Director of Finance and Digital Services
Truro and Penwith College
Cornwall
- Expired
- Salary:
- £70,000 - £80,000 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2023
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2023
Job overview
We are one of the highest performing colleges nationally on all courses at all levels, rated Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ provider.
We are seeking a confident, personable individual with high expectations and an attention to detail who has experience in leading a Finance and/or Digital function in a Post 16 environment and inspires team members to perform to a high level, builds positive relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and participates in driving excellence within the organisation.
Responsible for shaping the future direction of the following activities: Funding, Finance, Management Information Systems, IT Network and Digital Services, College transport, Capital Bids, Capital Equipment, Audit and Risk, Efficiency, Bids and Plans and Procurement. The postholder will report directly to the Principal and contribute to strategic planning, enabling the College to be efficient, ambitious and organised in its performance and expenditure. This would be an inspired move for an individual capable of, and interested in, delivering on capital projects and organisational growth.
The postholder would manage a team of leaders including MIS, IT and Finance and have a good knowledge of funding rules and compliance in a post 16 educational environment, an understanding of curriculum planning with excellent analytical skills, good numeracy and a desire for efficiency and effectiveness. You will be a financially astute, articulate, technically strong, influential leader with the ability to operate at strategic and operational level.
If you are keen to develop your career in Further Education to the highest level, then we would like to hear from you.
We offer a generous package with benefits including 40 days annual leave plus bank holidays and College closure days, teacher pension scheme, relocation package, free on-site parking and a variety of on-site benefits and discounts.
Closing date: Friday 3 March 2023
Interviews will take place week commencing Monday, 20 March 2023.
Curriculum Vitae are not accepted, Application Forms only.
Successful candidates will be notified within 4 weeks of the closing date.
Truro and Penwith College is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo a Criminal Record (DBS) check and past employment checks.
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About Truro and Penwith College
Truro and Penwith College is one of the best tertiary colleges in the country for education and training. This further education college offers a diverse range of opportunities in Cornwall and achieved Grade 1 in every key category in a January 2007 Ofsted inspection report. Outstanding learner achievement on work based learning and employer facing provision was recognised through the re-accreditation of the Training Quality Standard in 2011.
The College has two main sites one in Truro and one in Penzance. The facilities and resources are second to none. Building on the best individual traditions of both centres, the merged Truro & Penwith College has a local and national reputation as an institution which is lively, innovative, demands high standards of its learners, but is also caring and supportive of individuals.
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