Director of Quality and Transforming Learning

Quality Enhancement

Reference: EA12773

Barking & Dagenham College is a vibrant and highly successful College in East London with circa 12,500 students, circa 500 established staff and a turnover of £35m. The College offers routes into learning from entry level through to MBA level, including apprenticeships, higher level apprentices, higher education and job centre plus clients. We have technical specialist areas from level 3 and above with a broad based curriculum up to level 2. We are immensely proud of the achievements of our students, our entrepreneurial and motivated staff team and our extensive partnership network. The College trains circa 850 apprentices, including circa 110 higher level apprenticeships and delivers work place training, traineeships and higher level technical and professional specialisms up to MBA level in our 4 strategic vocational areas; Construction, Design & Management; Engineering including mechatronics & robotics; Digital Creative; Health & Social Care and Leadership and Management across the pan London occupational sectors.

Our values of creativity, enterprise and innovation drive our organisational behaviours and business, so if you want to join our team, we have some exciting opportunities now available, and we are looking for motivated, learner-centred and outstanding teachers who can inspire students, have a flexible and creative approach to their work, and foster the development of excellent technical learning and entrepreneurial skills.

An exciting vacancy has arisen for a Director of Quality and Transforming Learning.

The College has an excellent reputation for leadership, employer engagement, innovation and success in curriculum development and outstanding student support.

As a truly great College that is passionate about success we are well placed to help learners realise their ambitions within the changing context of Further Education.

Working as part of the senior leadership team, you will be responsible for the effective leadership and development of all aspects of quality assurance and teaching and learning development, improvement and transformation. The Director is responsible for setting, implementing and monitoring the College English and maths framework for 16-18 year olds, adults and apprentices.

 You will contribute to our strategic vision of becoming an outstanding College and in doing so, will work closely with the Curriculum Directors, Director of Apprentices and Business Support Directors. You will be responsible for fostering an ethos of continuous improvement across the whole organisation.

You will have a wealth of experience in a quality leadership role within an education environment of significant scale and complexity. You will have knowledge of the Ofsted inspection framework, QAA and a range of quality kite marks.

You will have extensive experience of raising standards and driving innovation that is both consistent and relevant to the needs of the organisation.

You will possess excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, have the ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams and have the capacity to engage at all levels across and beyond the organisation to solve complex strategic challenges through deliverable and workable solutions.

Closing Date: Wednesday 30th November 2016

To apply: https://jobs.barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk/

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