Curriculum Manager - Health and Social Care

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Curriculum Manager in Health & Social Care (Ref. No.L764)

Full Time/Permanent/Aberdeen City Campus

Salary: £59,850.00 per annum

You will champion high-quality learning, teaching and student success across Health and Social Care, ensuring a dynamic, engaging and industry-responsive curriculum. You will drive innovation, embrace emerging technologies, and work proactively with employers and partners to meet evolving regional, commercial and student needs.

You will be a visionary leader and effective communicator, capable of inspiring and motivating teams to deliver outstanding student outcomes and experiences. Leading a committed team of lecturers, you will provide clear direction, foster a culture of excellence, and drive continuous improvement across the curriculum.

Educated to a minimum of SCQF Level 9 (or equivalent) with a background in Health & Social Care, you will hold a recognised teaching qualification, or be committed to achieving one, alongside experience in training, assessment and verification. You will have the skills to plan, develop and monitor curriculum delivery, ensuring high standards, quality and consistency.

This is a diverse and rewarding role requiring a credible and collaborative leader with the ambition to build on an already strong position. You will possess excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders. Experience of leading robust self-evaluation and quality enhancement activity to improve student outcomes and experiences is essential.

The closing date for applications will be 16 October 2026.

In your covering letter, please proved an example of a successful teaching, training or workforce development innovation or initiative.

Person Specification

PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE: Curriculum Manager

QUALIFICATIONS

1. A degree, or equivalent, preferably in an area of Health & Social Care (e.g. Nursing, Allied Health, Social Work).
2. Willing to achieve full registration with
3. A full teaching qualification or commitment to achieve this.
4. Assessor and Verifier qualifications or commitment to achieve this.
5. Evidence of continuous professional development.

EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Experience of successful teaching, training, workforce development within a relevant curriculum or industry area, leading to high-quality outcomes.
• Proven experience of developing and implementing new initiatives that improve learning, workforce development, or organisational performance, resulting in improved outcomes for learners, staff, service users, or stakeholders.
• Experience of planning, developing and evaluating curriculum, learning, training, workforce development within a relevant Health & Social Care, or related professional setting.
• Experience of planning and evaluating services including developing and contributing to self-evaluation reports and action plans
• Relevant and up to date experience of innovated use of IT in course delivery
• Proven track record of managing the quality outcomes and compliance within a curriculum area

Desirable:

• Experience of designing and delivering commercial courses
• Experience of successful, creative and innovative teaching within the curriculum areas
• Successful experience of leading teams/individuals to achieve objectives and improve performance
• Proven contribution in the effective use of resources and timetabling

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• An in depth and up to date knowledge of the qualifications offered in the curriculum area
• An in depth and up to date knowledge of the range of courses relevant to the curriculum area
• An in depth and up to date knowledge of performance indicator targets
• A proven ability to communicate and present effectively
• A proven ability to negotiate effectively
• A committed team player with a proven ability to work effectively with teams with a critical and sensitive understanding of the roles of teaching staff
• Effective and successful team leadership and management skills
• Effective and proven budget management skills
• Relevant and up to date digital literacy
• Proven ability to work flexibly to meet changing priorities and the demands of the post

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Demonstrates the following:

• Self-motivated
• Committed to people development
• Committed to customer service and quality improvement
• Ability to relate to people
• Able to develop positive working relationships

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Essential:

• Ability to work flexibly across all campus sites