Course Leader Music
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Course Leader to lead and manage all curriculum activity across a defined subject pathway. This is a management first role with responsibility for high quality teaching, learning, student outcomes, and leadership of teaching and support staff.
You will be accountable for student achievement, retention, attendance, internal verification, and overall pathway quality. Working closely with the Head of Campus, you will support continuous improvement, risk management, and delivery of organisational targets, while contributing to wider campus leadership including recruitment, enrichment, staff development, employer engagement, and strategic planning.
What you will do
- Lead academic and operational delivery across the pathway, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, and student experience
- Manage and develop teaching and support staff through performance management, coaching, and mentoring
- Conduct staff, course, and programme reviews and standardisation activities, supporting target setting and monitoring
- Undertake teaching and learning observations including peer, graded, and joint observations
- Use management information systems (including Guru) to monitor learner data, track progress, and report performance
- Lead internal verification processes and ensure awarding body compliance
- Take ownership of student achievement, retention, and attendance data, identifying trends and driving improvement
- Implement intervention strategies for at risk learners in collaboration with the Head of Campus and support teams
- Ensure consistent delivery of tutorials and Personal and Professional Development activity
- Oversee induction, tutorials, student reports, registers, and Individual Learning Plans
- Support progression routes including UCAS applications, references, and careers guidance
- Contribute to enrichment, recruitment, marketing activity, open events, and employer engagement
- Liaise with parents and guardians where required on student progress and welfare
- Ensure safeguarding, Prevent, equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded across the pathway
- Work as part of the campus safeguarding team and work towards DSL qualification
- Collaborate with the Head of Campus on timetabling, staffing, quality improvement, and staff development
- Represent the campus at internal and external stakeholder events
What we are looking for
- Teaching qualification at Level 4 minimum (e.g. CET, PGCE, Cert Ed, DTLLS) — Level 5 desirable
- Relevant degree or Level 3+ qualification in a related subject area
- Experience of managing a team in education or creative industries
- Experience of managing programmes or courses and delivering curriculum outcomes
- Experience of student management including enrolment, tutorials, disciplinary processes, and administration
- Experience using data systems to track student progress and outcomes
- Experience of internal verification and awarding body compliance
- Understanding of quality assurance and improvement in FE or training
- Experience of employer engagement and industry linked learning opportunities
- Strong teaching ability within subject specialism
- Strong communication, organisation, and prioritisation skills
- Ability to interpret data and produce reports to support improvement
- Ability to motivate staff and improve performance
- Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Experience of delivering or contributing to staff development is desirable
Who are we?
We are ‘Access Creative College’ (ACC), formerly known as Access to Music, and were founded in 1992. We’re an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider that reach every corner of the country, with 7 campuses and over 2,500 students nationwide. We are part of Access Education Group which boasts 32 campuses nationwide with over 5,000 students & apprentices across ACC, dBs Institute (Higher Education) & Access Sport
What we offer?
- Generous Holiday Allocation
- Wellbeing Benefits: Health Cash Plan, Doctorline GP Service, Employee Assistance Programme, Access to Counselling and Cycle to Work
- Staff Discounts & Benefits: access to Accolade, our benefits platform which offers discounts at over 800 retailers!
- Paid Leave: Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Sick pay.
A full job description and person specification is available for download alongside our full benefits booklet.
Diversity and open expression are fundamental to creativity. We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity and inclusivity for all our employees and potential employees.
DBS Checks: Enhanced DBS clearance will be required.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. We therefore encourage early applications.
