Programme Manager - Rural Land Management

• Company: Plumpton College
• Closing Date: 06-06-2025
• Location: Plumpton College, Lewes
• Salary: £38,111 - £41,909 DOE
• Hours: Full-time (37.5h/week), Part-time considered
• Contact Email: recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk
• How to Apply: To apply, please complete the Plumpton College application form and our Equality Monitoring form, and send both to recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk

Description

Plumpton College is seeking an experienced Rural Surveyor to join our agriculture and environment team. This exciting opportunity offers the chance to shape the next generation of rural land management professionals. Plumpton College delivers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in agriculture, viticulture, animal conservation, veterinary studies, and rural and countryside management. All our higher education courses are validated by the University of Greenwich.  

We are seeking a professional and passionate individual with highly relevant subject expertise to manage and teach on the BSc (Hons) Rural Land and Business Management course. The new accelerated BSc degree is undergoing RICS accreditation and as such we encourage individuals who are members of RICS and working as Chartered Surveyors to apply. The course will be a fast-track course delivered over two years where students attend college one week out of a month for intensive teaching blocks. 

Key Responsibilities

Programme Management

• Manage programme in line with RICS requirements

• Manage modules and coordinate activity from teaching team

• Attend programme meetings, higher education meetings, examiner meetings, and other management meetings arising from assigned responsibilities

• Manage the quality assurance of the programme including internal verification and moderation

• Manage the programme recruitment and actively participate in recruitment and outreach activities

• Support students on programme and engage with employers

• Contribute to the development of the wider Higher Education curriculum and academic agenda.

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Deliver teaching through lecturers, tutorials, seminars, field trips, practical exercises, and other modes of delivery (including online) to higher education students.

• Engage with employers to deliver guest speaking sessions, or visits, to raise awareness of current professional practice.

• Continuously develop the programme to ensure relevance and high student satisfaction

• Design, deliver and mark a range of assessments and provide feed-forward, constructive feedback in a timely manner, as required by programme specifications.

• Supervise students’ dissertation and integrated projects.

• Provide 1:1 and group tutorial support as required.

Continuous Professional Development

• Participate in staff development activities to support Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and keep a Professional Development Portfolio (PDP) to evidence personal development and impact on practice.

• Actively participate in the College performance management processes, including appraisals to support personal and professional development and enhance student experience.

• Complete all mandatory training as required in line with college expectations.

Other responsibilities and duties

• Ensure equality of opportunity and promote diversity in all aspects of college life.

• Ensure the safety and well-being of young people and vulnerable adults, following safeguarding policies and completing mandatory training.

• Undergo appropriate data protection training as required to ensure the confidentiality of personal data remains secure and that restricted information remains confidential.

• Any other duties connected with the post as are reasonably required from time to time.

Please see the attached job description for further information. If you would like to arrange a call to discuss this role, please contact recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk and we would be delighted to help. 

We reserve the right to call candidates to interview/withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.   

 Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.   

 Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.