Job Title: ISCP Curriculum Officer
Salary: 31,453
Band: 3a
Contract type – Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

About us

The Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST), based at the Royal College of Surgeons
of England, is looking for an Curriculum Officer to work within the Intercollegiate Surgical
Programme (ISCP) team.

The JCST is an advisory body for all matters related to surgical training. We work on behalf
of the four Surgical Royal Colleges of the UK and Ireland, and our mission is to develop,
promote and ensure the highest standards of surgical training for the benefit of patients. We
do this through monitoring of surgical training, evaluation of eligibility for specialist
registration, quality improvement and provision of the ISCP.

The ISCP is the UK framework for surgical training, taking doctors from core surgical training
to consultant level surgical practice.

About the role

The ISCP Curriculum Officer, plays a vital role in supporting the Surgical Director and Head
of ISCP in delivering high-quality surgical training. You'll help maintain the surgical curriculum
and  its  online  platform,  coordinate  key  meetings  and  webinars,  manage  communications
across digital channels, and keep public-facing content like the ISCP website and YouTube
channel up to date. You'll also support the ISCP Management Committee and working groups,
liaise with Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) Chairs and Curriculum Leads, and contribute
to curriculum approvals in line with GMC standards. This role suits someone with excellent
organisational and communication skills and a strong interest in surgical training frameworks
in the UK and Ireland.

Responsibilities

•  Servicing  the  ISCP  Management  Committee  meetings  and  working  groups,  including
preparing agendas, minutes, and follow-up actions, and managing logistics for both virtual
and in-person meetings.

•  Acting  as a  key  contact for  curriculum-related  queries, managing  bulk  communications,
and supporting promotional activities such as webinars, presentations, and training events.
•  Maintaining  and  updating  the  ISCP’s  public-facing  content,  including  the  website  and

YouTube channel, and assisting with testing new digital tools.

•  Liaising with SAC Chairs and Curriculum Leads to support curriculum development and
approval processes, ensuring compliance with GMC standards and maintaining accurate
records.

•  Representing the JCST professionally and contributing to the continuous improvement of

ISCP services, undertaking additional tasks as required.

About you

•  Educated to degree level or equivalent (or proven record in a similar role)

•  2 years or more experience in administrative post(s) in a busy customer-facing

environment

•  Committee servicing and ability to produce high quality formal minutes of committee

meetings

•  Managing an area of work independently
•  Strong organisational skills and ability to set up and maintain effective administrative

systems

•  Accuracy with strong attention to detail
•  Proven ability to be proactive and take initiative
•  Ability to work under pressure
•  Ability to handle responsibility
•  Ability to assimilate and interpret complex information and explain it to others
•  Excellent IT skills
•  Competent in the use of MS Office suite
•  Proven experience in document version control and proficient use of track changes to

manage and review collaborative edits with accuracy and clarity

•  Maintaining web pages using content management software (such as Umbraco)
•  Experience of using digital tools (such as YouTube)
•  Experience of automated marketing software for bulk mailing (such as Dotdigital)
•  Ability to work as part of a team but also independently
•  Excellent communication skills, written and spoken with colleagues and internal/external

customers

•  Ability to build relationships and rapport with customers

What we can offer you

•  27 days paid holiday + bank holidays and up to 4 college closure days
•  Flexible working
•  Enhanced contributory pension scheme & other leave entitlements
•  Variety of learning and development opportunities
•  Wellbeing programme & Employee Assistance Scheme

Interested Candidates

If you wish to apply please email your CV to RCSHR@rcseng.ac.uk.

Any personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in
accordance with our recruitment processes. If unsuccessful in your application, your
information will be held by us on our database for a period of 6 months before deletion. If
you would like your information removed sooner, please contact RCSHR@rceng.ac.uk

Closing date: 19th December 2025

If you would like to find out more about the role please get in touch with Maria Bussey, Head
of ISCP at mbussey@jcst.org.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are
open to all talent and we actively ensure that all qualified applicants will receive equal
consideration for employment without regards to age, disability, gender reassignment,
marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual
orientation.

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