Workplace Curriculum Manager

Job Title: Workplace Curriculum Manager

Posting Start Date: 29/09/2026

Job Id: 3174

School/Department: Centre for Engineering Education & Skills

Work Arrangement: Full Time (Hybrid)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary per annum (£): £67,159

Closing Date: 01/11/2026

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

The Workplace Curriculum Manager has overall management responsibility for the workplace coaching of the AMRC Training Centre’s apprentices.

You will be accountable for ensuring that workplace coaching at the AMRC Training Centre complies with the funding rules stipulated by funding bodies, and meets the requirements of Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework.

You will be an active member of the Centre’s management team who are instrumental in shaping and influencing the Training Centre’s strategic direction.

You will devise objectives, plans and strategies to ensure that the AMRC Training Centre’s apprenticeship curricula in manufacturing and engineering are of the highest quality and meet the needs of manufacturing sectors, both regionally and nationally, employers and apprentices.

You will be qualified to degree level, with relevant industry experience of engineering or manufacturing, a relevant teaching qualification and experience of teaching and coaching, and of managing teams.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Lead, manage and support a team of workplace coaches to provide high quality, compliant, tripartite reviews for engineering and manufacturing apprentices to support very high levels of apprentice achievement and completion on time.
• Plan workplace coach caseloads to align workplace coach expertise, programme level and employers.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with employers to align apprentices’ workplace progress and development with industry standards and Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework.
• Carry out compliant, high-quality, tripartite reviews with apprentices and their employers in the workplace.
• Lead and manage quality assurance activities to ensure that moderation and internal quality assurance is effective.
• Work with colleagues to develop new curricula, and improve existing curricula, to meet employer, industry and apprentice needs as well as those of regulatory bodies.
• Contribute to the development of the AMRC Training Centre’s quality of education through active participation and leadership in committees, working groups and development activities.
• Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that apprentices’ pastoral needs are met.
• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post

Person Specification

Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and is respected. Even if your past experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Criteria

Essential or desirable

Stage(s) assessed at

An honours degree in engineering or manufacturing (or equivalent experience)

Essential

Application/interview

Proven teaching ability, ideally with a teaching qualification.

Essential

Application/interview

Level 3 award in assessing vocational achievement.

Essential

Application/interview

Knowledge and experience of apprenticeships with a strong understanding of the requirements of Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework.

Essential

Application/interview

Ability to develop curricula and delivery plans for apprenticeships and commercial programmes.

Essential

Application/interview

Experience of leading and managing teams.

Essential

Application/interview

Ability to concurrently manage multiple work strands and projects, demonstrating strong skills for long term planning, organisation and education delivery.

Essential

Application/interview

Excellent influencing, liaising and networking skills, including the ability to identify, influence and persuade key decision makers across an organisation.

Essential

Application/interview

Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to analyse data, present high quality reports and complex information to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Essential

Application/interview

A current UK driving licence.

Essential

Application/interview

Further Information

Grade

8

Salary

£48,822 - £58,225 with potential to progress to £65,509 for sustained exceptional performance

Work arrangement

Full-time

Line manager

Head of Apprenticeship Programmes Delivery

Direct reports

Workplace Coaches

Right to work in the UK

If you do not currently hold the right to work in the UK, you can find more information here to help determine your visa eligibility. Additional guidance is also available on the UK Visa & Immigration website.

Our website

https://amrctraining.co.uk/

For informal enquiries about this job contact Louise Cowling, Head of Apprenticeship Programmes Delivery on l.cowling**@**sheffield.ac.uk

Our vision and strategic plan

We are the University of Sheffield. This is our vision: sheffield.ac.uk/vision ().

What we offer

• A minimum of 41days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.
• Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.
• Generous pension scheme.
• A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.
• A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Women’s and Parent’s networks).
• Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.
• A range of generous family-friendly policies
  • paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies
  • access to menopause support in the workplace
  • paid time off and support for fertility treatment
  • and more

We are a Disability Confident Leader (opens in a new window). If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.

Criminal record

An enhanced DBS check will be needed for this role. More details on the checks can be found on the Government website: gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role (opens in a new window).

Possession of a criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment at the University of Sheffield. We recognise the value of steady employment in the rehabilitation process and examine each case in its own right. More information can be found on our Information for candidates page:- sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/candidates (opens in a new window).

This role requires the postholder to undertake reviews with apprentices in their workplace. A current UK driving licence is required.

We are a research university with a global reputation for excellence. Our ideas and expertise change the world for the better, making a real difference to society. We know that when people come together with different views, approaches and insights it can lead to richer, more creative and innovative teaching and research and the highest levels of student experience. Our University Vision (www.sheffield.ac.uk/vision) outlines our commitment to building a diverse community of staff and students that recognises and values the abilities, backgrounds, beliefs and ways of living for everyone.