Head of Faculty for Construction

• Provide consistently high standards of student experience and progress throughout areas of responsibility.

• Ensure the area of responsibility is sustainable and contributes to the college’s financial health and environmental goals.

• Provide operational leadership within areas of responsibility.

• Implement the policies and procedures and curriculum design agreed by the SLT.

• Inspire quality improvement and curriculum innovation throughout areas of responsibility including responsibility for sector specific advice to SLT.

• Develop and deliver a curriculum responsive to national and local priorities, ensuring positive student outcomes.

• All staff are responsible for the safety, safeguarding, and promotion of the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults., Set within the breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site of the Lake District, we are an FE college that consistently punches above its weight on the national stage. Under the leadership of our Principal, Kelvin Nash, we are embarking on a series of bold steps to grow the college and remain an excellent education provider for Cumbria and the Northwest region. Our students are focused on their learning, achieve high levels of attainment, and consistently give us high satisfaction ratings. The college recognises the wellbeing of its staff as a priority, as well as ensuring that excellent work is appropriately recognised and that a healthy work-life balance is maintained.

Level 3 qualification and/or 5 years relevant industry experience

Management qualification

A recognised teaching qualification

A Bachelor/Master’s degree in a relevant discipline

The capacity to work towards a relevant Level 5 qualification, Up-to-date experience teaching in the FE Sector, delivering high standards of the student experience

Previous successful management experience

Working in or managing in an area of the curriculum within the faculty

Recent industrial (or equivalent) experience of one or many sectors within the faculty

Involvement in the delivery of high quality 16-18 study programs

Professional experience of the one or more of the sectors included within the Faculty, Effective communication and presentation skills

Critical analysis of the contemporary issues with the sectors represented in the job role and associated curriculum

Good IT skills including the handling and interpretation of data

Able to demonstrate the ability to manage and motivate people

Good interpersonal skills for effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders

Understand and communicate the contemporary issues with the sectors represented in the job role and associated curriculum

Effective presentation skills to diverse audiences including students, parents, employers, and other stakeholders

Suitable character for working with children and vulnerable adults

• Company pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discounted gym membership

• Free flu jabs

• UK visa sponsorship, * Great career progression opportunities

• A generous holiday entitlement

• Excellent pension schemes for all staff

• Seven efficiency days per year (pro rata) and your hard-earned holiday allocation

• A college committed to helping every student reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability

• Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop

• Employee Assistant Program

• Electric car and Cycle to Work scheme

• A comprehensive staff awards, rewards, and wellbeing scheme

• Membership options to other discounting/saving providers

• A full range of hairdressing and beauty therapy treatments

• Discounts in the college restaurant

• Enhanced maternity pay

• Enhanced absence pay

• Blue Light card eligibility

• Free will writing

• Discounted eye teats and winter flu vaccine

• Access to discounted gym membership