Head of Business and Enterprise
DLD College London
Westminster
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2020
- Apply by:
- 1 June 2020
Job overview
The Principal is looking to invite enthusiastic and well-qualified candidates with vision to Lead our Business department and join the dynamic teaching staff team within our unique urban boarding setting located in Central London starting in September 2020.
DLD College London is an independent co-educational College situated in the heart of London overlooking Westminster and the river Thames. After our nomination for Boarding School of the Year 2020 and our recent excellent ISI inspection rating, the school is now looking to invite exceptional candidates with vision to join our Senior Leadership Team and continue to develop our unique urban boarding setting in Central London.
DLD College is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. DLD College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
Purpose of the post
To be responsible for the running of the department and oversee all aspects of the delivery of the department and the following:
• Accountable for student progress and development in the department
• To enhance teaching and undertake quality assurance through a programme of lesson observations, work scrutiny and share best practice
• To assist in the interview and recruitment of students
• To contribute to performance management, CPD and the appraisal process of staff
Personal Specification
Operational/ Strategic Planning
• To develop and review syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching and learning strategies in the department.
• To actively monitor and follow up student progress
• To produce an annual Department Development Plan that focuses on raising the quality of teaching and learning in the department and which has coherence and relevance to the needs of students and to the aims, objectives and strategic plans of the College.
• Working with the Head of eLearning to implement effective technology enhanced learning strategies.
• To ensure the subject is well represented in college social media, newsletters etc.
Curriculum
• To liaise with the Vice Principal (Academic) to ensure the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum programme which complements the College Improvement Plan.
• To be accountable for the development and delivery of the Department’s curriculum.
• To keep up to date with and respond to national developments in the subject area and teaching practice and methodology.
• To lead moderation exercise when required with staff in the relevant subject area; contribute to the writing of examinations material as required as well as marking of examination scripts for formal assessment
Leadership
• To use department meetings to lead professional discussion
• To support staff in their teaching roles and encourage professional development, advising on relevant training, discussing CPD needs and communicate this to the Head of Faculty
• To provide appropriate guidance to staff
• To participate fully in the College’s Performance Management Review
• To observe colleagues teaching and provide evaluative feedback on the effectiveness of their teaching strategies to bring about further improvement
• To participate in the interview process for teaching posts when required and to ensure effective induction of new staff in line with college policy and procedures.
• To support the UCAS application process for students who are applying for courses that relate to the department’s specialism
Staff Management
• To oversee cover arrangements for absent colleagues if not provided
• To assist with the allocation of groups when the timetable is constructed
Quality Assurance:
• To set targets, monitor progress and work towards their achievement.
• To establish common high standards of practice within the department
• To ensure the teaching rooms present a stimulating environment with high quality displays of students’ work
• To contribute to the college procedures for lesson observation, production of an annual Development Plan that identifies strengths and weakness in the delivery of the course
• To seek/implement modification and improvement where required.
• To ensure students are entered for the correct examinations (and units if relevant)
Teaching:
Like all colleagues in college, the teacher is responsible for providing a friendly, stimulating and secure environment in which every student has the opportunity to develop academically, socially and personally.
With the guidance of the Subject Leader and Head of Faculty, the Teacher is responsible for the complete and timely delivery of the subject syllabus, using a variety of teaching strategies to engage and challenge all students and meet their needs.
The Teacher is responsible for their Students’ Academic Progress and has to:
• Ensure that students are taught in line with the examination specification.
• Adhere to the departmental scheme of work.
• Keep records of the students’ attendance in lessons.
• Follow the guidelines for:
1. high quality teaching as defined in the handbook
2. setting, marking and assessing work as stated in the staff handbook
3. use of resources; checking of student files; learning support; use of ICT; health and safety procedures
4. classroom management as defined in the department’s classroom management and discipline policy
• Implement any recommendations for improvement in teaching or administration that are made by subject leaders or senior members of staff
• Attend in-service training and classroom observation plus feedback sessions as requested by the Subject Leader or Head of Faculty
• Ensure that coursework deadlines and internal and external exam arrangements are clearly communicated to students
Students’ welfare
• be vigilant for the appearance of welfare/conduct problems (attendance, punctuality, appearance, mood etc.) and inform the relevant PT and DOS
Hours of work: 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday
Attached documents
About DLD College London
About DLD College London
DLD College London, affectionately known as DLD, is a multi-award-winning boarding and day school in the heart of London opposite the Houses of Parliament and close to Waterloo and South Bank. Its mission is to ‘Develop the next generation of Leaders to take their place in a challenging and Diverse world’; from now on, that is what DLD now means to us – Development, Leadership, and Diversity.
DLD was founded in 1931 by Davies, Laing & Dick to provide tutoring for Oxbridge and the Colonial Service entrance exams. After the Second World War, the college specialised in ‘A’ and ‘O’ Level teaching. Over some fifty years, there has been a gradual transformation so that DLD now is a school for 13-19 year-olds providing full-time education for some four hundred children.
Our pupils come to us from all over the world. They are attracted by our enviable location, wide range of subjects, high academic achievement, outstanding pastoral care and our award-winning boarding in the heart of London. Our focus is first and foremost on the wellbeing of our students (and staff) and removing any barriers to learning, which will help them be happy and achieve their potential both in and out of the classroom.
In September 2015, DLD College London relocated to brand new, purpose-built premises by Waterloo station, overlooking Westminster and the River Thames. It focuses on each student as an individual, offering each child the best teaching and educational resources. It aims to build confidence, enabling them to accessvarious degree courses at top universities in the UK and worldwide. DLD is a school noted for its friendliness, warmth and informality – our award-winning Wellbeing Centre is the beating heart of the school.
As part of the Abbey DLD Group of Colleges, DLD aims to maintain a ‘gold standard’ of educational quality. Our pupils follow a number of academic pathways, from our ground-breaking Year 9 curriculum, GCSEs and A Levels, to BTECs and our popular International Foundation Programmes (IFP). Classes are small, enabling students and teachers to focus on the most effective ways of learning. We stretch and challenge our students, motivating them and raising their expectations of themselves. Moreover, our learning community is supported by e-learning platforms and a desire to develop core skills necessary for the future of work.
Theschool offers superb, modern teaching facilities and resources in one of London’s safest and most accessible areas, a stone’s throw from Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. While the school is strong in all academic areas, our creative arts continue to flourish, and our theatre, art and design, music and photography studios are scintillating and inspiring places. Our boarding provides some 250 rooms in our purpose-built boarding house directly above our school premises.
DLD recently won the Special Judges’ Independent School of the Year Award and the ‘Boarding School of the Year’ Award in 2020 and again in 2023. DLD has also recently won the Independent Schools’ Association award for ‘Innovation in Pupil Voice’ and Talk Education’s ‘Innovation in Education’ in 2023. It was one of the finalists in the 2020 TES Awards for Boarding School of the Year and has been listed in the prestigious Tatler’s Schools guide in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In addition, DLD is the only school in the UK to receive the Gold Award for ‘Mental Health in Boarding’ from the Carnegie School of Education.
DLD is a thriving boarding and day school with an enviable range of co-curricular activities, including sporting, cultural and social opportunities using ‘London as its Classroom’. The Good School’s Guide recently said, “It is one of the most unique and exciting schools in Britain: urban, modern, forward-looking and undeniably cool”.
We look forward to welcoming you to DLD College London soon.
Child Protection
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Checks and Training
• Enhanced DBS checks to ascertain your suitability to work with children will be carried out. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and therefore all convictions, cautions and bindovers, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared.
• Online searches will be carried out on candidates for any unsuitable content by or about candidates.
• Two written & verbal references from previous employers and a personal reference will be sought. Your referees will be asked about your suitability to work with children and whether you know of any disciplinary offences relating to children or young persons and whether you have been the subject of any child protection allegations or concerns and if so the outcome of any enquiry or disciplinary procedure.
• Your full employment history will be checked, any significant gaps will require explanation and proof of any relevant qualifications will need to be provided.
• You will be required to complete Child Protection Training via e-learning prior to commencing employment.
• Pre-employment health screening will be carried out.
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