Curriculum Manager

Contract type: Permanent (6 months probationary period)

Hours: An average of 4 hours per week, although the working pattern is variable.

Salary: £34,620 per annum pro-rata (£17.75 per hour)

Location: Flexible. At times the post-holder may need to work from our Bristol office on Thursdays.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Working with the Training Committee, the Finance Manager, the Heads of Education and Operations and the Training Administrator and in line with SIP’s psychoanalytic ethos, to:

o manage the delivery, logistics, resourcing and planning of SIP's clinical training programme

o be responsible for drafting the Clinical Training Budget and Course Fees in consultation with the Finance Manager for approval by SIP’s Council

• To hold knowledge of and work within SIP’s Data Protection (including GDPR), Safeguarding, and Equal Opportunities Policies, and SIP’s Mission, Values and Aims statements

• To undertake such other tasks as may be commensurate with the post

• To be available to attend six meetings of the Training Committee annually.

• Within the Training Committee, and working alongside the clinical training sub-committees:

o to manage delivery of the core curriculum of the Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic clinical trainings (which offer related but distinct pathways to professional qualification), ensuring they are of the highest quality, and that they meet SIP’s aims and objectives and BPC accreditation criteria

o to maintain and update the curriculum handbook, as directed by the training committee

o to ensure the common theory curriculum meets the needs of both clinical trainings and that appropriate seminar leaders are appointed.

o to ensure that appropriate seminar leaders are recruited, and to liaise with the Finance Manager regarding budget.

• To manage the implementation of Training Committee decisions regarding the Curriculum

• Working with the Training Committee and the Training Administrator, to manage issues arising in the day-to day delivery of the training

• Working with the Head of Education and the Training Committee, to ensure that the Fundamentals courses which are prerequisites for clinical training deliver what is required of them

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential:

• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as part of a team

• Well-organized with an ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

• Experience of motivating and managing people

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal • Experience of managing budgets and resources

• Excellent administrative skills and ability to use standard office IT products

• Awareness of confidentiality and data protection issues including GDPR

• Awareness of equality and diversity

• Flexible and resilient

• Capacity to deal with sensitive personal and organizational issues, maintaining confidentiality

Desirable:

• An understanding of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapies and the nature of analytic confidentiality

• Experience of working in a training organisation

• Experience of timetabling