Job Introduction
Module Leader – Private Acquisitions
BPP University Law School has a reputation for excellence in professional education built on a proven ability to offer students the skills they need to succeed in a legal career. Working with over 150 law firms, BPP prides itself on being at the cutting edge of professional legal education giving students the core skills and a competitive advantage to ensure success.
An opportunity has arisen for a Module Leader – Private Acquisitions. This role will take the lead in the updating, developing and continually enhancing teaching and assessment materials for Private Acquisitions across two programmes. You will work closely with the Head of Curriculum & Content, and other internal stakeholders to ensure Law School teaching and assessment materials are up-to-date, cutting edge, high quality and meet all relevant regulatory standards and client expectations (where appropriate)
Why work for BPP Education Group?
It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:
- Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.
- With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
- We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.
Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family
What you’ll be doing
As Module Leader for Private Acquisitions, you will work with the Head of Curriculum & Content to ensure all teaching and assessment materials are delivered on time and in line with the Academic Calendar.
As such, you will be responsible for:
Quality:
- Ensuring all relevant teaching and assessment materials are up-to-date, cutting edge and high quality.
- Ensuring all relevant teaching and assessment materials are compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements and ensure they are in line with the Bar Standard Boards expectation (liaising with the BSB where appropriate) and best practice in higher education and legal education.
- Contributing to the analysis / quality indicators for module quality/student performance.
- Reviewing student feedback and External Examiner Reports for relevant modules.
- Working with the Head of Curriculum & Content to devise and implement quality enhancement initiatives to address relevant module feedback points, as required.
- Contributing to Programme Handbooks and to the Annual Programme Monitoring Report (APMR).
Teaching & Student Support
- Undertaking teaching appropriate to the level of responsibility of the role.
- Working with the Head of Curriculum & Content to agree what training is required to ensure that the Law School faculty are trained and supported to deliver relevant module content.
- Keeping the Head of Curriculum & Content, Award Leaders, Teaching Leads and Assessment Leads informed of any issues that arise on relevant module to help manage student queries and expectations.
Assessments
- Ensuring all module exams are rigorous and fair and are scrutinised and approved by the relevant external examiner.
- Coordinating markers’ meetings and ensuring a rigorous and robust marking/moderation process of all exams within the deadlines set.
- Ensuring student feedback and examiners’ reports are written and saved in the appropriate place within the deadlines set.
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
- Qualified solicitor
- A first degree is mandatory
- Teaching qualification or in progress
- Knowledge of the UK Higher Education and Law School sector
- Experience of cross team project work and task management
- Knowledge of quality assurance mechanisms
- Experience of data analysis and report writing
- Experience in curriculum design and implementation
- Experience of developing and managing modules
- Experience of academic assessment drafting, scrutinising and marking
- Ability to delegate and set realistic targets for others
- Ability to lead, motivate, develop, challenge and inspire people
- Able to deal with difficult/sensitive issues and manage conflict
How will this process work?
The interview process for this position will consist of the following stages:
- Competency style interview with two team members – 60 minutes
BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!
BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices
BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.