Curriculum Team Leader - Animal Management (Maternity Cover)

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Curriculum Team Leader - Animal Management (Maternity Cover)

Saltaire 23/10/2026

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Salary £40,210 - £43,919 per annum Contractual hours 37 Basis Full Time Package 35 Days Annual Leave Plus Bank Holidays / Generous Pension Scheme / Free Parking / Various Staff Benefits Job category/type Curriculum Date posted 05/10/2026 Job reference NR00343 Attachments CTL Saltaire JD.pdf

Job description

Job Title: Curriculum Team Leader (Maternity Cover)

Location: Saltaire

Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term until 31st January 2028

Salary: SP34 – £40,210 to SP37 - £43,919 per annum

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a curriculum Team leader with experience in land-based education and curriculum Management to join our Team at the Saltaire campus. This fulltime post is a key position to ensure operational excellence and educational quality is maintained within the busy college department.

We are seeking an individual who will be responsible for overseeing daily operational matters related to all elements of curriculum, staff management, centre requirements and student experience & safeguarding. Alongside maintaining exceptional animal welfare within he on-site Animal facitlities.

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will manage one of the colleges remote sites, with direct staff line management and full oversight of all staff, student and physical resources. They will be responsible for supporting curriculum staff with compliance and quality assurance, and help drive achievement and progression targets, specifically around attendance and parental engagement.

Working in liaison with the Head of Department, the CTL will ensure the Saltaire campus meets the needs of students, employers, and the community, in line with the college’s strategic goals and awarding bodies expectations.

A strong understanding of education processes, systems and management of curriculum teams, alongside the ability to work well within a team. Experience/Knowledge of Land-Based education (Animal & Conservation studies).

Interviews: w/c 2nd November 2026

Start Date: The College operates 2 starter/induction days per month to welcome and onboard new members. These are usually the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month (unless there is a bank holiday).

About the College:

Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.

We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.

Benefits of working with Askham Bryan College:

• On-site facilities including a fully functional farm, equine centre, wildlife park and VR suite
• Beautiful grounds for outdoor learning, meetings and well-being walks
• Teacher pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• 35 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday, plus Christmas shut down
• Options for flexible working arrangements (role dependent)
• On-site catering including a canteen and shop
• Highly discounted gym membership at the on-site gym
• Free car parking and cycle to work scheme
• Excellent career development opportunities via our on-site L&D Partner
• Continuous support from our Recruitment and Employee Lifecycle Partner
• Enhances sick pay and compassionate leave scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

Safeguarding Statement

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

• We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
• We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as “spent”. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
• We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.

Note on “regulated activity”: You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

• Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
• Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
• Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once

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