About the role
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Curriculum Coordinator to join the Northamptonshire Adult Learning Service. The role involves overseeing operational course management within a designated area, focusing on ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). This includes comprehensive responsibilities such as resource allocation, curriculum planning, development, design, delivery, quality improvement initiatives, and providing essential learner support and guidance.
What will you be doing?
- Manage and optimise resource allocation for ESOL courses.
- Lead curriculum planning, development, design, and delivery in alignment with educational standards and learner needs.
- Implement quality improvement measures to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to learners to foster academic success and personal development.
- Identify opportunties for growth based on local, regional and national need.
- Please note: thre is a minimum of 200 annual teaching hours (contact hours) for full-time roles, pro rata for fractional positions.
About you
- Minimum of a Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject area.
- Formal teaching qualification to minimum of Level 5, or willing to obtain in a specified timescale.
- Hold a Level 2 qualification in English and Maths or equivalent.
- Hold a Lv2 qualification in ICT or equivalent, or a willingness to work towards.
- Experience in coordinating, developing and delviering educational programs or projects.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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