Head of Alliance

Required start date: September 2023

Head of Alliance

PO3 (SCP 32-35) £38,296 - £41,496

Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, All Year Round

Elliott Hudson College is an ambitious and high performing 16-19 sixth form college that is committed to raising standards for young people across the Leeds City region. Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, Elliott Hudson College has a mission to ensure that its students receive an exceptional education and that they successfully progress to their chosen destination.

We are looking for professionals who want to work in a college that focuses on developing a culture of excellence where all members of the community strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Underpinning our ethos are the core values of positivity, professionalism, purpose and participation. We believe that if all members of the community align their behaviours with these values that we are more likely to achieve excellence for all.

Through this approach Elliott Hudson College is becoming a catalyst for social change, transforming opportunities for the young people in the communities it serves. We are determined, through the establishment of this college, to ensure that poverty and deprivation should in no way limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise.

We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and exceptional Head of Alliance to join a dynamic middle leadership team who is committed to transforming the lives of young people in the Leeds City region. The team is committed to providing an exceptional curriculum where all students, regardless of their starting point, achieve beyond national expectations.

If you are a pastoral lead in a secondary or Post 16 setting, with the vision to lead the strategic direction for students support and you have passion and a proven track record of delivering strong outcomes for students, this role offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the further development of Elliott Hudson College. The successful candidate must be passionate about improving students’ life chances and you must have a strong work ethic and high expectations of yourself and others and have the ability to lead staff and students in realising those expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates who are keen to be at the centre of our organisational change. The last few years have been exceptional for The GORSE Academies Trust and we are incredibly proud that Elliott Hudson College has been judged as ‘outstanding’ in all areas, by Ofsted in March 2018.

Elliott Hudson College opened in 2015 and now has a student population of 1087 Year 12 and 13 A-Level students. The college is housed in brand new, state-of-the-art accommodation at The White Rose Office Park, Millshaw Park Lane, Leeds, LS11 0LT.

An Application Pack (including Job Description and

Person Specification) is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust

website www.tgat.org.uk/jobs by email recruitment@elliotthudsoncollege.ac.uk or

by telephone on 0113 323 9777. If you would like to know more about Elliott

Hudson College, please visit our website www.elliotthudsoncollege.ac.uk.

We would welcome all potential applicants to visit the college and/or hold a video meeting with the appropriate Assistant Principal. Please email recruitment@elliotthudsoncollege.ac.uk with your availability.

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CV’s are not accepted.

Closing date for applications: on       Wednesday 7th June 2023 (midday)                    

Applications should be returned to:            recruitment@elliotthudsoncollege.ac.uk

Candidates notified by:                      Thursday 8th June 2023                    

Interviews will take place:                  Monday 12th June 2023         

(Subject to a 6 month probationary period)

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.   

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.