Head of ETLA and Quality

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Are you passionate about learning and want to make a difference to the opportunities and experiences of our students?Kidderminster College has an an exciting opportunity for aHead of ETLA and Quality to join our forward-thinking college, where you will be integral in our ambition for outstanding. Reporting into the Vice Principal, you will be a pivotal member of our senior leadership team (SLT).As Head of ETLA and Quality you will help us to build our community of students, staff and industry professionals that makes us the best. You’ll work the SLT, cross-college, to continually improve the quality of our curriculum and student experience, lead excellence in teaching and learning supporting our staff to continually improve and seek out opportunities that give students the experiences they need for their future pathways.You will implement the College’s Quality Improvement strategies, working with curriculum colleagues to support them in ensuring there is a whole college approach to quality; driving a quality culture where colleagues genuinely care about the quality of their work, and make decisions based on sustainably achieving that level of quality.In collaboration with colleagues from across the group, you will locally implement the NCG Quality Assurance Cycle including leadership and facilitation of college curriculum reviews, external assurance/verification, learner surveys, the generation of oversight reports and technical feedback at meetings with relevant colleagues (including principalship, curriculum staff, NCG leaders and managers, and governors).Experience of working in education and outstanding teaching/ delivery is essential in this role. You will evidence a proven track record of success in improving quality within education and skills. You will ensure compliance with regulatory bodies, and work cross-college to uphold the highest academic standards across all disciplines. You’ll probably be experienced in the field of quality, data, and inspection or similar and will be able to draw on, and develop networks of industry professionals for the benefit of our staff and students..The ability to drive, manage, develop and improve staff performance is crucial. As such your communication skills and ability to synthesise information will be strong, along with the ability to influence and persuade colleagues and managers. Sound knowledge of the inspection and quality frameworks for FE & HE is required.Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further details on the role.Not sure you have all of the skills, knowledge and experience? Don’t worry, we’d love to hear from you! We welcome applications from aspiring leaders looking to make the next step in their career or from established quality leads looking for their next opportunity to thrive.For an informal discussion please emailMake sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.Kidderminster College has been around for over 140 years and we specialise in vocational courses. This means when our students leave us, they’re ready to launch into their dream career!Being a smaller college, with around 200 staff and 2,000 students, we’re able to concentrate on supporting our learners and helping them find their place in the world. With a real sense of support and community, #TeamKC provides the perfect next step for students making that sometimes daunting step from school to higher education or straight into the workplace.Our main campus is based in the centre of Kidderminster Town, which means that we’re at the heart of everything here. Our second campus, the Vocational Skills Centre, is a short walk away and houses our Motor Vehicle and Vehicle Respray garages and our builders’ yard.Our state-of-the-art facilities provide the perfect environment to help truly push our students and assist them with carving out their perfect career. With our recording studios, Apple suite, fully-equipped theatre, professional workshops, high-class salon, kitted out classrooms, expert acting and dance studios and our partnership with The West Midlands Safari Park, we aim to provide the best learning experience possible for our cohort.We’re a community at Kidderminster College and we’d love for you to join the team!Kidderminster College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.At Kidderminster College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

• Being both inclusive and diverse
• Trusting and respecting our communities
• Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
• Inspiring excellence and curiosity. As part of the NCG Group, Kidderminster College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.TelephoneEmail: