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| Job Type | Full TimePermanent |
| Location | Oxford |
| Area | Oxford, UK |
| Sector | 38 |
| Salary | £30,000 to £50,000 |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Julie Tock |
| Job Ref | VR/01812 |
| Job Views | 95 |
- Description
- Job purpose/overview
As the Principal you will be responsible for fostering and maintaining a clear vision for the future of the college. It will be your duty to widen opportunities for education within the community, driving forward both the commercial and educational success of the college. The principal will have overall responsibility for the continued development and growth of the college's provision across both FE and HE, ensuring policies and regulatory requirements are met.
Key Responsibilities- Leading on the strategy, planning, management and delivery of courses and qualifications, learning resources, libraries, and research
- Leading on the development of the College as a model for national excellence and innovation
- Ensuring the College develops and implements all necessary academic policies and procedure, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, relevant legislation and good practice
- Establishing clear lines of responsibility for the curriculum, the successful financial management, and development and improvement of the student experience
- Ensure all monitoring and evaluations are reported to the Senior Management Team
- Facilitating cultural and business change by developing agreed objectives and operational plans to meet the college's strategic plan
- Contributing to the development and reporting of the financial planning of the College
Education and Welfare- Direct line management responsibility for all academic staff ensuring the implementation of all staffing policies and procedures. Oversee effective performance monitoring systems that evaluate systems of teaching and learning
- Manage, monitor and review the use of all available resources to improve the quality of education
- Advise and make recommendations as necessary to ensure the academic, personal and professional development of staff and students
- Manage, monitor and review systems to ensure proper safeguarding, equality, inclusion and health and safety management for students at the College and implement related policies
- Maintaining a regulatory framework within which staff can work with students to maintain satisfactory standards of conduct and bring about improvement in conduct where necessary
Communication- Fostering and maintaining effective relationships with local, regional and national agencies
- Representing the college at external and internal events
- Responsible for effective communications amongst academic staff
- Attending and/or leading as appropriate at College meetings, including, policy and resources, standards and audit committees etc.
- Interview prospective students and meet parents or guardians as and when required
- General correspondence and liaison with students and tutors as and when required
Additional Requirements- Ability to travel between sites and to meet external commitments
- Ability to work flexibly, often outside normal working hours
- Willingness to travel nationally and internationally on College business
Qualifications- Education to degree level
- Higher professional, educational or management qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Evidence of active engagement in professional networks and organisations
Knowledge & Experience- Post-16 education and training
- Key policies and targets for national, regional and local further and higher education
- Educational funding and financial management in the public sector
- Effective Quality Assurance Policies and Practices, including the Common Inspection Framework
- The effective use of information and learning technologies in a complex organisation
- Safeguarding Children and Young People and Vulnerable Adults
- Significant cross college leadership experience in further education delivery
- Responsibility for successful delivery of budgetary, curriculum and staff resources at a senior level
- Substantial experience of leading the development of further education curriculum to secure progression opportunities
- Experience of and strong track record in improving academic standards
- Substantial experience of managing and developing quality standards and performance measures, including driving quality improvement in teaching and learning
- Experience of working effectively with employers, other sectors of education and external agencies
- Production of annual self-assessment reports
- Production and implementation of service and business plans
- Leadership experience of higher education is advantageous
- Experience of managing student support and welfare services is desirable
Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted regarding this position. If you do not hear back from us within 5 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application for this position, however we may contact you in the future to discuss other opportunities.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.
