Due to internal progression, we have a fantastic opportunity to join our Early Years, Education & Social Care department as a Head of School.
The Head of School is responsible for all operational matters within the Curriculum area. The role has a clear focus on curriculum development and delivery as well as performance management. You will ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of students, the business and the community and that students receive an outstanding learning experience whilst ensuring quality, recruitment, staffing and financial targets are met. As a manager leading a curriculum area, you will provide inspirational leadership for staff and students and embed our values: Trustworthiness, Inclusivity & Excellence.
The successful candidate will be responsible for Access to HE and HE Education (including Education Studies, Supporting & Managing Learning & PCET)
Interviews are planned to take place around Thursday, 11th September.
Responsibilities include:
1. To be responsible for the planning and management of the performance of all courses in the Curriculum area. This includes but is not limited to:
- Maximising student enrolment
- ensuring overall outstanding quality of the provision through quality interventions and support, staff appraisals, AWAMs and curriculum-related staff development;
- ensuring that targets and KPIs for attendance, retention, attainment, performance measures (including value-added), destinations and internal progression in all provisions, including English and Maths, are met;
- through regular review of curriculum delivery across the curriculum area, ensure optimisation of the curriculum plan and delivery;
- ensure curriculum area student satisfaction benchmarks are met each year;
- Ensure equality and diversity targets are embedded across the curriculum area.
- contributing to the self-assessment process at all levels
2. To be responsible for the performance, management and development of the curriculum area staff, including setting targets, monitoring KPIs, managing performance, attendance, recruitment, AWAMs, induction, appraisals and curriculum-related staff development.
3. To deputise for the Head of Department as appropriate.
4. To ensure full compliance with all College procedures and systems and report on these via KPIs. To ensure appropriate records, registers, staff and student timetables are maintained and available as required by internal management information systems and external audit regimes.
5. To liaise with the Head of Department to ensure the efficient and effective deployment of the curriculum area budget allocation; provide course costings and information relating to resources, ensuring a quality experience for students and that appropriate working resources and development are in place for staff.
6. To ensure effective management of the physical resources of a Curriculum Area and maintain a safe and secure learning environment by ensuring regular risk assessments are undertaken.
7. To contribute to the collegial culture, mission and strategic objectives and to work with colleagues in the department and other curriculum and service/support areas across the College.