Curriculum Manager - Health and Social Care

Rochdale, UK (On-site)

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Job Description

Curriculum Manager - Health and Social Care

Application Deadline: 23 August 2026

Department: Health and Social Care

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Middleton

Compensation: £51,373 per annum

Description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of Health and Social Care education?
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Curriculum Manager to lead and inspire our dedicated team within the Health and Social Care department.

About the Role:
As Curriculum Manager, you will be responsible for providing effective leadership and operational management of your teams. You will work closely with the Centre Director to ensure the department contributes to and achieves the College’s strategic objectives of becoming an outstanding, innovative, and customer-focused provider.

Your leadership will drive growth in student recruitment, enhance the quality of teaching and learning, and ensure service excellence across all aspects of curriculum delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. To oversee leadership of the programmes delivered within the curriculum area ensuring highly effective delivery of teaching, learning and assessment.

2. To lead and support curriculum innovation within the programme team to ensure the curriculum offer is effective in meeting the needs of learners and employers in line with national, regional and local government agenda.

3. Ensure all targets set for recruitment, attendance, punctuality, retention, achievement and progression are regularly reviewed and monitored with programme teams.

4. To promote excellence in all aspects of the curriculum, management development and Innovation, and facilitate the sharing of best practice.

5. Effectively manage the programme teams to ensure all aspects of the College’s quality assurance processes are fully implemented.

6. Lead the team to effectively engage with, and produce a robust self-assessment report.

7. Co-ordinate internal and external verification processes, liaising with awarding bodies, external verifiers and the College’s exams team

8. Support the Centre Director to ensure that programme teams are consistently high performing through effective use of the College’s performance management system, including conducting performance review meetings.

9. Lead, motivate and support programme teams so that they can make a full and valued contribution to the development of the programme area.

10. To deliver 324 hours per year of scheduled teaching

11. Support and lead the team to fully prepare for external/internal inspection and all audits.

12. Effectively manage all cost centre budget allocations in line with the College’s financial regulations.

13. Be responsive to internal and external college initiatives

14. Be an active member of the cross college teaching and learning observation team.

15. Work with marketing and others partners to raise the profile of the area.

16. Any other duties of a similar level of responsibility as may be required.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Qualifications
Essential Criteria
Teaching Qualification

Desirable Criteria
Degree and/or relevant professional qualification
How Identified: Application
Experience
Essential Criteria
Recent experience of curriculum development within FE
Academic/industrial/commercial experience in one of the areas of the curriculum work.
Experience of using college wide systems.
Desirable Criteria
Management experience including responsibility for quality, staff and curriculum
How Identified: Application/Interview
Specialist Knowledge
Essential Criteria
Knowledge of the curriculum portfolio
Ability to teach on programmes within the curriculum
How Identified: Application/Interview
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
Intermediate user of Microsoft applications
Ability to use technology to generate information and improve efficiency
How Identified: Application/Interview

Hopwood Hall College

We are a Further Education vocational college and University Centre based on two campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated north-east of Manchester.Here at Hopwood Hall College & University Centre, we have an in-depth understanding of the skills required in the 21st Century and offer a huge range vocational courses from foundation level through to foundation degrees.The College has, over recent years, received more than £30 million in capital investment which includes the remodelling of our Rochdale Campus, the new Technology Centre at Middleton Campus and our new state-of-the-art Learning Resource Centres. More importantly we are continually investing and refurbishing our estate with a new Image Salon and licenced restaurant which opened in September 2013 and the expansion of our Centre for Life Sciences.Working at Hopwood Hall College:Hopwood Hall College employs approximately 500 staff in both teaching and learning and support services. Staff are based at either our Middleton or Rochdale Campus. Hopwood Hall College is an equal opportunities employer. Our Equality & Diversity statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process. Staff benefits: Working at Hopwood Hall College comes a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, plus a final salary pension scheme. Staff also have free access to internet and email facilities. Other non-contractual benefits include:• free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena• a Health Cash Plan• purchase loans for computers and bikes• salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers• on-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)• credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance• free on-site parking

Founded in 1992

Middleton, England, GBR

673 employees