Course Leader - Access to HE (Health Science)

About the Role

Leeds City College are seeking a dedicated Course Leader of Health Science to join our Access to HE team, based at our Quarry Hill campus.

In this full-time role, you will oversee the management, delivery, and academic quality of our Access to Higher Education (HE) Health Science Level 3 Programme, currently comprising 5 classes. Working in close partnership with the Programme Manager and subject specialist tutors, you will drive curriculum planning, resource development, and progress tracking to maximize student achievement.

Your leadership will champion an outstanding student experience and uphold exceptional standards of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (TLA), empowering adult learners to succeed on their pathways to university and health sector careers in an inclusive, supportive environment.

What You Will Do

• Deliver inspiring, engaging sessions (classroom and laboratory) across the curriculum using a wide range of teaching methods for identified academic units of study in biology, anatomy, physiology, and study skills.
• Deliver tutorial topics e.g. Safeguarding, British values, Prevent, Personal Development, and Wellbeing.
• Collaborate with the course team to drive high-quality, efficient curriculum delivery while continuously adapting and developing new units to align with HEI and employer needs
• Plan, prepare and develop schemes of work, session plans, teaching and assessment materials to ensure high-quality learning resources are in place
• Support rigorous quality assurance across course assessments through marking practice, internal moderation and standardisation activity
• Adapt teaching approaches to meet the diverse learning needs of adult learners and foster an inclusive environment
• Be responsible for recording and tracking student progress to support retention
• Motivate and inspire students to achieve targets and develop their skills to enable progression to higher education (HE) degree/apprenticeship programmes
• Work with stakeholders i.e. Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Outreach Officers/Academics, Award Validating Agency (AVA).

About You

• You will hold a Degree in a Biological Science subject / Vocational discipline e.g. Nursing
• Have relevant experience in teaching in FE at level 3, preferably adult learners on Access to HE courses
• You will hold a recognised teaching qualification.
• Be highly organised, motivated and able to use your own initiative to respond to challenges as well as being able to work effectively within a team.
• Dedicated to continued professional development (CPD) and keeping your knowledge up to date within your subject specialism.
• Enthusiastic and committed to the development and growth of the department.
• You will be able to apply restorative practice to your communications with students and colleagues.