9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    23 September 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    14 September 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Other support role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 18.5 Hours Per Week | One year fixed term contract in the first instance, subject to funding | £21,749 Per Annum (Pro rata of £43,497 Per Annum)

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 Months

Full time equivalent salary

£21,749 Per Annum (Pro rata of £43,497 Per Annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

18.5 Hours Per Week | One year fixed term contract in the first instance, subject to funding | £21,749 Per Annum (Pro rata of £43,497 Per Annum)

Who we are

At City College Plymouth you will be joining a college that is proud of its culture, where our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity are there to nurture and support a passion for teachingand learning,enriching our communitythrough knowledge, experience and skills enabling every student to be the best they can be.

At City College Plymouth, one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, we are going through a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We pride ourselves on delivering a learning environment and organisational culture that impact positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced curriculum and quality professional to lead collaboration and continuous improvement across the DTEC hub-and-spoke network. You will support delivery partners to adopt and develop high-quality, employer-informed curricula, coordinate peer review and quality activity, and lead shared CPD, train-the-trainer and industry-exchange opportunities. The role will be central to building consistent teaching quality and sustainable specialist capability across a national network of providers working in defence-related technical education.

What Will You Bring to the Role

  • Adapting -Able to adapt their approach across different partner organisations, curriculum areas and quality contexts, balancing multiple priorities while responding constructively to changing programme and provider needs.
  • Collaborating -Able to build productive relationships across the hub-and-spoke network, recognise differing partner perspectives and sensitivities, and facilitate collaborative curriculum, quality and professional-development activity.
  • Problem-solving -Able to analyse quality and performance evidence, identify patterns and underlying issues, critically evaluate practice, and develop proportionate improvement actions that can be applied across different delivery settings.
  • Persistence -Able to drive sustained improvement across a dispersed network, maintaining focus and constructive challenge when progress is difficult, and following agreed actions through to implementation and measurable improvement.

What the college offers its staff

Benefits

City College Plymouth will offer you;

  • Holiday: Up to 35 days plus bank holidays and College Closure over Christmas.
  • Career development opportunities.
  • Generous contributions towards your pension.
  • Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.

How we recruit

We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About City College Plymouth

Organisation type
FE College, ages 16 to 99
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
No information available
Age range
16 to 99
Ofsted report
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