SDP Curriculum Manager
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SDP Curriculum Manager
BCT is a leading creative industry training provider with
more than 25 years’ track record of delivering education
and work opportunities. Our mission is to Develop Talent,
Transform Lives, Create Careers and in order to do this
we offer vocational study programmes, apprenticeships,
traineeships and adult learning courses. We also
run a local co\-work space, Creative Works,
and Big Creative Independent School.
Safeguarding statement
Big Creative Training is committed to a safe,
inclusive environment where learners, staff and
visitors can thrive. Our safeguarding culture protects
learners from harm, abuse, neglect, exploitation
and radicalisation.
All staff must adhere to our safeguarding and
child protection policies, procedures and codes
of conduct, which set out responsibilities for
identifying, reporting and responding to concerns.
These are provided to all staff during induction.
BCT operates a robust safer recruitment process.
Any job offer is subject to satisfactory references,
an enhanced DBS check, identity and qualification
verification, right to work checks, and other pre\-
employment vetting. In line with Keeping Children
Safe in Education, shortlisted candidates are also
subject to an online search.
Shortlisted candidates must complete a safeguarding
self\-disclosure form before interview. Interviews
include questions assessing understanding of
safeguarding, child protection, professional
boundaries, and commitment to protecting
children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Equality diversity and inclusion statement
At BCT we believe that the strongest communities
and most innovative creative futures are built through
equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are committed
to fostering an environment where everyone feels
respected and able to be their authentic selves.
We celebrate the diverse experiences and
identities of our colleagues and learners,
recognising that these differences strengthen
our community and enrich creativity, including
through initiatives such as our annual Culture
Day celebration.
Inclusion is embedded throughout our community
and our decision\-making. We work to challenge
stereotypes and have zero tolerance for
discrimination and bias. We remove barriers to
participation, ensuring study, employment and
career progression opportunities are fair and
accessible to all.
We are dedicated to advancing equity across all
protected characteristics: age, disability, gender
reassignment, marriage and civil partnership,
pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief,
sex, and sexual orientation, creating a workplace
and learning environment where everyone has
equality of opportunity to succeed, develop,
and progress.
Welcome to
Big Creative Training
Welcome to
Big Creative Training
Job summary
The Self Development Programme is a cornerstone of
the BCT 16–19 Study Programme and a distinctive
part of the Big Creative experience. Every learner
participates in SDP alongside their vocational studies.
Its purpose is bigger than preparing young people to
pass a qualification: we want to develop rounded,
informed and reflective human beings with the
knowledge, skills and behaviours to build positive
relationships with themselves, others and the world
around them, and to lead purposeful lives with
integrity.
Our established curriculum explores the issues young
people encounter locally and the bigger questions
that shape their lives and society: relationships,
identity, sex and sexual health, mental health, politics,
citizenship, equality, media, religion and ethics,
finance, climate and sustainability, alongside
emerging social and cultural issues. Personal
Development was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in
2023, with inspectors recognising the quality of BCT's
social and personal development programme and
learners' ability to engage sensitively with
controversial and emotive subjects.
You will inherit an established and successful
programme, but this is not a job for simply delivering
the existing PowerPoints. We want a curriculum
leader who understands what makes the programme
successful, protects its strongest foundations and has
the intellectual curiosity, educational judgement,
presence and ambition to take it somewhere new.
Essential qualifications / skills
- Relevant degree / professional qualification
- Level 2 English and maths
- A recognised Teaching qualification is highly
- Confident on a range of PHSE / personal
politics, gender identity, inclusion, citizenship,
community, society, sexual health
Person Spec
We are looking for an excellent educator and
ambitious curriculum thinker who believes deeply in
the potential of personal development education to
change young people's lives.
You will have substantial successful experience of
designing and/or delivering education, personal
development, PSHE or related learning for young
people, with evidence of engaging learners effectively
with complex and sensitive subject matter. You will
understand the pressures and opportunities facing
young people today and be curious about the
changing world they are growing into.
You might already be an accomplished curriculum
leader, or you might have developed and delivered
elements of this kind of education and be looking for
the freedom and responsibility to prove what you can
do with it. Either way, we are looking for someone
who wants to lead, question, create and improve —
not simply maintain.
Key tasks
You will lead the design, development and delivery of
SDP across BCT's 16–19 Study Programme, directly
teaching approximately 12–14 hours each week and
leading and developing the SDP tutor. You will keep
the curriculum live, relevant, inclusive and
appropriately challenging; use learner voice,
research, current affairs and external expertise to
inform its development; and ensure learning is
thoughtfully sequenced and adapted for different
learners.
You will need the judgement and confidence to
facilitate difficult conversations without avoiding
controversy or allowing sessions to become
unstructured debate. You will create spaces in which
young people can question, disagree, reflect and
develop their thinking safely and respectfully.
You will also oversee SDP resources and delivery for
subcontracted Study Programme provision and
support the development and delivery of an
appropriate PSHE curriculum within Big Creative
Independent School.
SDP Curriculum Manager
SDP Curriculum Manager
“There is a really good culture of having freedom to
share ideas and innovate, and all ideas are listened to.”
“A welcoming place of work that allows you to be yourself.”
“I like the social aspect, and I appreciate that there are
some very genuine friendships between colleagues.
I also like that, as an organisation, we have the humility
to recognise that we can always do more or better.”
“I like the level of creative control and freedom
I have to use my professional teaching knowledge
within the wider workplace environment.”
“I love working here... not like! Sharing skills
and helping young people... What could
be better?”
“Not only did the college give
us the tools and knowledge
to succeed, they prepared
us for life as creatives of
the future.”
Georgia, BCT former student
“If it wasn’t for BCT there’s no
way I would have become the
person I am today. Thanks for
helping me find myself!”
Amani, BCT former student
What our staff say…
What our staff say…
Staff benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Healthcare cashback
- Bike\-to\-work scheme
- Professional opportunities development available
- Staff social events
- Interest\-free emergency or career development
- Free on\-site lunches during term\-time
- Employee assistance programme
- 28 hours across 4 days a week 52 for 52 weeks a
- Pro rata of 36 days of annual leave plus UK bank
- This is a permanent part\-time position
- Start Date 1st Nov 2026
- Pro rata of FTE £43,000 salary
We welcome industry professionals who wish
to enter teaching, via the fully funded Taking
Teaching Further scheme’s qualification. This
includes 6 months of reduced timetable for
training with full pay and lesson cover.
How to apply
Please apply on our site.
You must be eligible to work in the UK as this
job is in London and cannot be done remotely.
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Introduction
The BCT recruitment process will:
- Attract the best possible applicants to vacancies
- Deter prospective applicants who are unsuitable
vulnerable adults
- Identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable
vulnerable adults
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