Assistant Dean of Academic Studies

Location: Liverpool
Contract type: Full time
Salary: £45,751

We’re looking for a results-focused Assistant Dean of Academic Studies to join our leadership team and assist in the design and implementation of the curriculum at the largest FE College in the Liverpool City Region.

At The City of Liverpool College, you will have the opportunity to make an impact in an organisation where growth is constant and after a year of significant success, there has never been a more exciting time to join us as we embark on what is expected to be another thriving academic year.

If you’re a driven, forward-thinking team player with a passion for driving a culture of high performance, then we’re keen to hear from you.

About the role

We are looking for an Assistant Dean of Academic Studies to bring their expertise and provide operational leadership of the College’s academic activity across A Level, GCSE and science, business, and accounting programmes, taking into consideration the social, economic, and educational context of the Liverpool City Region.

Working closely with the Dean of Academic Studies, Deputy Head of School for English and Deputy Head of School for Maths, you will head up the effective planning, development and delivery of a diverse and responsive curriculum within the A Level and GCSE study programmes, effectively meeting student, higher education, employer and key stakeholder demand.

You’ll have confidence in developing and implementing a range of personal development and progression opportunities that will successfully promote students’ confidence and provide a strong trajectory into higher education, further education, training, or employment.

You will implement strategies that build upon lessons learnt from the ‘pandemic years’, to take the best parts of a blended learning approach to support catch up learning, reinforcement and stretch and challenge of all our learners. You will be responsible for implementing strategies that provide meaningful mitigations for the effect of lost learning during national and local lockdowns.

Supporting the development and implementation of the College’s teaching, learning and assessment strategy, you will lead and support pedagogical leadership with regards to GCSE, English and maths and A Level best practice within a supportive framework for all colleagues in their ongoing development as inspirational teaching professionals, leading to outstanding student outcomes and progression.

You will be results driven with the ability to drive high expectations and high performance consistently across the College’s academic programmes to secure its position as ‘best in class’ in both curriculum delivery and support for learners.

As the Assistant Dean of Academic Studies, from time to time, the successful candidate will be required to step in for the Dean of Academic Studies and must have confidence in supporting the College in meeting the strategic goal of turning disadvantage to advantage.

What you’ll need

As a member of the leadership team, you will be a positive role model and ambassador for the College with the proven ability to challenge, mentor and coach. You will be a developer of a high-performance culture, intolerant of underperformance and possess a track record of securing buy-in and support through constructive challenge.

You’ll have a passion for delivering consistent success and be resilient and comfortable with ambiguity. The ability to operate under pressure in a fast-paced, evolving environment is a must, along with a desire to support and inspire others to do the same.

You’ll have a robust knowledge of research-informed approaches to addressing disadvantage and supporting learners to succeed and can develop pedagogical approaches in academic curriculum that support all learners to succeed and thrive. You’ll possess a commitment to addressing the impact of bias, discrimination, and injustice through a proactive approach to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

With a professional or teaching qualification and relevant experience, you will offer proven, consistent delivery of success as the accountable person for improving student outcomes over consecutive years.

About The City of Liverpool College

The City of Liverpool College (COLC) is in the top 10 per cent of colleges in the UK. As the College for business, we are a leader in providing high quality skills and education, delivering opportunities for growth to people and businesses in the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

The College has a student population of more than 10,000 and a turnover of approximately £40 million, with more than a third of 16-18-year-olds in the city studying with the College and 94% of students going on to further education, university, or employment.

Whether it's apprenticeships, NVQs, A-levels or GCSEs, students benefit from the learning and support of a team of award-winning tutors, to achieve academic, technical, and professional qualifications. The City of Liverpool College's five main campus’ offers students access to some of the best training, learning and leisure facilities in the country.

The City of Liverpool College has Microsoft Associate College status with its £2.5m digital academy – the country’s first dedicated academy of its kind – offering young people coding, software development and a range of digital skills including online marketing and games design.

We are proud to be the first college in the North of England to provide the prestigious Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA) Chefs Apprenticeship.

We pride ourselves on supporting employers to create a skilled workforce, responding to economic priorities and drivers for growth and supporting students to achieve and progress in either education or employment.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) praised the college’s ‘good practice’ and management for a ‘dedicated’ focus on development of high-level skills, academic competence, and student employability. The City of Liverpool College is rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED and was awarded the gold standard of Higher Education in the first Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) league table.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignments, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age adhering to the requirements of Quality Act 2010.

We are proud of the diversity within our city and want to ensure that the city’s diversity is reflected at all levels within our workforce. To help achieve this we are guaranteeing an interview for all BAME applicants who meet the essential criteria for all management roles.

The college also follow a blind shortlisting process