Assistant Principal - Curriculum
Croydon College
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- £80,000 pa + benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 9 March 2015
Job overview
Post Ref: 915
Croydon College’s vision is to inspire and support learners to achieve Further and Higher Education qualifications, develop employability skills and change lives. Passionate about teaching and learning and its ability to transform lives, it works increasingly closely with its local community, employers and businesses and with the aim of providing learning opportunities for all.
With over 8,000 students choosing to study with the College each year, we are one of the largest providers of Further and Higher Education courses in the South East. An excellent opportunity has arisen for an exceptional curriculum leader to manage a portfolio of Further and Higher Education programmes to help ensure the College continues to go from strength to strength.
Reporting directly into the Deputy Chief Executive, you will be a key member of a dynamic and collaborative team and your responsibilities will include:
- Responsibility for the planning and delivery of a portfolio of further and higher education programmes which meet the needs of students and employers, developing the skills and knowledge of students to enable them to progress to the next stage of their career with confidence and delivering success rates above the provider group and national averages;
- Line management of Heads of School and working closely with fellow members of the Senior Management Team and Wider College Management Team;
- a significant cross-college responsibility which will be determined according to the appointee’s experience and qualifications;
- Ensuring effective operation of quality systems to ensure these are used to continuously improve learning and performance; and
- Ensuring student performance and resource efficiency targets are set, owned and met by academic managers and staff.
The successful candidate must be an intelligent, analytical curriculum manager who has a good knowledge of education funding methodology, quality improvement and quality assurance. With strong management skills and a track record of delivering change and ensuring significant improvements within challenging environments. You must have excellent communication skills to enable you to build effective relationships with colleagues and other stakeholders.
For further details and an application form please visit the College website at www.croydon.ac.uk. Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@croydon.ac.uk
Closing date: Monday 9 March 2015 at noon.
Interview date: Tuesday 17 March 2015.
This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service.
CVs are not accepted.
We encourage applications from all sectors of the community, to reflect our diverse student population.
About Croydon College
Croydon College is one of London’s larger further education institutions and provides an extensive range of courses to its cohort of over 8,000 students.
Situated in one of Britain’s largest commercial centres, the College plays a central role in the Borough, working closely with the
local authority to meet the skill needs of the local population. This includes the University Centre, Croydon with courses validated by the prestigious University of Sussex.
The student body at Croydon is very diverse. There is a high proportion of learners from ethnic minority backgrounds and a substantial number have experienced much of their education overseas. Although Croydon is a suburban borough, it contains wards that have high levels of social deprivation. The College also draws many students from neighbouring inner city boroughs. The College is proud of this diversity, which it serves effectively with no equality gaps for any significant group.
The curriculum
The College offers programmes of study in 14 of the 15 subject sector areas. These range in level from pre-entry to postgraduate. Courses are available by full time, part time, day and evening study. There is a substantial and growing work-based provision,
including both apprenticeships and NVQs.
The curriculum offer is updated to meet the needs of individuals and employers. In addition to work-based learning referred to above, there is ‘A’ Level provision, a large suite of BTEC diplomas at three levels, a wide range of NVQs from levels 1 to 4 and a large ESOL programme.
The higher education programmes are in the areas of art and design, business, human resource management, law, education, childhood studies and social work.
The College also has a range of courses for 14-16 year olds.
University Centre, Croydon
Croydon College has been offering Higher Education Programmes since the early 70s and is the largest provider of HE between London and the South coast as well as being amongst the largest HE in FE provision in England.
The offer caters to two distinct markets: firstly, full time students, many of whom are more mature than standard entrants, have non-standard or vocational qualifications, and are often the first in the family to enter HE; and secondly, those already in work looking to update and upgrade their skills and qualifications. There are currently 1200 students studying on higher education programmes at the University Centre and achievement rates are high. HE provision at Croydon last year received
the highest outcome possible in its inspection by the QAA.
Great facilities
The College has two buildings on its Croydon site – Fairfield and Barclay Road. The buildings are ideally situated right in the heart of Croydon and with excellent transport links close by.
The Fairfield building has been the subject of extensive remodelling and refurbishment and the largest element of this work has recently been completed. The Barclay Road building is not appropriate for upgrading and will be disposed of.
The initial investment in the College comprised of a new front entrance with an integrated Course Information Centre and the refurbishment of Hospitality & Catering and Hairdressing & Beauty Therapy areas. This provided the College with industry
standard kitchens and salons for these areas.
Subsequently the work was undertaken to build a new college refectory, refurbish the academic area of Construction & Engineering and undertake vital modernisation.
April 2011 saw the completion of a new rotunda containing a ground floor entrance to the southern elevation, a new Library and Learning Resource Centre and industry standard teaching facilities for performing arts and music technology. This work also included providing an extension to the third floor and the refurbishment of the existing third and fourth floors. In April this year, Boris Johnson opened the new Rotunda at an event supported by local MPs, business leaders and key members of our community.
A final phase of work will see both the current library converted into a bright and contemporary teaching space for Art, Design and
Media and plans to refurbish remaining areas of the College.
For more information about the College see www.croydon.ac.uk
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