Director of Software Engineering Curriculum in London, United Kingdom

Role: Director of Software Engineering Curriculum

Team: Curriculum

Package: Pension, Unlimited leave, Flexible working

Location: Remote (occasional F2F as appropriate)

Salary: £60000 – £75000

Hours: Full Time

About Corndel:

Corndel is a unique, multi award-winning UK management and technology training provider that focuses on delivering the highest quality programmes throughout an employee’s career. We partner with some of the UK’s largest and most exciting businesses to help drive organisational and personal performance through transformational learning.

Our vision is to shape a world where everyone is empowered to be their professional best. We are one of the fastest growing companies in the UK and provide a great platform for proactive and motivated individuals to take the next exciting step in their career. You will be joining an organisation with a fun, entrepreneurial and supportive environment, providing fulfilling work and an open, informal culture.

The Curriculum team plans, builds and maintains industry-leading programmes. These programmes meet a diverse range of stakeholder needs, such as those from learners, PDEs, EPA requirements, sales, marketing, accessibility, budget and more. The three key aspects of the team are: 1) building and maintaining high-quality and on-time programmes; 2) exceptional collaboration and stakeholder management; and 3) completing admin.

The role:

As our Director of Software Engineering Curriculum, you will plan and deliver industry-leading training content relating to the Software Developer Apprenticeship Standard. You will drive the design, build and maintenance of Software Engineering training content that can be delivered at scale for maximum real-world impact. You will get the chance to teach workshops and individually coach learners, witnessing first-hand the transformational power of the curriculum you create, and directly supporting apprentices in their journey.

Responsibilities include:

• Drive the build and maintenance of the Software Engineering programme

• Ensure the programme continues to meet all the requirements of the Apprenticeship Standard

• Write engaging, interactive and concise eLearning content that has real business impact and gets learners to End-Point Assessment on time with minimal dropouts

• Continuously improve all aspects of the programmes in light of learner, PDE, employer and end-point-assessment organisation (EPAO) feedback

• Work collaboratively with the Curriculum and Operations teams to design and continuously improve our suite of high quality, interactive workshops

• Plan first-class audio and video content and work with our AV team to produce it

• Produce and maintain programme guides, templates and supporting documentation to support learners and PDEs

• Work closely and collaboratively with all relevant stakeholders, such as those in the teams of Curriculum, Assessment, Marketing, Sales and Operations, and external, as appropriate

• Be the expert on past, present and future versions of the Apprenticeship Standard, assessment methods and the best approaches to consistent learner achievement

• Support operations with the delivery of live workshops, ensuring learners have an outstanding learning experience and make progress against their learning objectives

• Once the content production is complete, manage a caseload of apprentices to mentor, coach and equip them to become Software Engineers

  About you:

  Essential

• Expert-level, lived industry experience in Software Engineering

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the Software Developer apprenticeship standard

• Strong experience teaching others Software Engineering

• Detailed knowledge of End-Point Assessment (experience of having successfully taken a cohort of learners through EPA desirable)

• Experience writing Software Engineering training content

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of a broad range of concepts, tools and frameworks in modern software engineering, including but not limited to:

  -Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and their ecosystems

  -Full stack skills including Bash, SQL & NoSQL, HTML and CSS

  -Clean coding principles including patterns and paradigms, data structures and algorithms

  -Software design, stakeholder management and requirements analysis

  -Software project management and methodologies (e.g. Agile, Scrum)

  -Codebase management, codebase management and CI/CD

  -Cloud deployment and containerisation

• Can work at speed to meet tight deadlines

• Ability to create professional, accurate content to a very high standard

• Ability to quickly and comprehensively research new topics to write definitive content

• Can plan effectively and coordinate activities

• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of internal and external  stakeholders

• Enthusiasm for coding demonstrated by robust personal side-projects and/or attendance at coding groups (e.g. Meetups)

  Desirable

• A teaching/coaching qualification

• Experience of delivering Software or DevOps apprenticeships (level 3/4 desirable)

• Formal teaching experience (higher education preferable)

• Masters or above in STEM subject with a coding element (note that demonstrable real-world experience is most important)

  Why join Corndel?

• We’re committed to having a fully inclusive, welcoming and safe culture and always striving to improve.

• We provide an environment that is truly flexible and supportive, somewhere you will have autonomy over your role.

• We’re a leader in our field, with quality and excellence at the heart of what we do.

  As part of our commitment to create an inclusive workplace where all colleagues can be their true selves, excel in their roles and progress in their careers, we recognise the importance of embracing the diversity in the working population and making Corndel a fully accessible employer.

  As Corndel is a Disability Confident Employer, we make sure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job will be offered an interview. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, when submitting your application, please select the appropriate option to let us know that you have a disability. Please note this does not mean that all disabled people are entitled to an interview, in some recruitment situations such as peak times, we might need to limit the overall numbers of interviews we offer.

  If you have a disability that might affect any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know about any help or reasonable adjustments you need before any interview or assessment. We’ll work with you to make sure any appropriate support is in place and make the application process a more positive experience.

  Corndel is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment practices, and will undertake pre-employment checks on the successful candidate, including Enhanced DBS Disclosure and a Barred List Check.

  For more information contact tariq.saeed@corndel.com

   

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