Curriculum Developer

Fxplus; Falmouth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution located in the United Kingdom seeks a dynamic Curriculum Developer for a full-time role. The successful candidate will coordinate various curriculum development activities, provide essential guidance on course quality and standards, and support academic teams in achieving key deadlines. Strong experience in curriculum design, alongside excellent communication and problem-solving skills, is required. This position offers a hybrid working model and generous benefits, including a robust pension scheme and annual leave.

Benefits

Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%

28 days + 8 days bank holiday

Annual salary increments until top of grade reached

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Recent experience in curriculum design or course design, ideally in Higher Education.
• Digital literacy linked with curriculum development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate curriculum development activities across the portfolio.
• Provide guidance on course quality, learning outcomes, and assessments.
• Assist academic teams in planning and meeting course development deadlines.

Skills

Curriculum design experience

Digital literacy

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

About The Role

Falmouth University are looking for a dynamic Curriculum Developer to collaboratively coordinate a range of curriculum development activities across our portfolio offer. With a strong understanding of pedagogic theory and methodologies, along with excellent relationship management skills, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our educational offerings. Working separately from our existing Curriculum Developer on discrete activities but coordinating centrally through the Portfolio Development Manager.

In this exciting role, you will provide knowledgeable guidance on all aspects of course development, including monitoring and advising on course quality and standards, learning outcomes, assessments, and inclusive curriculum design. Your insights will be invaluable as you collaborate with Course Leaders, Heads of Subject, and Faculty Deans to further develop contemporary creative pedagogies and impactful assessment practices at Falmouth University.

Your assistance, advice, and guidance will be instrumental in supporting our academic teams in planning and meeting key course development deadlines, emphasising pedagogy, quality, and standards in all aspects of course development.

Under the guidance of the Portfolio Development Manager, the Curriculum Developers co-develop and monitor comprehensive course action plans, focusing on process improvements, retention action planning, continuous improvement, and module evaluation. In this way, your efforts will directly contribute to improving NSS and other key student outcomes performance metrics.

We invite you to apply.

About You

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Recent and/or relevant experience of curriculum design / course design, including design of assessment, ideally gained in Higher Education or similar educational field.
• Well-developed Digital literacy linked with curriculum development / design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to adapt to stakeholders on all levels
• Excellent problem-solving skills

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

This is a fixed term for two years, full-time, 35 hours a week position across Monday-Friday. We operate a hybrid flexible approach to working with the ability to work at home and on campus each week, it would usually be 2 days per week on campus.

The closing date for the position is Sunday 1 February 2026.

Interviews will take place week commencing 9 February 2026.

About Us

For more than 120 years, Falmouth University has been a hub of creative and technological education and change. We are Cornwall’s University, a strong local and anchor institution within its defining rural and coastal community.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer excellent benefits, including:

• -Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
• - 28 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• - Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached)
• - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay/Adoption Pay
• - Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker)
• - Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
• - Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme
• - Life Assurance

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under-represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.