• Are YOU looking to join a successful college in the heart of London’s West End?
• Are YOU the person who can ensure our Faculty is Outstanding in every way?
• Are YOU a strong leader and manager of people to support our staff and learners in achieving?
• We welcome conversations and applications from highly talented professionals who are looking to lead learners and staff members to success.
The Faculty of Construction, Engineering & Technology is looking for a
Head of Faculty
Full time, Permanent
£45,348 plus £2,931 London weighting allowance per annum
United Colleges Group is a £60m turnover, group of Further Education Colleges. Located in the heart of London, the Group provides a wide range of qualifications at Further and Higher Education levels in a highly inclusive environment. The group consists of City of Westminster College, and the College of North West London, both graded “Good” by Ofsted and leading in their fields.
The Faculty already offers an extensive range of high quality provision, including Engineering, Civil & Electronic, Electrical Installation, Motor Vehicle, Plumbing & Heating, Multi Skills – Construction and Building Services.
We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic Head of Faculty with a proven commitment to delivering innovative curriculum of the highest quality, to provide strategic management of the College’s existing curriculum portfolio, and to further develop provision to establish us as the capital’s STEM provider of choice. As well as possessing excellent organisational skills, you will be an entrepreneurial manager with a proven track-record, with the ability to establish the Faculty as a sustainable income-generating centre of vocational excellence.
You will be responsible for bringing in new income streams that will enable us to diversify our funding by building key partnerships with industry. You will also initiate projects with a view to developing products and services that suit the needs of the changing employment market. As part of the senior management, you will have a key role in the future direction of the College and will also lead on cross-College developments as identified within the College’s Strategic Plan.
Your background could include an industry training role, or teaching and management within a further or higher education context. Your strong commercial focus, meanwhile, will have been honed in a target-driven business while your experience in the educational field will mean you’re fully conversant with the needs of a teaching environment.
Job ref: HOF CET 2019
In return, the College can offer generous annual leave – 48 days, a contributory final salary pension scheme, access to our state-of-the-art gym, an interest-free season ticket loan, cycle scheme, childcare voucher scheme, free sight tests, enhanced maternity and paternity leave schemes and many other benefits.
Closing Date: February 22nd 2019
Ideal start date: ASAP
United Colleges Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
