Curriculum Leader, Foundation Plus, (Foundation Diploma in Art & Design)

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Central Saint Martins
Access and Progresssion
CSM - King's Cross, London UK
Grade 6
£46,423 - £55,932 pro rata (£27,853.80 - £33,559.20 per annum)

Fixed Term - 8 months

Part time - 22.2 hours per week

3 February 2021 23:55

The opportunity

The role of Curriculum Leader, Foundation Plus, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design is part of the Access and Progression to Higher Education Programme, on the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design course. The Foundation Plus course is an international only course delivered between June – September. The Curriculum Leader also would be required to teach on the main Foundation programme between February and June. Each curriculum area has its own specialist delivery and identity within the course and the role carries a responsibility for planning, timetabling and delivering the specialist curriculum as well as managing a team of associate lecturers. This is a temporary fixed post role of eight months, to provide cover for a member of staff who is currently on secondment from this post.


Purpose of the Role:

  • Contributing to the overall academic leadership and management of the Programme and its constituent courses, ensuring the maintenance and enhancement of standards.
  • Lead on specific aspects of provision across the Course and Programme.
  • Working collegially across the College and University so as to ensure the Programme is fully embedded within the wider institutional context.
  • The day-to-day leadership and management of the Curriculum Area including all areas of learning, teaching and assessment of students, the design, development and delivery of the curriculum as well as resources allocated.
  • Observing and implementing the policies and procedures of the University and the College.
 

About you

You will be an experienced academic and professional practitioner in the field of relevant Art, Design or Architectural practice You will promote the pursuit of the highest academic standards and of reflection, enquiry and creative risk taking to ensure that students are well equipped intellectually, creatively and technically, not only to meet the challenges of contemporary professional practice, but to anticipate and initiate change. You will have extensive experience of teaching at FE (Level 3/4) Level in an HEI or Further Education institution. A dynamic, enthusiastic and committed academic, you will demonstrate an ability to motivate students and work as part of a team to engage and build relationships with external organisations, institutions and individuals.

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, an attractive pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity. Relocation assistance is available.

If you have any queries about this role please email the CSM Staffing Team on: jobenquiries@csm.arts.ac.uk.

What we offer

 

We are UAL

Central Saint Martins is a world-leading centre for arts and design education. Its reputation stems from the creative energy of its staff and students and the stellar achievements of its graduates nationally and internationally. The nine programmes at CSM explore the boundaries of their discipline. Students and staff are continually alert to new ideas, and are curious and restless in developing beyond the expected norms of their subject, so emerging work is at the forefront of its area. CSM sits at the heart of London’s creative scene, and of one of Europe’s most dynamic new culture and innovation quarters at King’s Cross, making the college increasingly important to London’s cultural life, and indicative of our general desire to open up CSM to as broad an audience as possible. The Foundation Diploma in Art and Design course at CSM is delivered at our Archway campus.

Our culture

 

This opportunity is closed to applications.