitoring individual learning plans, providing academic and pastoral support, and tracking attendance, retention, and success data. Early intervention and accurate record-keeping will be essential to support reporting and quality processes.
Collaboration is central to this role. You’ll coordinate with your course team to maintain consistency in delivery and standards, line-manage and support staff, and contribute to their professional development. Administrative responsibilities such as updating registers, uploading assessment outcomes, and preparing for internal verification will also form part of your remit.
Beyond day-to-day delivery, you’ll help shape curriculum improvements by reviewing schemes of work, embedding key themes like digital skills and sustainability, and supporting the development of new courses or delivery models. You’ll attend departmental meetings, contribute to quality assurance processes, and work closely with colleagues across the college to ensure the course remains effective and learner-focused.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced and solution-focused leader who can drive high performance and maintain outstanding quality standards. You’ll have the ability to objectively assess your courses, implement incisive actions for improvement, and work collaboratively with the Programme Manager to meet and exceed the college’s quality expectations.
Key attributes include:
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience in line-managing staff.
• Ability to lead on Internal Verification and liaise effectively for external quality assurance.
• A proactive approach to embedding digital technologies and supporting staff development.
• Commitment to curriculum excellence and continuous improvement.
If you believe you have the skills, qualities, and values to succeed in this role, we’d love to hear from you.
Below is a list of some of the key skills, qualifications and experience we are seeking for this exciting opportunity.
Required
• Teaching qualification (must be willing to work towards Level 6 PGCE if not already held)
• Relevant Level 6 qualification
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent Level 2 qualification
• A minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience
• Knowledge of curriculum review, development and planning strategies as appropriate.
• Ability to devise strategies to improve attendance, retention, achievement and pass rates
• Supportive ability to give clear and constructive feedback to students to guide learning
• Understanding and knowledge of the pastoral needs of learners
• Knowledge of a range of teaching methodologies
• Highly- professional, flexible, organised, self-motivated, positive with a can-do attitude, supportive, determined, resilient, team-player
Closing date for applications is Sunday, 4th January 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on the level of interest.
Barnsley College is committed to creating a dynamic and diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all candidates regardless of their gender, disability, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or faith. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure from DBS.
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.
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