Curriculum Team Leader - Early Years

Curriculum Team Leader – Early Years Location: North Notts Campus, Worksop Salary: £41,165 a year + benefits Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time (37 hrs per week, all year round) Closing Date: 2nd of November 2026 Join our supportive, established department to lead and shape the future of our Early Years curriculum. In this role, you will oversee and deliver Childcare and Early Years programmes from Level 1 up to Foundation Degree, including our T-Level pathways. You will lead a dedicated team of lecturers, manage staff performance, and drive student success across classroom learning, work placements, and assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver high-quality Childcare/Early Years qualifications across all funding streams
• Oversee and support classroom learners, work placements, and onboarding processes to hit academic targets.
• Supervise and manage performance within your teaching team.
• Collaborate with our Curriculum Manager and industry networks to build an enriching, modern curriculum. You will…
• have industry experience and a background in delivering, assessing, and verifying multi-level courses.
• have leadership experience within an education establishment, with a proven track record of strong student outcomes.
• Hold level 3+ Vocational Qualification in a relevant field.
• Hold a Teaching Qualification & Assessors Award (or willingness to work towards them).
• Hold Level 2 English & Maths (or willingness to work towards them We understand that no candidate will perfectly match every qualification or criterion listed. If your experience differs from what we've outlined but you believe you can contribute to this role, we encourage you to apply! Department Info Your line manager will be the Curriculum Manager and you will regularly report on your objectives to update them on a range of KPI’s including (but not limited to) student recruitment, retention, anticipated achievement, attendance and punctuality. You will lead the line and functional management of Teachers, Assessors, Technicians and Learning Support for all components of the study and core aim programmes associated with this role will be a key function for the post-holder. You will also develop and maintain partnerships / strong working relationships with external organisations that enrich and support curriculum learning. Our excellent benefits and rewards package:
• Access to teachers pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 15.6% to 23.68%)
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year (35) including closure during Christmas period
• Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
• Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service
• Extensive wellbeing support through a digital Wellbeing Hub that offers a broad range of support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
• Free Parking available at all of our sites
• Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
• New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the teacher retention initiative
• Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made What is the RNN Group? RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for RNN Group, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application