Head of Division: Construction
York College
York
- Expired
- Salary:
- £45,884 per annum plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2017
- Apply by:
- 4 November 2016
Job overview
Ref: 006/1016
About the College
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the major providers of education and training in Yorkshire and Humberside. York College was judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted in 2013 and continues to have Outstanding financial health. We are proud of the successes of our students and their progression into higher-level study and employment.
York College has recently opened a brand new Construction and Skills Centre which sits alongside its new main College building and provides an outstanding environment for teaching and learning.
About the role
We are looking for an effective, focused and dynamic Head of Construction to build on the success of the previous post holder. Our Construction Division is outstanding and offers an exciting and diverse portfolio of courses catering for part-time and full-time students, whilst also working with apprentices and employers. We are looking for the successful candidate to develop new provision to meet local need and to continue and develop the high standards and community links already in place.
The successful candidate will have experience of programme leadership, and curriculum design and validation, and have a track record of improving and maintaining high quality in technical and professional and craft based provision. They will lead by example in the promotion of high quality teaching and learning, and will have effective organisational skills, the ability to motivate others, knowledge of funding and of the key issues facing further and higher education. Educated to degree level in a construction or civil engineering discipline and holding membership of one of the following professional bodies, MCIOB, CIAT, RICS, ICE, IStructE is highly desirable.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nikki Davis, Assistant Principal, on 01904 770860 or email ndavis@yorkcollege.ac.uk
If you would like to apply for this post please submit your application form by 12 noon on 4 November 2016.
Interviews: 18 November 2016
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
For further details, including information on how to apply, please visit: http://www.yorkcollege.ac.uk/job-vacancies.html
Committed to equality of opportunity
About York College
We are a “Good” college (OFSTED 2008) striving to be an “Outstanding College” by 2012. We are making excellent progress - in terms of our exam results, we are one of the top ten highest scoring Further Education Colleges in the country [Source: Times Educational Supplement 15th January 2010 – exam result statistics produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families].
Some Facts
- We are one of the major providers of education and training in Yorkshire and Humberside with an annual budget of c£30M.
- We are financially strong, being rated “Grade A”.
- In August 2007 we moved into a new purpose built campus on an attractive and accessible site (adjacent to the A64 and “Park and Ride”) on the southern edge of the City of York. At £60 million this is one of the largest single re-build programmes anywhere in the country and is a flagship for the sector nationally. OFSTED rate the college an “outstanding environment for teaching and learning”.
- In 2010/2011 we have 6,695 students, of which 4,269 are full time. In addition we have 601 on Higher Education programmes and 136 International students. Support for learners, in the form of a Learning Centre, guidance and counselling and individual support, is a strong feature of the College.
- We offer courses across the full range of Further Education provision, with the exception of Land Base Studies. The College has an extensive range of employer engagement activities. Strong links have been built with the business community over many years through our commercial and tailored training offer.
- We employ over 1,000 staff. Of these, 650 are salaried - employed on a full time or part time basis. We also employ around 360 part time variable hours staff, about half of which are teaching staff employed on a sessional basis.
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