Head of School - Science, Technology, Engineering & Professional
Blue Octopus Recruitment Limited
Location
South West London | United Kingdom
Job description
The Science, Technology, Engineering & Professional (STEP) School at Kingston College includes students on 16-18 study programmes, apprenticeships, and adult programmes including access to HE. The School has a substantial HE provision too. The focus is on ensuring that current and future students receive a first-class experience that enables them to progress and attain their qualifications at high levels and to develop long-lasting learning and employability skills. Success is measured in terms of student outcomes including value added, meaningful progression in education and training and destination into higher education and/or employment.
The Head of School – STEP is a member of the Curriculum Management Team (CMT) and reports directly to the Vice Principal – FE. In addition, the Head of School reports in the Principal’s Group on budget planning, monitoring, and intervention. You will work closely with STCG Directors of Quality, Student Support Services & External Relations, HR and Finance & MIS.
It will be your job to lead the strategic development and operational management of the School’s curriculum. It is critical that you can identify and evaluate the strengths and the areas for improvement and to translate this into operating plans with clear actions and targets to be met over a defined period of time. You will monitor these closely, with the School Management Group, and report on progress at College CMT. These plans will feed into the College annual operating plan. You will supervise and support the work of the Heads of Section, including Deputy and Team Leaders, forming a School Management Group who are responsible and accountable for the key priorities of the College and School as described and monitored in the annual quality improvement plan.
To be our next Head of School, we ask that you hold a degree or appropriate professional qualification in an area relevant to the work in the School and have a proven track record of improving and managing a high quality curriculum. Recognised as a good or better teacher, you will have substantial teaching experience and have sound knowledge of the curriculum offered in the school, with a firm grasp of current and impending changes.
We would like you to have a good understanding of the process of curriculum development, accreditation, and validation with a proven track record of successfully introducing new programmes across a range of funding streams. You will have a sound knowledge of student demand and needs and how these influence the School’s provision, and have a thorough understanding of quality assurance and improvement processes, and how these can be used to improve the learner experience.
Closing date for the return of completed applications is 14th March 2024.
Interviews to take place week commencing 25th March 2024
The benefits package includes generous annual leave of 37 days plus up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year as well as an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees’ physical and mental health. There is an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme), subsidised sports facilities and professional development and training plus a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.
As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.
We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.
When you click on ‘Apply’, you will be forwarded to the application page which sits on a platform hosted by an external partner called Blue Octopus who support STCG throughout the recruitment process.
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