About the Role
Join Us as Deputy Head of Education, Health, & Law and Shape the Future of Higher Education at University Centre Leeds (UC).
We’re looking for an experienced and forward-thinking leader to drive the strategic and operational delivery of our Education, Health, and Law programmes ranging from Level 3-6, which includes, degrees, apprenticeships and access courses in a range of subjects. Working closely with course teams, you will play a key role in ensuring exceptional learner outcomes and aligning our provision with regional and national skills priorities.
Based in the heart of Leeds, University Centre Leeds is a vibrant higher education provider offering career-focused programmes. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape our provision in the area and drive excellence in teaching, learning, and employer engagement.
Interviews will be held in January 2026.
What You Will Do
1. Collaborate with Heads of Department to lead and enhance the quality of teaching, learning, and assessment, ensuring exceptional outcomes for apprentices.
2. Lead and motivate a diverse team working across multiple sectors and industries, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
3. Take ownership of meeting and exceeding targets, playing a key role in the growth and success of Education, Health & Law at University Centre Leeds.
4. Develop and implement strategies to drive high retention, achievement, and success, and ensuring all awarding body, funding, and quality standards are consistently met.
5. Serve as a role model across the University Centre by fostering strong employer relationships and leading excellence in apprenticeship delivery and assessment.
6. Actively support the planning, preparation, and development of schemes of work, lesson plans, teaching and learning resources, assessment plans, to enhance the students' learning experiences.
About You
7. Level 5 teaching qualification, Relevant professional Level 4 qualification and/or degree.
8. Strong knowledge of quality assurance frameworks and processes, with hands-on experience managing high-quality higher education delivery.
9. Ability to contribute to the development and delivery of strategies that improve retention, achievement, success, and attendance across learner groups.
10. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships across internal teams and external partners.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
At University Centre Leeds, we provide a supportive higher education environment designed to promote and enhance independent learning. We have access to industry standard equipment unique to many of our subject areas. These range from our makeup studios to practical science labs.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. Choosing to work for University Centre Leeds means that you will be part of an inclusive and progressive learning environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to University Centre Leeds.
We are proud to be the highest rated for student satisfaction in Leeds for the third year running (National Student Survey 2022).
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references.