Assistant Principal – Health, Childcare and Business

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL – HEALTH, CHILDCARE AND BUSINESS

• Job Title: Assistant Principal – Health, Childcare and Business
• Responsible To: Vice Principal Curriculum
• Contract: MC Management, full time, permanent
• Salary: Management Salary Scale, up to £83,000 per annum
• Hours: 37 per week
• Annual Leave: 36 days per annum plus statutory Bank Holidays
• Pension: Teachers' Pension or Teesside Pension Scheme

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Vice Principal Curriculum, this role will lead the faculty to support and develop new curricula and employment-related opportunities that meet the needs of students and employers.

Experience of Health, Childcare or Business is welcome but not essential. The College is equally interested in strong curriculum leaders from other faculty areas who can bring proven leadership, quality improvement and curriculum development experience to the role.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• To actively contribute to the College's Strategic Plan, in particular the ambition to become an outstanding provider of education and training.
• To hold and actively demonstrate the College's Core Values in all that you do:
• Aim High, Work Hard, Take Responsibility, Do What's Right, Respect Others, Challenge Yourself, Take Pride.
• To commit to the College's Safeguarding Policy and promote a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults within the College.
• To ensure the College complies with the College's Health & Safety and Equality & Diversity Policies and Procedures.

KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

• To provide strategic and academic leadership within the Faculty, ensuring consistently excellent results and high-quality Teaching, Learning & Assessment.
• To ensure compliance with the College's curriculum planning process and deliver a dynamic and responsive curriculum that develops students' skills, knowledge and behaviours and meets the needs of all stakeholders.
• To achieve income and expenditure targets for the Faculty, meeting student recruitment and achievement targets, student progression numbers and 6-week drop-out targets.
• To strategically lead the Faculty in matters relating to quality assurance, marketing, student support and progression.
• To continue to develop the Faculty's curriculum portfolio, including Higher Education.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide strategic academic leadership and management for all staff in the Faculty.
• Develop new curricula and employment-related opportunities that meet the needs of students and employers.
• Ensure high-quality Teaching, Learning & Assessment and robust management of underperformance.
• Ensure the Faculty is focused on inclusiveness and on students achieving the highest possible grades and outcomes.
• Manage and take part in Department Reviews, including the observation of Teaching & Learning across the College.
• Ensure full implementation of 16–19 Study Programmes, including achievement of English and Maths and Work Placement opportunities.
• Participate in strategic and operational planning and delivery as a member of the College Management Team.
• Maintain, review, develop and expand the curricula on offer.
• Own and effectively manage the Faculty budget.
• Develop the Faculty curriculum portfolio, including Higher Education.
• Liaise with the Marketing Department to promote and raise the profile of the Faculty's provision.
• Lead and champion Quality Assurance across the Faculty.
• Lead on Ofsted inspections for your area, including any cross-college strategic roles allocated to you from time to time.
• Ensure excellent student progression and positive destinations.
• Prepare and monitor the Faculty's Self-Assessment Report (SAR), achieving at least EXPECTED assessments and clearly identifying priorities for improvement and development.
• Achieve the Faculty's Key Performance Measures (KPMs).
• Ensure all students in the curriculum area are able to develop their English and Maths skills.
• Ensure all students are supported effectively to achieve their goals, providing appropriate Additional Learning Support where required.
• Assist with the appointment of staff and arrange cover for absent staff.
• Monitor the interviews of prospective students and induction arrangements, including pre-course counselling and diagnosis, as agreed with the Assistant Principal – Students.
• Ensure the College's Performance Review System is applied to all staff and that underperformance is identified and managed.
• Cover classes as a temporary measure where required.
• Prepare and present reports for the Standards Committee (a sub-committee of the Governing Body) as required.
• Deputise for the Vice Principal as appropriate.
• Actively show a commitment to the Faculty's and the organisation's strategic objectives.
• Show an active commitment to the College's Equality and Diversity Policy, Quality Frameworks and Health & Safety Procedures.
• Actively participate in Continuous Professional Development, including the introduction of new technologies, to contribute effectively to the success of the College.
• Possess, or commit to developing, digital skills appropriate to the role, as defined in the College's Digital Skills Framework.
• The College may, in consultation with you, need to vary these duties from time to time in response to its changing requirements. Such other duties will be commensurate with your skills, knowledge and experience.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications

• Degree in an appropriate subject or a relevant vocational qualification.
• Qualified teacher with substantial and successful teaching experience.
• Grade C or above in Mathematics and English (or equivalent).
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
• A commitment to undertake any mandatory training.
• Management qualification (desirable).

Experience

• Successful teaching experience.
• Successful experience of leading a curriculum team, in any faculty or curriculum area.
• Experience of leading and motivating staff through periods of change.
• Successful and recent management experience of curriculum planning and delivering financial and quality outcomes linked to the curriculum plan.
• Successful experience of ensuring compliance with Quality Assurance processes and qualification accreditation arrangements.
• Proven track record of innovation.
• Successful experience of financial management (desirable).
• Experience within Health, Childcare or Business curriculum areas (desirable, not essential).

Knowledge & Skills

• Extensive knowledge of curriculum / FE policy and its impact.
• Strong motivational leadership, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a team player who is able to problem-solve effectively.
• An understanding of the key developments in Teaching, Learning & Assessment technologies and strategies.
• Commitment to prioritising the needs of students.
• Knowledge of current issues facing the FE sector.
• Knowledge of the industries served by Health, Childcare and Business provision, or the ability to quickly build this understanding (desirable).
• Knowledge of curriculum development and using LMI to inform decision-making.
• Commitment to equal opportunities and valuing diversity.
• Commitment to excellence.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults within the College.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receipt of two satisfactory references.