Head of Commercial Services

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Leadership level 3 - £44,632 - £51,741 per annum

37 hours x 52 weeks

About You

Do you have a background in delivering growth within your chosen field?

Can you inspire others to deliver a high quality service, leading to exceptional customer service?

Are you able to maintain and grow partnerships through effective communication?

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference in people’s lives?

If you currently work within a Head of Commercial Services or similar role and like the sound of the above, then this could be your opportunity to start your career within this newly created role here at The Sheffield College.

The Role

Head of Commercial Services is a newly created position within the college, with the main focus being to support our ambitions for growth in our commercial services income including our catering provision, nurseries and hire of facilities.

You would be responsible for ensuring that an attractive and high quality service is provided to students and external customers with the target of increasing income and surpluses on our commercial income streams to allow us to re-invest in these services and more widely in the College’s education provision.

As Head of Commercial Services you would directly oversea our Catering and Nursery Services as well as overseeing the hire of key college areas including our Sports Facilities.

Some of the main responsibilities for Head of Commercial Services are:

Lead on the delivery of a high-quality service within your department including catering, nurseries and facilities hire, which leads to outstanding student and customer experience.

Provide dynamic, visible and effective leadership and direction across the department, ensuring that a solutions focused and supportive culture of continuing professional development inspires, enables, empowers and motivates staff to achieve high standards of performance.

Support the development of the commercial services brands. Working with Marketing to effectively promote new commercial service opportunities for the college.

Further details can be found within the attached Job Description.

Benefits

We offer a wide selection of benefits in return for the work that you will do, such as

Continuing Professional Development

Excellent holiday allowance – 37 days plus 5 discretionary days annual leave plus bank/public holidays

Excellent pension package with South Yorkshire Pensions

Cycle to work, Car hire, Healthcare schemes plus others

Flexible working

TOTUM card with great offers and discounts

Next steps and additional information

Closing Date: 19 June

Shortlisting Date: 20 June

Please note that as this is a Senior appointment there will be a staged approach to interviewing as highlighted below:Hiring Manager – Initial Meet – 24 June – video call

Peer and Reporting Panels – 29 June or 4 July – video call

Interview Date: Executive interview 14 July - onsite

As a Leaders in Diversity employer we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Also, as a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee.

We are an employer who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.

Please click the links below to view the job description, person specification and notes of guidance.

To apply please click apply and follow the links and complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process please contact People Operations Team via email CV’s currently not accepted.