About The Role
Help shape the future of technical and vocational education.
We’re looking for an experienced education professional to lead our Technical and Vocational Professional Development Hub. The post holder will be working with leaders, practitioners and partners across the region to support the implementation of technical and vocational qualification reforms.
This is a unique opportunity to influence improvement beyond a single organisation and strengthen provider capability and confidence leading to sustained approaches. You’ll work with colleges, schools, employers and sector partners to:
- Lead professional development, coaching, mentoring and practitioner networks.
- Support curriculum innovation and the implementation of technical and vocational reform.
- Help providers strengthen curriculum design, evaluation and improvement.
- Develop learning leads and practitioner champions who can create lasting change.
- Design and deliver workshops, masterclasses and other professional learning.
- Use evidence and insight to identify priorities, measure impact and share effective practice.
This three-year fixed-term role offers the chance to make a lasting contribution to technical and vocational education across the region.
Key Details:
Salary: £48,644 per annum
Contract: 3 years until 2029
Hours per week: 37
Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees!
Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
- Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern (38 days)
- Flexible Personal Leave
- Exclusive Discounts & Perks
- Wellbeingand Health Support
- Competitive Pension Scheme
Full list of company benefits
About You
You’ll be an experienced education professional with a strong track record of quality improvement, teaching and learning, and curriculum development, ideally within Further Education or technical education.
You’ll bring:
- A teaching qualification at Level 5 or above, alongside a degree or appropriate professional qualification.
- Experience of leading or supporting improvement in teaching, learning and assessment.
- Strong knowledge of technical and vocational curriculum and qualification reform.
- Experience of coaching, mentoring or developing practitioners and leaders.
- Confidence using data and evidence to identify improvement priorities and evaluate impact.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge constructively.
- Experience of working with employers, external partners or educational networks.
- Excellent organisation and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
Above all, you’ll be passionate about improving learner experiences and outcomes and excited by the opportunity to bring people together to share ideas, challenge thinking and make meaningful change.
About Us
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Awardand are aDisability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment toCare Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)and to current or previousArmed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge)with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.
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