Head of Electrical in Stevenage

Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Salary: Up to £55,000 FTE depending on experience, plus benefits

About the role:

As the Head of Electrical, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the College's Electrical curriculum area, ensuring the delivery of high-quality teaching, learning and assessment that inspires students to achieve their full potential. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of electrical education, leading a team of dedicated staff to deliver innovative programmes that meet the needs of learners, employers and the wider skills agenda.

About the organisation:

North Hertfordshire College, part of Hart Learning Group operates across three main campuses in Stevenage and Hitchin and includes business operations Hart Learning and Development (our Employer and Apprenticeship arm). As a college, we have over 650 staff and a turnover of circa £30m.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead on curriculum design and development of the curriculum, ensuring that College activity is aligned to the delivery of strategic objectives.
• Seek out opportunities for innovation and have the courage to take risks and make step changes to how things are done.
• Empower others to put forward creative and innovative approaches and take appropriate risks.
• Develop an ethos of high expectations of staff and students across all programmes.
• Drive and deliver a culture that emphasises continuous improvement, efficiency and value for money.
• Lead on teaching, learning and assessment and aspects of developing pedagogy to drive standards of teaching and learning.
• Be proactive in supporting teachers to create a stimulating and challenging learning environment which secures effective learning and provides high standards of achievement, behaviour and student motivation.
• Motivate and inspire the team to develop their own skills and behaviours.
• Identify, nurture and lead talent effectively to help meet future strategic objectives.
• Devise, lead and deliver whole staff professional development and training when necessary.
• Work with cross college Heads of Curriculum to maximise student progress in maths and English and support the raising of achievement in GCSE /Functional Skills English and GCSE maths.
• Support the Director of Curriculum and Deputy Principal in the monitoring of the quality of teaching and student progress, including the analysis of performance and progress data.
• Deliver against agreed student retention, attendance, success and value-added targets.
• Work with colleagues across the college to deliver an overall student experience, which engages, inspires and prepares students for the world of work.
• Use customer insight to determine and drive customer service outcomes and quality throughout own work.
• Implement an effective and efficient resource model to support the delivery of curriculum including for example; optimised timetabling; staff utilisation across the curriculum area of responsibility; and, in the use of learning technologies to support social and self-directed learning.
• Understand the financial position of own area, the organisation and the wider economy and recognise impacts of this when delivering services.
• Provide comprehensive regular reports on budgets with accurate forecasting and identification of interventions to ensure budgets are met.
• Lead a team of teaching staff; provide colleagues with inspiration, direction and support they need to deliver outstanding teaching and learning, whilst improving in their own roles.
• Create and encourage a culture of initiative, flexibility and responsiveness, mobilising your area of responsibility to respond swiftly to changing priorities.
• With the support of quality and innovation colleagues, comply to the college’s systematic programme of quality assurance and improvement.
• Support the college’s Ofsted quality nominee to ensure accurate and robust information is provided, resulting in the best possible inspection outcome for the college and its students.
• Work with colleagues across the college to ensure we are providing necessary safeguarding support for students.
• Work with MIS colleagues to maintain accurate up to date learner records, whilst ensuring funding is maximised in each curriculum area of responsibility.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Hart Learning Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, as our posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also an offence to apply for a role if you have been barred from working with children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you have been shortlisted for a role and are within the guidelines of KCSIE, an online search will be carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online. If any incidents or issues are identified, the Group might want to explore these with you at the interview. As part of the recruitment process, you will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.