Undergraduate Programme Leader

Undergraduate Programme Leader

Location: Waverley Abbey, Waverley Abbey House, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8EP
Salary: £16,000 pro-rata (0.4 - £40,000 FTE)
Hours: 14.5 hours a week
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Permanent

Due to 100% growth in our higher education intake in September 2024, we’re in an exciting phase of growth so are delighted to be recruiting for an Undergraduate Programme Leader to join us. 

Role Description:

The Programme Leader:

• is a senior career-grade teaching position. Post-holders will demonstrate academic leadership and innovation in learning, teaching and programme development.
• is crucial in supporting the management and strategic planning processes of the Faculty and the Institute. 
• will maintain oversight of the recruitment, progression and outcomes of students. 
• will be instrumental in driving positive student outcomes and NSS/TEF key performance indicators. 
• will line-manage a programme team (comprising permanent lecturing staff and sessional tutors) to ensure the quality of provision and student outcomes.
• teaching on all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes will also be undertaken when required. This may include teaching during weekdays, weekends and evenings.
• Please note the The Programme Leader role equates to 0.3 FTE and Senior Lecturer at 0.5 FTE

Principle Accountabilities:

• To provide academic leadership in the design, recruitment, delivery and monitoring of high-quality programmes. 
• To contribute to the continuing development of Faculty One by engaging in activities that will promote and enhance its standing in the field of psychotherapy and counselling. 
• To support the management and registry activities of the Faculty and Institute, undertaking a key role within Faculty or Institute working groups and committees, as required.

This role holds a Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to be a practising Christian who assents to Waverley Abbey’s Statement of Faith.

For further information on key responsibilities and person specification please see the Job pack. 

If you’d like to apply, please provide your CV, and a cover letter that directly addresses the requirements of the job description, including why you are interested in the role.

Applications will close 1 May 2025; we reserve the right to close applications early.

Please note, an appointment will be subject to:  

• Evidence of Right to Work in the UK 
• Satisfactory references 
• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS disclosure 
• Meeting the Occupational Requirement criteria 
• Satisfactory completion of a probationary period 

Sound interesting? Apply now!

We are at a critical moment in world history; a moment of profound spiritual, economic and social crisis in the UK and across the world – with opportunity for a radical, spiritual renewal. In the last half of 2022, CWR and 24-7 Prayer came together to create a new vision at Waverley Abbey for such a time of this.

The 112-acre Waverley Abbey Estate, located about an hour from London, Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, has been a place of prayer since 688 AD and was the site of England’s first Cistercian Abbey.

CWR was founded by Selwyn Hughes with a simple vision of helping people to spend Every Day with Jesus – to pray and study the Bible every day. In 1985, CWR opened the Waverley Abbey Estate to establish a place of prayer, retreat and a Christian College to train and equip young leaders. 24-7 Prayer is an international, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice. 24-7 Prayer exists to revive the Church and rewire the culture. Its resources help millions of people and its members from all over the world have been praying non-stop since 1999. 

With its remarkable history of thirteen centuries of prayer, its strategic location on the Prime Meridian, and its 30,000 sq. ft of accommodation, the partnership of CWR and 24-7 Prayer at Waverley Abbey represents a unique opportunity to establish a mission centre and a hub for spiritual and social transformation in the UK and globally. 

We are creating a new Abbey for a new generation. One that will champion encounter with God, through education, engagement and enterprise — for spiritual and cultural renewal for this generation and generations to come.

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