About This Role
About the Role
As Curriculum Manager for Hair & Beauty and Catering & Hospitality at Rotherham College, you will provide strong operational and commercial leadership across these key vocational areas. Reporting to the Director of Campus, you will lead both the educational provision and income-generating enterprises—balancing an outstanding student experience with robust financial sustainability, budget management, and commercial growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Curriculum & Quality: Lead the design and delivery of innovative programmes in Hair & Beauty and Catering & Hospitality, embedding modern industry trends and technologies while maintaining high standards of teaching, learning, and assessment.
- Commercial Growth & Operations: Oversee and expand campus commercial enterprises (including the training salons, public restaurant, full-cost courses, and employer-facing services) ensuring they are financially sustainable and aligned with learner training needs.
- Employer & Community Engagement: Establish active employer boards and trade partnerships with regional sector businesses to maximise commercial contracts, secure industry work placements, and meet local skills improvement plans.
- Staff Leadership: Direct line management of Curriculum Team Leaders, Lecturers, support, and technical staff, fostering high standards of teaching and learning.
- Financial & Commercial Management: Oversee departmental budgets, resource allocation, and income generation—including managing commercial operations (e.g., campus salon, restaurant, employer services).
- Strategic Collaboration: Work with the RNN Group Senior Leadership Team and cross-campus peers to contribute to group-wide projects, digital learning, and strategic growth.
Role Requirements
- Experience: Proven track record of managing a successful FE department, with demonstrated success in driving commercial revenue (e.g., campus salons, training restaurants, full-cost provision) alongside departmental budgets.
- Market Insight: Demonstrated ability to adapt provision to emerging labour market needs and new technologies.
- Qualifications: Teaching qualification, ideally a vocational qualification at higher education level 4 or above in one of the areas within the management responsibility, a Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy (or equivalent), and a management qualification (or equivalent recent leadership development).