Managing Director - Skills and Innovation
Sandwell College
Sandwell
- £70,000 - £80,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 October 2020
Job overview
Could you drive the colleges employer focussed activities and make a significant breakthrough in the way we engage external stakeholders?
Managing Director Sandwell Skills and Innovation
Location: Sandwell College, West Midlands.
Salary: c £70-80k plus generous benefits package
This is a key, new role to fulfil the college’s big ambitions and to ensure it is adequately equipped for change. The successful candidate will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in truly innovating the curriculum offer and in raising the profile of an organisation through the development of partnership working.
Sandwell College is a great place to work; a large, successful, richly diverse and growing college with a turnover of over £40m. The College has achieved huge success over recent years and has further, big ambitions for its future.
The college has two state of the art campuses in West Bromwich accessible through excellent transport links and, having merged with Cadbury College, now has an exciting and growing Sixth Form College in Birmingham.
The college is continuing with its ambitious plans for development and with the support of local Universities, Sandwell Council and NHS partners are part of a significant multi-million pound Towns Fund investment programme.
Having achieved ‘Further Education College of the year’ in 2019, the college is far from complacent knowing there is much more to do to create the very best learning environments for our students; in preparing for T-Levels and the development of large scale industrial placements – both being key aspects of this role.
The successful candidate will understand the ways in which effective, commercial activity can strengthen the student experience and they will have a successful track record in forging a broad range of employer and stakeholder relationships.
A richly experienced and inspirational leader within education, the successful postholder will have a raft of experience including policy development, engaging with employers and a deep understanding of the demands and challenges that lie ahead for the world of further education.
This is a unique opportunity to play a leading role in achieving our ambitions and to contribute and further enhance the impact we have on the lives of those we serve.
If you have the drive to lead lasting change through innovation, bringing stakeholders with you, we would love to hear from you.
The post will close at midnight on 8th October.
To view the full job description please click see attached document. For further information, or a confidential discussion please contact the HR Lead for Recruitment: sophie.addington@sandwell.ac.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date.
Attached documents
About Sandwell College
About Sandwell College
Sandwell College is a great place to work; a large, successful and growing College that has achieved significant success over recent years and has further, big ambitions for its future.
It has two state of the art campuses in West Bromwich accessible through excellent transport links and, following a successful merger with Cadbury Sixth Form College, has an exciting presence in Birmingham.
The majority of the College’s full-time students are aged 16-18, studying courses designed to give them skills for the modern workplace in a learning environment fully equipped with a specialist automotive centre, beauty and hairdressing salons, computer suites, construction workshops, engineering and science laboratories, fashion and photography studios, a sports hall and a 170-seater theatre.
Principal
Graham Pennington
Values and vision
Sandwell College aims to help students achieve their goals and take their next step, whether that be further progression with the college, Higher Education, or employment and training. It also aims to offer its students first class guidance and support and to do everything it possibly can to help them succeed, driving innovation and quality forward.
Sandwell College’s objective is to give young people the best possible transition from school to college and get them into top universities and careers. It is also strongly committed to creating opportunities for its adult learners by working closely with local and regional businesses, both large and small, to help them develop a skilled workforce.
Ofsted
“The large majority of students make good or better progress. Students develop very good personal, social and employability skills that prepare them well for further study and for the world of work. Teaching and learning are good, and often outstanding. Students benefit from the college’s excellent teaching, study and social spaces, with very high quality resources and equipment to support learning.”
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