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Head of HE Operations

Head of HE Operations

Colchester Institute

Essex

Salary:
Circa £32,500 - £35,500 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
5 September 2014

Job overview

37 hours per week

Ref: 13-144

An opportunity has arisen within the HE Operations Department for an individual to line manage the team of administrative, technical and academic staff and be responsible for the systems and processes that assure and enhance the quality of the Higher Education provision. You will also manage the production of data returns and other documentation as required by HE partner institutions, funding bodies and validating agencies. You will also oversee all aspects of External Examiner systems, maintain HE policies and procedures and support course teams in the processes necessary to enable enhancement of the curriculum.

With a First Degree or equivalent, you will have experience of engaging with the expectations of the QAA Quality Code in a management role and have knowledge of funding and regulatory frameworks for HE in FE. You will have an awareness of recent developments in the College Based Higher Education sector and knowledge of systems supporting HE curriculum development. With proven effective team leadership skills and an ability to work constructively within management teams, you will ideally also have a postgraduate study and a Cert Ed or equivalent, although this is not essential.

A job description and application pack can be obtained from our website: www.colchester.ac.uk/jobs Applications, by CV if preferred, should be emailed to jobline@colchester.ac.uk

Closing date: 5 September 2014.
Interview date: 16 September 2014.

Colchester Institute is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

About Colchester Institute

Our vision is to be a College that is EXCEPTIONAL, EXCITING and VOCATIONAL.

With an annual turnover exceeding £40 million Colchester Institute is  the largest General Further Education provider of its kind in the area delivering a wide range of full and part-time vocationally orientated programmes, to both Further Education and Higher Education learners.

Colchester Institute has a clear dedication to meeting employer needs through the development of bespoke industry training centres, with more than 800 apprentices in learning at any one time. We have a network of delivery locations and some of the best facilities in the Country for hospitality, motor vehicle, engineering, construction, and performing arts.

With approximately 1,200 staff the College is one of the largest employers in the area. There are approximately 600 academic/teaching staff and 600 business support staff.

Over 12,000 students are enrolled each year, with approximately 5500 on full-time courses. The majority of students are local but many are attracted from further afield, including overseas.

Further education courses account for approximately 80% of the provision of the College. A range of well-established degree and higher education courses are also available, including new courses at foundation degree level, making up 20% of our provision.
Responding to a range of Government initiatives the College has also been successful in introducing a variety of short programmes to meet specific local and national skills shortages. An expanding range of short courses, tailored to meet the needs of the business community, are also provided by the Professional Training Centre.

The main campus is situated on the edge of Colchester town within easy walking distance of the town centre and mainline railway station. It is a large, open campus consisting of purpose-built accommodation including an extensive range of specialist facilities to support our educational programmes, such as two large halls with stages, drama studio, gymnasium and access to nearby sports fields.

Two large construction and engineering wings were opened in 2009. In addition there are facilities open to the public including first-class training restaurants and hairdressing and beauty therapy salons. The Colchester School of Art took residency of the historic Minories building in Colchester town centre in May 2008. This historic building is well known locally as being associated with the arts community and this acts as the perfect backdrop to host  exhibitionssupporting Art and Design Postgraduate studies.

Colchester Institute is keen to meet the more localised needs of its customers and ‘to take learning to the learners’. To support this aim the College merged with Braintree College in January 2010. The College at Braintree offers a variety of vocationally based Further Education courses and qualifications in areas such as art and design, beauty therapy, business, computer studies, construction, health & childcare, media, motorcycle and motor vehicle mechanics, music technology, performing arts, sports and recreation and travel and tourism.

The College at Clacton operates from two sites in Clacton. Responding to the needs of the local community, the main focus of provision at these sites is on vocational training, such as administration and IT, hairdressing, beauty therapy and construction.The Learning Shops based at Dovercourt, Witham and Colchester provide additional town centre locations for English, Maths, IT and Computer training.
 

In 2013, the College opened The Energy Skills Centre at Harwich to support skills development in this growing industry.  This centre complements the employer focused activity taking place at The Engineering Training Centre at Colchester, which was originally opened to support the aviation industry and is now heavily involved in skills delivery for the supporting employers in railway engineering.
 

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