<div><h3>Vice Principal - Technical & Foundation Skills</h3><p><b>Application Deadline:</b> 26 June 2026</p><p><b>Department:</b> Core FE</p><p><b>Employment Type:</b> Permanent - Full Time</p><p><b>Location:</b> Hugh Baird College - Main Campus</p><p><b>Compensation:</b>£80,000 / year</p><h3>Description</h3><p>Vice Principal - Technical & Foundation Skills. Location: Liverpool. Employment: Full‑Time, Permanent. Salary: £80,000. Holiday: 50 days plus bank holidays. Pension: Teachers Pension Scheme. Additional benefits: Access to MediCash and a wide range of staff benefits.</p><h3>About the role</h3><p>We are seeking an exceptional and visionary leader to join our senior leadership team as a Vice Principal - Technical & Foundation Skills. This is a pivotal role at an exciting time in our journey, as we implement a new and ambitious strategic plan aimed at strengthening our position as a leading further education provider.</p><p>Our college is proud to be Ofsted Outstanding, with a strong reputation for delivering high‑quality education and transforming lives. With growing student numbers, a thriving curriculum offer, and deep roots in our community, we are a college where innovation, inclusion, and excellence are at the heart of everything we do.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Provide executive and strategic leadership across the College’s technical and apprenticeship provision, ensuring delivery of a high‑quality, employer‑responsive curriculum that meets skills priorities and supports economic growth.</li><li>Act as the strategic lead for foundation learning, driving a whole‑college approach to equity, support, and achievement for learners with additional needs, ensuring all students thrive and progress irrespective of barriers to learning they may face.</li><li>Act as senior lead for the delivery of personal development, the student experience and Safeguarding.</li><li>Play a central role in contributing to the overall strategic direction, performance and culture of the College and be responsible for further strengthening its reputation as a leading provider of technical education in the Liverpool City Region.</li><li>Drive a culture in which the College is recognised as an inclusive, diverse and high‑performing organisation where all learners succeed.</li></ul><h3>Essential Criteria</h3><ul><li>A degree or equivalent.</li><li>A Cert Ed or equivalent.</li><li>Significant senior leadership experience within Further Education, skills or vocational sector.</li><li>Ability to lead and motivate staff to achieve the highest level of quality and performance and proven track record in the improvement of outcomes for learners.</li><li>Knowledge of: apprenticeships and funding frameworks, technical and vocational education policy and reform, SEND and inclusive learning provision, safeguarding requirements.</li><li>Experience leading strategic change and curriculum transformation.</li><li>Demonstrable experience of leadership and people development.</li><li>Strong stakeholder and employer engagement skills and knowledge of LSIPs and regional skills systems.</li><li>Track record of Ofsted inspection leadership.</li><li>A strategic and forward‑thinking leader.</li><li>Resilient, decisive and outcome‑driven.</li><li>A strong advocate for inclusion and social mobility.</li></ul><h3>Benefits</h3><p>When you join us, you become part of a caring and supportive community that prioritises employee wellbeing, development, and recognition. Here are some of the benefits available to you.</p><p><b>Generous holiday allowance</b></p><p>Up to 50 days annual holiday allowance, excluding bank holidays.</p><p><b>Flexible Working</b></p><p>We offer flexible working options depending on the business need to provide a better work‑life balance for our employees.</p><p><b>Medicash</b></p><p>Access to MediCash’s health plans designed to look after you and your family by boosting your access to treatment and support.</p><p><b>Pension Scheme</b></p><p>You will have access to two of the best pension schemes in the country, the Teachers or the Local Government Pension schemes, depending on your role with us.</p><p><b>Professional Development</b></p><p>We are committed to providing continual professional development, with both formal and informal opportunities designed to enhance your skills, knowledge and career growth.</p><p><b>Industrial Commercial Updates</b></p><p>Our teachers receive 35 hours per year to choose a commercial operation to visit with a view to bringing new innovative ideas back to the College.</p><p><b>Reward and Recognition</b></p><p>Our Get Recognised employee reward scheme enables continuous acknowledgement of employee contributions, and our annual staff celebration event highlights colleagues who consistently embody our values.</p><p><b>Lifestyle Fitness Gym</b></p><p>You will have discounted access to our fully‑equipped and modern on‑campus Lifestyle Fitness gym.</p><p><b>Health and Wellbeing</b></p><p>You will have opportunities to take part in staff groups such as yoga, walking and meditation. You will also have access to Mental Health support and a Cycle to Work scheme.</p><p><b>Travel</b></p><p>You can take advantage of discounted rail travel or bus travel, interest‑free season ticket loans for public transport services and free on‑campus parking.</p><p><b>Retail Discounts</b></p><p>You will have access to offers to cashback and discounts at well‑known retailers.</p><p><b>Blue Light Card</b> You may be eligible to apply for a Blue Light card, giving you access to exclusive discounts.</p></div>