Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About the Role
Leeds City College are seeking a Programme Manager of Engagement and Development to join our Future Pathways department!
The Programme Manager of Engagement and Development is a vital, impact-driven leadership role within our Future Pathways department at Leeds City College. Acting as a key bridge between pastoral care and academic pofogression, you will lead strategies designed to break down barriers to learning, enhance student well-being, and drive excellent retention and attendance across our cohorts.
In this role, you will have accountability for the department's wrap around support frameworks and spearhead the design and delivery of a high-quality, relevant PSHE curriculum that champions our learners' personal, health, and economic development. Whether managing transition inductions, designing targeted interventions for high-needs learners with EHCPs, or coaching your team, your focus will be on ensuring every student successfully settles into college life, stays on track, and develops the independence required to progress.
What You Will Do
- Take ownership of designing, developing, and delivering a high-quality, impactful PSHE curriculum tailored to the specific profiles of our learners to promote long-term personal development.
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Design and lead targeted, proactive intervention strategies that ensure high-needs learners and those with EHCPs can engage fully in their studies and make continuous progress.
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Manage the tracking and monitoring of student attendance, step in with robust support plans where student engagement drifts, and oversee the creation of individual pastoral SMART targets.
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Manage the student induction and transition processes, ensuring learners are fully supported to get into college, settle in effectively, and maintain positive momentum once enrolled.
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Supervise, coach, and manage a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high performance, while modeling restorative practice approaches to build authentic, trusting relationships with our learners.
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Coordinate with internal specialist services (including SENCos and safeguarding teams) alongside external partners to provide a seamless, robust network of wrap-around care.
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Oversee quality assurance across departmental tutorials, track progress metrics, and conduct first-stage student disciplinaries from a supportive, restorative perspective.
About You
- You hold a Level 5 Teaching Qualification (PGCE/Cert Ed) OR a relevant professional qualification in youth work, counselling, or pastoral leadership with a clear willingness to work towards a teaching qualification with our support. You also hold Level 2 (or above) English and Maths.
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You bring extensive experience delivering pastoral care, managing attendance interventions, and designing support strategies for learners with complex needs or EHCPs.
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You have a proven track record of planning, implementing, or delivering effective PSHE, personal development, or citizenship curricula for young people.
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You are deeply committed to relational and restorative practice approaches. You possess exceptional interpersonal skills, allowing you to connect with disengaged young people and build trust with anxious families.
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You can utilise student data productively to spot tracking trends, manage complex workloads, de-escalate challenges calmly, and think on your feet to solve problems creatively.
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You naturally embody the core values of kindness, ownership, collaborative working, and passion, while maintaining an absolute commitment to safeguarding, equality, and professional standards.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity.
Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We do not accept unsolicited CV’s and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any fee in connection with a candidate that has been submitted speculatively through any agency that has not been expressly instructed for a particular vacancy as part of our Preferred Supplier List.
