Head of Faculty: Art, Engineering, Design & Technology
North London Collegiate School
Harrow
- Expired
- Salary:
- A highly competitive salary structure based on, but substantially above, national scales. This role will be paid according to experience and qualifications.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
HEAD OF FACULTY: ART, ENGINEERING, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Full Time, Permanent Post
Required for Summer Term 2023
We are seeking an experienced, vibrant and dynamic individual who will relish the opportunity to shape and develop the Art and Engineering, Design & Technology (EDT) departments, with specific leadership of the EDT department at North London Collegiate School. This is a role with significant leadership responsibility, and we anticipate that applicants will have gained academic leadership experience through the leadership of a department or substantial proportion of the curriculum. They will play a pivotal role in the development of significant areas of strategic development within the School.
We can offer:
· A positive working environment within an extremely well-resourced school where excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
· A highly competitive salary structure based on, but substantially above, national scales. This role will be paid according to experience and qualifications.
· The opportunity to develop professionally; improve and extend your knowledge; develop skills and experience; share outstanding and innovative practice; and contribute to the development of a challenging and supportive learning environment in and outside of the classroom.
· A strong supportive leadership team that prioritises student and staff health and well-being.
· Other benefits include membership of the TPS, free lunches during term time, season ticket loan, Employee Assistant Programme, free use of the swimming pool and fitness suite, Cycle to Work and Eye Care Schemes, and fee remission.
How to make an application:
· Please read the attached Job Description before completing your application.
· To apply, please complete the My New Term Application Form using the Supporting Statement section of the form to detail your suitability for the role, how your knowledge, experience and training meet the person specification and your motivation for applying to NLCS. This is in place of a covering letter.
· The vacancy closes on Monday 5th December 2022 at 7.00am, however, early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the advert early should a suitable applicant be found.
· Long list Interview date: 6th December 2022
· Short list Interview date: 12th December 2022
· If you have any questions or would like to discuss this role further, please contact the NLCS Recruitment Team at recruitment@nlcs.org.uk or telephone the School on 0208 952 0912
NLCS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must declare any criminal convictions as the post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service and references from previous employers. We are an Equal Opportunities employer.
Website: www.nlcs.org.uk
School Address: Canons, Canons Drive, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7RJ
Attached documents
About North London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent all-through day school for girls, based in Edgware. Its motto translates from Latin as "in the hope of labour". There are 1,065 aged 4-18 on the school roll.
The school was founded by Frances Mary Buss at the family home in Camden in 1850. The current site was acquired in 1929, and the school was fully relocated in 1940. The main site is a country house built in the eighteenth century. Since 2011, North London Collegiate School has had a franchise school in South Korea.
Headmistress
Mrs Vicky Bingham
Values and vision
The school is proud of its tradition of producing independent and pioneering young women with the drive and confidence to make the most of opportunities and a difference in the world. North London Collegiate School combines academic excellence with a vibrant extracurricular life, an international outlook, excellent facilities and a warm community.
Pupils are shaped not just by the academic excellence of the teaching but by the spectacular environment in which they learn. As well as the beauty of the Old House, pupils and staff also experience and learn in the school’s expansive grounds and modern Performing Arts Centre.
ISI report
“The school successfully fulfils its aims to provide an ambitious academic education and to enable all pupils to recognise academic excellence. Pupils benefit from a broad and challenging curriculum and an outstanding range of extra-curricular activities, among which many are related to academic study.”
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