Milton Keynes College is working in partnership with HMP Ranby to put education at the heart of the prison system.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Programme Manager / curriculum leader to enhance the delivery of our English and Maths across all areas including our vocational courses.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated programme manager / curriculum leader to deliver learner success, through effective leadership within our essential skills programme.

This vacancy would suit a highly motivated programme manager that specialises in the delivery and embedding of English and Maths and has a positive can do approach to education and the success of their students. The ideal candidate will have experience and success within their knowledge area of English and Maths as well as experience of managing a team.

More about the rewards

• 35 days annual leave, 3 additional days leave for Christmas to New Year closure and UK Bank Holidays
• Able to apply for an NUS Extra Card and Blue lights card, offering a wide range of High Street Discounts
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers
• Continued Professional Development Opportunities
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Access to ‘JUICE’ the employees’ health and wellbeing platform
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributions towards Eye Tests for Visual Display users
• Plus, many more

HMP Ranby is working resettlement prison housing almost 1,100 adult male prisoners. The Education Department aspires to prepare prisoners for release and resettlement through the provision of a range of both academic and vocational programmes from Entry Level to Level Two. Our programmes are developed and delivered through close collaboration with our prison colleagues and other partner agencies.

Education at Ranby is in the process of undergoing significant change with a number of new and innovative courses being introduced, coupled with a radical change in the way that learners are allocated to pathways of learning that are closely allied to career options and opportunities.

If you feel that you have what it takes to inspire learners to change their offending behaviour, want to work in a challenging but rewarding environment and think that you can help HMP Ranby become a true centre of excellence for offender learning, we would like to meet you.

As a successful candidate you will:

• A degree or equivalent vocational qualification in English or Maths subject area.
• A teaching qualification (QTLS as appropriate).
• Assessor/Verifier Awards (desirable).
• Teaching/training experience in subject area, along with employability and/or PSD, up-to-date knowledge of these subject areas and employer requirements.
• Understanding of the necessary employability skills required in the current UK economy.
• Evidence of providing high quality effective programmes leading to outstanding success.
• Experience of data analysis.
• Experience of identifying, developing and sharing resources focused on teaching and learning.
• Experience of working with students who may have little experience of education and training (desirable).
• Knowledge of current relevant initiatives within the Offender Learning.
• The requirement of this role is to work across the whole prison estate, on all wings where education is delivered.

More about the College

Milton Keynes College is proud to be an open and inclusive general Further Education College welcoming learners of all levels and delivering an exceptional educational experience. The College offers a broad range of qualifications with more than 3,000 16 – 18-year-old full-time students studying traditional A Levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships and Higher Education. In addition, the College delivers employability and key skills training programmes to 3,000 people in local community learning centres and is one of the largest providers of Offender Learning in England, working with 27 prisons across the East Midlands, South Central and West Midlands.

Milton Keynes College is a committed safer recruitment employer. We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions therefore undergo a stringent vetting process to include DBS for all positions.

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