Job Description:

Curriculum Manager (Hair and Beauty, Catering and Hospitality)

Hours; Full time (37hrs per week, all year round)

Contract duration; Permanent

Salary; £49,860 a year, plus benefits

Location; Role based at Rotherham College, Rotherham (with occasional travel to other sites as required)

About the Role

As Curriculum Manager for Hair & Beauty and Catering & Hospitality at Rotherham College, you will provide strong operational and commercial leadership across these key vocational areas. Reporting to the Director of Campus, you will lead both the educational provision and income-generating enterprises—balancing an outstanding student experience with robust financial sustainability, budget management, and commercial growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Curriculum & Quality: Lead the design and delivery of innovative programmes in Hair & Beauty and Catering & Hospitality, embedding modern industry trends and technologies while maintaining high standards of teaching, learning, and assessment.
• Commercial Growth & Operations: Oversee and expand campus commercial enterprises (including the training salons, public restaurant, full-cost courses, and employer-facing services) ensuring they are financially sustainable and aligned with learner training needs.
• Employer & Community Engagement: Establish active employer boards and trade partnerships with regional sector businesses to maximise commercial contracts, secure industry work placements, and meet local skills improvement plans.
• Staff Leadership: Direct line management of Curriculum Team Leaders, Lecturers, support, and technical staff, fostering high standards of teaching and learning.
• Financial & Commercial Management: Oversee departmental budgets, resource allocation, and income generation—including managing commercial operations (e.g., campus salon, restaurant, employer services).
• Strategic Collaboration: Work with the RNN Group Senior Leadership Team and cross-campus peers to contribute to group-wide projects, digital learning, and strategic growth.

Role Requirements

• Experience: Proven track record of managing a successful FE department, with demonstrated success in driving commercial revenue (e.g., campus salons, training restaurants, full-cost provision) alongside departmental budgets.
• Market Insight: Demonstrated ability to adapt provision to emerging labour market needs and new technologies.
• Qualifications: Teaching qualification, ideally a vocational qualification at higher education level 4 or above in one of the areas within the management responsibility, a Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy (or equivalent), and a management qualification (or equivalent recent leadership development).

Department Info

As Curriculum Manager you will lead a team across a range of subject specialisms, including Curriculum Team Leaders and Lecturers. You will work closely with other Curriculum Managers across the campus and wider Group, reporting directly to the Director of Campus for Rotherham College. 

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

• Access to teachers pensions scheme (with employer contributions from 23.68%)
• Up to 50 days annual leave per year 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;

• We are Inclusive,
• We have Integrity,
• We Deliver,
• We are One Team.

We celebrate diversity and are proud to be recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) model, fostering a supportive environment for all. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of background, proudly participating in the Disability Confident Scheme, and provide reasonable adjustments.

The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).

As a newly designated Defence Technical Excellence College, RNN Group is proud to support the UK’s defence sector by developing the next generation of highly skilled technical talent.

RNN Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), all appointments are subject to rigorous safer recruitment checks. Successful candidates will undergo pre-employment screening, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (with Barred List check where applicable), online background checks, satisfactory references, and verification of identity, qualifications, and right to work in the UK.

The Group’s core operating hours are 8.30am-5.00pm (9pm on a Tuesday and Thursday during term time). You may be expected to work at any time during these hours to ensure business needs are met.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Monday 30 November 2026 – if you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Provisional Interview Date: Friday 11 December 2026