Director of Curriculum (14 - 16 College)
Hugh Baird College
Liverpool
- Expired
- Salary:
- Up to £57,233 (pay award pending)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 May 2019
Job overview
With an annual turnover of £20 million, Hugh Baird College is a large, dynamic Further Education College, in Merseyside, delivering 300 courses to more than 7000 students from entry level to full degrees. The College is a friendly, diverse and vibrant place to work where our students and their success is at the heart of everything we do.
The college is growing and changing with the opportunities and challenges of the Further Education sector and has innovative and forward-looking staff with an impressive team ethos that ensures student success is paramount. As Director of Curriculum you will have overall responsibility for the provision within the 14 – 16 College, circa 200 students across year 10 and year 11. You will be accountable for the quality of education within the provision, ensuring that learners develop detailed knowledge and skills across the curriculum and, as a result, achieve well. You will also be responsible for developing a culture of high expectations in which attendance and punctuality is high and the behaviour and conduct of learners facilitates effective learning.
We are seeking to appoint an individual with a track record of successful management and delivery within Secondary or Further Education and proven experience of leading a substantial provision, resulting in the achievement of KPI’s. You will also be able to demonstate success in meeting high activity targets within budget, through effective financial control.
Educated to degree level together with a Certificate in Education you will also be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the challenges presently facing the educational sector, and a thorough knowledge of quality assurance processes and procedures. The ability to inspire others through a clear vision which engages staff and drives forward continual improvement combined with the skills to manage and motivate staff to achieve the highest level of quality and performance is essential.
To arrange an informal discussion regarding this role please contact the Human Resources team on 0151 353 4449.
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About Hugh Baird College
The College is situated in metropolitan Borough of Sefton, at the heart of a very busy commercial and regeneration area.
We deliver courses across an extensive range of provisions, from apprenticeships, to T-levels, A-levels, university level courses and adult learning, with dedicated campuses and employment-focused results.
We have a purpose-built, multi-million pound University Centre and a dedicated Sixth Form Centre at our South Sefton Campus. We also have a specialist hotel school and flagship restaurant, industry-focused hubs, and a unique enterprise village with a salon, florist, café and gym. All of our exceptional facilities are enhanced with the incredible personal support we offer to every one of our students.
We have launched the L20 Hotel School where the qualifications delivered will fulfil the needs of the Liverpool City Region tourism sector and help provide well trained and job ready students to the city’s growing visitor economy.
We are also responding to the exciting SuperPort developments right on our doorstep by creating Port Academy Liverpool, which offers port operations courses that allow our learners to forge careers in this exciting, global and well paid sector.
The personal support we offer our students is outstanding and our learners tell us they like our safe and secure campus, and the friendly multicultural atmosphere. It’s a grown up environment where people treat each other equally and with respect.
We are continually looking to develop our facilities and this we have opened our new state-of-the-art gym and fitness centre in collaboration with Lifestyle Fitness. The centre is accessible by students and staff as well as being open to members of our local community.
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