The successful candidate will provide consistently high standards of student experience and progress throughout the area of responsibility.
Key facts
- Full-time, permanent
37 hours per week - Salary
£42,775 to £46,741, depending upon qualifications and experience - Closing date
Monday 4th November 2024
Unlocking Potential - Transforming Lives - Creating Bright Futures
The successful candidate will:
- Provide consistently high standards of student experience and progress throughout areas of responsibility.
- Ensure the area of responsibility is sustainable and contributes to the college’s financial health and environmental goals.
- Provide operational leadership within areas of responsibility.
- Implement the policies and procedures and curriculum design agreed by the SLT.
- Inspire quality improvement and curriculum innovation throughout areas of responsibility including responsibility for sector specific advice to SLT.
- Develop and deliver a curriculum responsive to national and local priorities, ensuring positive student outcomes.
- All staff are responsible for the safety, safeguarding, and promotion of the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
See the Job Description for full details.
Why choose us?
Set within the breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site of the Lake District, we are an FE college that consistently punches above its weight on the national stage. Under the leadership of our Principal, Kelvin Nash, we are embarking on a series of bold steps to grow the college and remain an excellent education provider for Cumbria and the Northwest region. Our students are focused on their learning, achieve high levels of attainment, and consistently give us high satisfaction ratings. The college recognises the wellbeing of its staff as a priority, as well as ensuring that excellent work is appropriately recognised and that a healthy work-life balance is maintained.
What we offer
- Great career progression opportunities
- A generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent pension schemes for all staff
- Seven efficiency days per year (pro rata) and your hard-earned holiday allocation
- A college committed to helping every student reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop
- Employee Assistant Program
- Electric car and Cycle to Work scheme
- A comprehensive staff awards, rewards, and wellbeing scheme
- Membership options to other discounting/saving providers
- A full range of hairdressing and beauty therapy treatments
- Discounts in the college restaurant
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Enhanced absence pay
- Blue Light card eligibility
- Free will writing
- Discounted eye teats and winter flu vaccine
- Access to discounted gym membership
Our vision
We will provide outstanding education and training opportunities that are responsive to the needs of our students and our community. All our actions will help develop our students to deliver positive economic and sustainable environmental change both now and in the future.
Our values
- Excellence & Ambition
- Respect & Honesty
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Loyalty & Commitment
- A Positive Environment
What we're looking for
Qualifications
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| Level 3 qualification and/or 5 years relevant industry experience | Management qualification |
| A recognised teaching qualification | A Bachelor/Master’s degree in a relevant discipline |
| The capacity to work towards a relevant Level 5 qualification |
Experience
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| Up-to-date experience teaching in the FE Sector, delivering high standards of the student experience | Previous successful management experience |
| Working in or managing in an area of the curriculum within the faculty | Recent industrial (or equivalent) experience of one or many sectors within the faculty |
| Involvement in the delivery of high quality 16-18 study programs | |
| Professional experience of the one or more of the sectors included within the Faculty |
Knowledge & Skills
| Essential | Desirable |
|---|---|
| Effective communication and presentation skills | Critical analysis of the contemporary issues with the sectors represented in the job role and associated curriculum |
| Good IT skills including the handling and interpretation of data | |
| Able to demonstrate the ability to manage and motivate people | |
| Good interpersonal skills for effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders | |
| Understand and communicate the contemporary issues with the sectors represented in the job role and associated curriculum | |
| Effective presentation skills to diverse audiences including students, parents, employers, and other stakeholders | |
| Suitable character for working with children and vulnerable adults |
Applications without the essential requirements will not usually be considered for appointment.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. Employment at the college is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education(KCSIE) guidance, we will conduct online searches about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal obligation to meet safeguarding duties in accordance with KCSIE.
Right to work
You may need to obtain permission to work in the UK if you don’t already have the unrestricted right to work in any role. There are various types of visas, which include the right to work. You can check if you need a UK visa using the government’s online tool and find information about UK visa routes and the eligibility criteria that must be met for each route. All staff are required to prove their right to work in the UK before they attend an interview.
Equality & diversity
We are committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We strive to ensure that no employee or job applicant receives less favourable facilities or treatment (either directly or indirectly) in recruitment or employment on grounds of age, disability, gender/gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation (the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010).
GDPR
All adults employed by the college have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations
Armed Forces Covenant
We are committed to supporting veterans' integration into civilian life after their loyal service to the Armed Forces. We welcome applications from veterans, and those who meet the essential criteria will be automatically invited for an interview.
Please note CVs cannot be accepted without a completed application form.
