Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Birkenhead

We are looking for a Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to join our team. This is a 35 hours per week, full-time, permanent role offering a salary of £47,469 to £55,001 per annum.

Why Join Us? At Wirral Metropolitan College our purpose is to provide inclusive, highest‑quality education and training opportunities to meet the aspirations of students and the need of the local community. To achieve our purpose, we live our values: We are Ambitious, We are Resilient, We are Inclusive, We are Empowering, We are Accountable.

Job Purpose/Key Responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to lead on the implementation of the College's digital education, artificial intelligence and learning innovation agenda, ensuring that digital technologies are used effectively, safely and inclusively to improve teaching and learning, administrative workloads and organisational performance. A key purpose of the role is to increase operational performance for teaching and support staff by identifying opportunities for systems, processes, and AI‑enabled tools to be utilised in daily activities, with a critical focus on reducing workload and streamlining administrative tasks, enabling staff to maintain focus on high‑quality teaching, learning and support.

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification in AI, Computer Science with AI components or equivalent technical qualification.
• Substantial relevant experience in leadership, workforce or organisational development related to digital systems/AI.
• English/literacy and maths/numeracy qualification at Level 2 or above.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in digital education, leadership, AI, change management or related areas.
• Significant experience of leading digital learning, digital transformation, educational technology or AI implementation within an educational or comparable setting.
• Experience of leading and developing staff and managing change successfully.
• Working knowledge of typical systems infrastructure within a large Microsoft Tenant.

Benefits

• Outstanding facilities in state‑of‑the‑art environments
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Enhanced family‑friendly policies and leave
• DBS checks completed and paid for by the employer
• Company is committed to CPD
• Flexible approach to work
• Employer pension contribution rates currently at 28.6%
• Access to free car parking (subject to availability)

Wirral Metropolitan College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a record check from the Disclosure and Barring Services before the appointment is confirmed. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Wirral Metropolitan College is actively committed to maintaining an environment that promotes and embeds equality, diversity and inclusion as a core value and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The College ensures the principles of the Equality Act 2010 are adhered to and all job applicants and employees are treated equitably and fairly.