Head of Faculty Foundation Skills in Birmingham

Permanent position, Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811, working 36.5 hours per week.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will play a pivotal role in guiding BAES to new heights of success. Your expertise, insights, and commitment will contribute to shaping and improving learner experience and outcomes while fostering an environment of innovation and inclusivity.

This Faculty within BAES is one of the largest providers of English/Maths Adult Skills Qualifications in England. With qualifications ranging from pre-entry to Level 2, including Functional Skills and GCSEs, we take pride in our enrichment offer, development of transferable skills, and progression rates, as well as our sector-outperforming achievement rates.

You will have the opportunity to shape the next phase of the Faculty’s journey as part of our broader aspiration towards outstanding. You will be leading a committed, caring, and ambitious team of talented managers and teachers singularly focused on delivering the highest quality of innovative and learner-centred outcomes.

BAES was last inspected in June 2024, where Ofsted issued a ‘Good’ grade for Overall Effectiveness. Our philosophy is to provide the best learner experience for every learner every day of their time with BAES and deliver the improvements and innovation to maximise outcomes for the people, communities, and businesses we serve.

If you have the vision, experience, and curriculum/people skills, a proven record of impact, and like to add value while working with a supportive and strategic SLT as well as external stakeholders, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills, and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented, and therefore we will use positive action to support us in achieving diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining, and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Interviews (in-person) will take place w/c 26 January 2026. For any informal enquiries, please contact us.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

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