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Principal & Chief Executive

Principal & Chief Executive

Craven College

Skipton, North Yorkshire

  • Expired
Salary:
Commensurate with AoC benchmarked salaries
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
19 March 2018

Job overview

We are looking for an innovative and strategic Principal & Chief Executive; a leader who will build on the existing strengths of Craven College and lead us on the journey to being an outstanding provider of further and higher education.

This job offers an exciting opportunity for a current or aspiring Principal; a people person, someone with a track record of successful strategic institutional change. You will support the Board to develop and deliver bold and ambitious plans for the College, whilst retaining a focus on excellent FE and HE provision for our students and our local communities. Developing the sustainability of the College is a key priority and you will need to build a strong profile and create and maintain excellent networks and stakeholder relationships, particularly with employers.

You will evidence a commitment to continuous improvement, together with the leadership skills to inspire and motivate staff to share the strategic vision for the College. An understanding of the sector is important, because with the Board and senior team you will need to anticipate and respond creatively to challenges and changes from the external environment. The ability to deliver a value for money service for a College with a turnover of £15m, together with a sound understanding of governance is essential.

For further information about the role and the College, and to apply, please go to www.craven-college.ac.uk/principal or for an informal discussion with the Chair about the role please contact Joan Matthews, Director of Governance (jmatthews@craven-college.ac.uk or telephone 07725 676 951).

Closing date: Monday 19 March 2018 at 12noon

Interviews: Over two days on Wednesday 25 April and Thursday 26 April 2018

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About Craven College

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  • Craven College
  • High Street, Skipton
  • North Yorkshire
  • BD23 1JY
  • United Kingdom
+44 1756 791411

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Craven College is an aspirational College set in safe, friendly and inclusive rural campuses in Skipton within the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and at The Aviation Academy based airside at Leeds Bradford International Airport. We continuously invest in our excellent industry standard facilities to support and enhance your studies, our latest project being a new £1.6m purpose-built Animal Management Centre (completion 2018) on our Aireville Campus. We are proud of the fact that Ofsted (2018) rated our College as good and our Apprenticeship provision as outstanding and praised our excellent record for student and Apprentice progression to university and rewarding employment.

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Applications closed