Head of Student Services
Strode College
Street, Somerset
- Expired
- Salary:
- £42,742 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 June 2018
Job overview
Strode College is a tertiary college in Street, Somerset. Located on a well-resourced modern campus, the college works with 1,500 16-18 year olds, 90% of whom are studying advanced level programmes, as well as 2,500 adult students and 450 apprentices. Strode College delivers high quality Education and Training and is an Ofsted Outstanding College.
Head of Student Services
£42,742 per annum
Strode College is currently recruiting for a new Head of Student Services.
This provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced and committed professional to join one of the best performing colleges in the country. Strode College is located in a beautiful part of the country and is a fantastic place to work. Our staff and students have high expectations of themselves, are highly motivated and work hard. The College has a clear strategy to move beyond Ofsted Outstanding, develop its provision and capitalise on local opportunities ensuring we continue to provide outstanding education and training.
The Head of Student Services will report into the Deputy Principal Curriculum and Quality and will be a critical position within the College management team. As the College’s Safeguarding lead with overall responsibility for learning and student support, this role will provide inspirational leadership to staff and students, helping us to achieve our vision; “inspiring all to maximise their potential.”
If you have recent cross college experience in a student support or similar role, are ambitious, a team player with good communication skills and a genuine commitment to ensure learners achieve their very best, then this could be the right role for you.
Details on our website www.strode-college.ac.uk or contact the Personnel Office 01458 844576 (01458 844447).
Closing Date : Monday 11th June
Interview date: Friday 15th June
About Strode College
Welcome to Strode College and thank you for taking an interest in our College.
We believe that every individual, no matter what their starting point, has the potential to achieve great things. We encourage all our students to be ambitious and believe they can succeed. We help them to realise their potential, maximise results and achieve success. This ethos runs through everything we do.
Highest quality further education
We are an Ofsted Good College located in Street, Somerset, offering a wide range of high quality education and training to the local community. Our Sixth Form has an outstanding reputation nationally for the exceptional progress that our students make. This means they are well prepared for future success, and we are incredibly proud of what our students go on to do after Strode College. In fact, we are one of the best performing colleges nationally for delivering outstanding student progress.
Highest quality university level education
We also offer high quality, local and affordable Higher Education. This quality has been recently externally validated by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education with a Silver Award in Teaching Excellence Framework, and we achieved the highest possible rating in our recent external quality review.
Adult courses for career development and leisure
As a local College, focused on supporting its community, we also provide a wide range of Adult courses. These include professional programmes for people looking to upskill within their current place of work or seek new skills for future careers and job opportunities. In addition, we offer leisure courses which you may want to take as a stepping stone onto a professional programme or just because it’s something you’re interested in!
Specialist work-based training
And finally, the College provides specialist work based training in the form of Apprenticeships and work related professional qualifications. Our dedicated Employer Engagement team works closely with local businesses to support them to meet their workforce development needs, translating this into a comprehensive training programme and also helping source new apprentices.
Enjoy an exceptional education
To sum up Strode College, it’s an amazing place to learn, with exceptional staff who are 100% committed to ensuring you achieve fantastic results, with an outstanding reputation locally and nationally; validated by our students’ achievements.
I’d like to invite you to come and see for yourself, so do please get in touch, we’ll be happy to show you around our fantastic college.
John Revill, Principal
View Strode College's latest Ofsted report
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