Deputy Principal
Canterbury College
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £120,000 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 September 2014
Job overview
Canterbury College is a large and vibrant learning environment with brand new purpose built FE, commercial, community and HE centres set in the heart of the city's historic town centre.
With an income of approximately £35million and around 10,000 learners, Canterbury College is one of the largest providers of post-16 education across all subject sector areas in the South East. The College is rated as financially outstanding and has embarked on the final stages of its impressive campus re-development. We also offer a range of vocational programmes for learners in work as well as a substantial Higher Education provision.
We are an ambitious college and determined to become one of the best Further Education colleges in the country, meeting the needs of students, employers and the communities of East Kent and beyond.
We are now seeking a widely experienced senior leader to shape and lead the development and delivery of an exciting and engaging education for learners, beyond qualifications. With high aspirations for learners, we want a leader with a track record of ensuring learners achieve their potential, and a role model with passion for driving up standards and a can-do attitude to inspire your team.
This Deputy Principal will be the most senior post reporting to the Principal of Canterbury College, and will have the opportunity to be Principal of our Swale Campus, playing a key role in the continuing success of the College.
The role:
- Will provide the opportunity to innovate and modernise the curriculum to drive forward the development of new social and commercial enterprises in brand new facilities.
- Provide strategic leadership and direction to the development, delivery and quality of all aspects of the curriculum, ensuring that curriculum provision delivers College priorities and targets.
- With major budgetary and management responsibilities, provide dynamic leadership to accelerate improvement and drive processes to ensure that standards are raised across the College.
- Build and strengthen relationships with relevant external partners and organisations that lead to increased learner numbers and outstanding curriculum provision.
The candidate:
- Significant leadership and management skills gained in a similarly complex environment. Some prior experience of working in an education or training focused environment would be essential.
- A track record of inspiring teams to deliver success, leading to improved performance and standards.
- The ability to work collaboratively with a range of partners both internally and externally in a manner that supports the ambition and values of the College, and its surrounding communities.
If you recognise yourself from the above and have the energy, drive, ambition and self-belief to make this your final step towards Principal, please contact Sharon Hollingsworth, Clerk to the Corporation at s.hollingsworth@canterburycollege.ac.uk for further details and a candidate pack.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday, 2nd September 2014.
Candidate Assessment and Interviews are scheduled for 18 and 19 September 2014.
Canterbury College
About Canterbury College
The city of Canterbury has an enviable heritage which includes Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England and the most visited tourist site outside of London. The city is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance with its numerous housing and shopping centre developments each having an historic twist and character. The city is a thriving centre of education with its three university campuses, foreign language schools and respected local schools. Canterbury and its surrounding district has the perfect blend of city, coast and countryside not to mention being at the gateway to Europe.
Canterbury College is a thriving general further education (FE) college which provides academic and vocational education and training. The mission of the college is “to be the very best in teaching and learning”. The college is responsive to employers and local needs, has gained Action for Business status and is a key provider of Train to Gain. In recent years the college has increasingly planned and met for growth against national and local targets.
The college has 15,800 students with courses provided from foundation to degree level. Some 5,300 of students attend the college on a full-time basis, of whom 73% are aged 16 to 18. Growth in 16-18 provision is expected to increase by 20% over the next few years.
Kent has a selective education system and the college has a significant amount of A level provision. Some 90% of the 16 to 18 year old students at the college come from 20 non-selective feeder schools, all but one of which have sixth forms.
The college has a thriving higher education faculty with some 750 students and has courses validated with the University of Greenwich, the University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University.
The college is a leading member of several Kent schools partnerships and has a sizable 14-16 student population in its own right. This is a significant area for the college and ten-fold growth in provision is planned over the next ten years.
Students are drawn from across East Kent, mostly from Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Deal, Faversham, Sittingbourne and Sheppey. In addition to the main site at Canterbury, the college operates a satellite college at Sheppey together with a number of outreach centres.
Our staff and managers are empowered and we were recently re-accredited with the Investors in People award. At all levels, our staff recognise their part in the life and purpose of the college and have an unwavering commitment to our students. The student union is recognised as an exemplar in the further education sector.
The college campus is being transformed through a phased redevelopment project, which will see a major milestone in January 2008, with the opening of 10,132m² of new buildings to complement those already brought into use over the past year or so (representing some 12,000 m²).
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