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• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Residential Childcare curriculum area, ensuring delivery aligns with organisational priorities, growth strategies, funding requirements, and sector needs. • Oversee the development and implementation of curriculum strategies that support innovative, high-quality adult learning and apprenticeship provision which is responsive to employer demand and labour market intelligence. • Support the Assistant Director for Skills in achieving strategic business objectives, performance targets, quality outcomes, and operational compliance across all Residential Childcare provision. • Line manage and support the Head of Residential Childcare ensuring effective performance management, accountability, and professional development across teams. • Drive a culture of excellence, professionalism, innovation, and continuous improvement through effective leadership, coaching, and strategic direction. • Oversee curriculum performance, including learner attendance, retention, achievement, progression, employer satisfaction, quality indicators, and compliance measures, implementing improvement strategies where required. • Lead and direct quality assurance and quality improvement activities across the Residential Childcare provision, ensuring consistency in teaching, learning, assessment, and learner experience. • Ensure the curriculum area remains fully compliant with awarding organisations, funding, regulatory, safeguarding, and inspection requirements, maintaining a continual state of inspection readiness. • Analyse performance data, learner outcomes, quality indicators, and market intelligence to inform strategic planning and decision-making. • Lead on self-assessment, quality improvement planning, deep dives, internal audits, standardisation activities, and external inspection preparation within the curriculum area. • Develop and maintain strong partnerships with employers, stakeholders, local authorities, sector bodies, and external agencies to enhance curriculum relevance, learner progression, and business growth opportunities. • Identify and pursue new market opportunities, partnerships, and commercial growth opportunities in line with organisational objectives. • Collaborate with internal departments including quality, compliance, learner services, business development, and marketing to enhance learner engagement, recruitment, retention, and progression outcomes. • Champion the use of innovative teaching practices, educational technologies, and learner-centred approaches to improve learner engagement and achievement. • Lead cross-departmental strategic projects and organisational improvement initiatives as directed by the Assistant Director for Skills. • Support workforce planning and succession development within the Residential Childcare provision to ensure sustainable and high-performing teams.