Dear Sir or Madam
Thank you for your interest in the post of Director: Quality and Transforming Learning.
Further information about this position can be found below. Please submit your application on line via the college website by the advertised closing date.
It would be appreciated if you would also complete the equal opportunities monitoring information to assist us in the evaluation and development of our recruitment practices. In accordance with the College’s two ticks award, we offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria.
The College is committed to the principles of the Safeguarding Agenda. All College staff are required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Please note that having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position at the College, (further information is available in the College’s DBS policy).
May I wish you every success in your application for this post.
Please note interview date to be confirmed.
Yours faithfully
Human Resources
Conditions of Service
The duties for the post ofDirector: Quality and Transforming Learningare outlined in the enclosed job description. The conditions of employment for this post are summarised below. There will be a further opportunity to discuss these if you are invited for interview.
Hours of Work
The hours of work for this post will not exceed 36 hours per week.
Salary
This post has been evaluated on MS-OUTERScale, Point P this currently equates to £63,315.00 per annuminclusive of London Weighting
Salaries are paid monthly on the 25th of every month or the last working day prior to the 25th if the 25th falls on a weekend or bank holiday. The only exception to this is for the December payment, which will be on an earlier date that will be notified to you on an annual basis. Payment will be made direct into a bank/building society account. You will need to provide details of your branch, account number and sort code before payment can be made to you.
Annual Leave
The Annual Leave entitlement will be 35 Days per annum and all Bank and Public Holidays normally observed in England and Wales. The College also shuts for an additional 5 efficiency closure days plus 3 statutory days which the Principal will set at the beginning of the academic year. Although every effort will be made to meet requests for Annual Leave, service demands will take preference. All leave is subject to an efficient service being maintained and specific restrictions may apply.
Pension Scheme – Local Government Pension Scheme
If you are aged between 16 and 65 years old you are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Contributions vary depending on your annual salary, before tax is deducted; the College also makes a contribution to the scheme. All eligible employees will have to elect to be brought into the Scheme, and a contribution, dependent on full time equivalent annual salary, is deducted from salary prior to tax. Additional voluntary contributions can be arranged via AVCs or Added Years. Applicants must make a decision whether to contribute or not - deductions will be made automatically if no election is made. You may only apply for a refund within the first three months of employment.
Probationary Period
Appointment will be subject to a probationary period of six months in the first instance.
Staff Development
As part of the Contract of Employment, all appointees will be required to attend staff development events and take part in the College’s appraisal scheme.
Pre-Employment Checks
Eligibility to Work in the United Kingdom
You will be required to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom if you are shortlisted for interview, or you will need to declare that you require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom.
References
All appointments are made subject to references which are satisfactory to the College.
Health Screening
Successful candidates are required to complete a pre-placement medical form.
Disclosure and Barring Checks
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects its staff to abide by the same policy. Enhanced DBS checks will be undertaken as part of our employment procedures.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Career FrameworkJob Title / Director: Quality and Transforming Learning
Reporting To / Vice Principal Curriculum and Quality
aREA / Quality and Transforming Teaching, Learning and Assessment Services
Manages / Quality and EEP Manager; Learning Innovation Manager; Technologies Learning Manage; Head of Higher Level Skills; Head of English and Maths: 16-18; Head of English and Maths: Adults; Head of English and Maths: Apprentices
Hours of Work / Full time
SUMMARY OF POST
Reporting to the Vice Principal Curriculum and Quality, the Director is responsible for the effective leadership and development of all aspects of quality assurance and teaching and learning development, improvement and transformation. The Director is responsible for setting, implementing and monitoring the College English and maths framework for 16-18 year olds, adults and apprentices.
Be responsible for the strategic development of teaching, learning and assessment strategies including embedding of equality and diversity and e-Learning across the curriculum, and the leadership of all College processes relating to quality improvement, self-assessment and review and continuous improvement, in particular as they relate to transforming the learning experience of learners, staff and customers within the College.The primary responsibility of the post holder is to oversee and develop the Quality and Standards across the whole organisation. The role will be a member of the SLT and meet our strategic vision of becoming an outstanding College and in doing so, the post holder will work closely with the Curriculum Directors, Director of Apprentices and Business Support Directors. The Director is responsible for fostering an ethos of continuous improvement across the whole organisation with a very clear focus on:
- Meeting the College’s ambition to become an outstanding college.
- Work with the Executive Team to ensure that the College is an inspirational institution which sets the highest standards through the ethos of continuous quality improvement.
- Raising the College’s success rates and teaching and learning performance to meet Ofsted outstanding criteria and the strategic plan success measures.
- Providing leadership in ensuring the College meets external quality standards and is involved in improvement initiatives with external partners, sharing and learning from exemplary practices nationally.
- Working with Curriculum Directors and the Director of Apprentices to ensure that subject sectors set and deliver the highest standards to students and employers.
- Create and sustain a culture of curriculum excellence, innovation and delivery that provides for exceptional teaching and learning across the College.
Main duties, key tasks and responsibilities to:
- Manage, direct and set targets and working practices of the Quality and EEP Manager; Learning Innovation Manager; Technologies Learning Manage; Head of Higher Level Skills; Head of English and Maths: 16-18; Head of English and Maths: Adults; Head of English and Maths: Apprentices.
- Lead the development and implementation of quality improvement and pedagogic strategies across the College.
- Lead and manage the development of e-Learning in order to maximise the potential of e-Learning across the curriculum exploiting the potential of Moodle and blended learning strategies
- Work with the Head of Human Resources to actively ensure training needs are met for staff working across the College’s FE, HE and Apprentice provision.
- Work closely with the Director Apprenticeships to ensure the effective and timely implementation of the quality assurance and quality improvement framework for apprenticeship provision.
- Work collaboratively with all other members of the SLT and the College Leadership Group in delivering college targets and priorities.
- Keep abreast of changing national policy and practice with regard to the responsibilities attached to this position, through regular and on-going dialogue with key national and regional agencies.
- Be a role model of excellence and professional conduct for leaders of teachers, teachers, instructors and assessors and be a consistently outstanding teacher.
- Be responsible for those developmental projects designed to shift the culture and transform the leadership and learning, in order to drive up improvements in performance.
- Ensure that the College quality systems and processes are focused on continuous quality development
- Working with other Senior Managers ensure the Curriculum Directors and Curriculum Managers annually review their curriculum offer, discarding the underperforming and moribund courses and developing new provision in line with government priorities and local need.
- Work with Curriculum Directors to improve the quality of teaching and learning across all areas.
- Lead on and ensure the College has a rigorous self assessment process which leads to real improvement, including the annual production of an SAR.
- Support Ofsted inspection, QAA Review and other inspection activity as necessary.
- Manage the formal complaints policy and procedure on behalf of the Principal’s office.
- Contribute to the Monitoring and Performance Boards in operation across all faculties to ensure success measures are met.
- Ensure that all awarding organisation quality regulations are met, including internal and external verification process.
- Embed equality in teaching, learning and assessment.
- Embed the use innovative of technology in teaching, learning and assessment.
- Regularly review benchmarking data to inform the Senior Leadership Team of College performance and to inform target setting.
- Lead on the tutorial process and etracker monitor system to ensure learner attendance, retention, achievement and destination while at College.
- Lead on the improvement of high grades and value added.
- Attend and present to the Performance and Standards Committee.
- Maintain and enhance the College profile and performance through collaborative partnerships locally and where appropriate to do so, also regionally and nationally. These include productive links with local employers, schools, other colleges, universities and community groups.
- To observe and actively promote College policies and external and legal requirements with regard to: financial regulations, health and safety, employment of staff, disciplinary grievance and capability procedures, the College charter, equal opportunities and other relevant statutory obligations.
- Plan the resource requirements for the services that are the responsibility of the role
- Oversee and be accountable for the management of the financial, human and physical resources within Quality and Transforming Learning
- Ensure the effective deployment of all resources and provide value for money
- Contribute to best practice meetings and staff training as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain high levels of personal skills using feedback from assessment and continuous development reflected in a CPD log.
- Commitment to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that this commitment is demonstrated in all aspects of the role as appropriate.
- Participate in the Staff Learning and Development, Review and Appraisal Scheme.
- Undertake such duties and/or hours of work as may reasonably be required of you, commensurate with your grade and general level of responsibility, at your main place of work or at any other establishment for which the College provides services.
Person Specification
Job Title: /Director Quality and Transforming Learning
Reports To: / Vice Principal Curriculum and QualityCriteria / Essential/
Desirable Criteria / Assessment
Method
A / I / T / R
Education and Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Cert Ed/PGCE or relevant teaching/training qualification
- Higher degree
- Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy
Experience
- Recent leadership experience in FE.
- Recent track record of successfully implementing quality systems that lead to success.
- Significant depth and breadth of knowledge of the FE Sector and teacher training.
- Significant inspection experience with Ofsted/QAA.
- The ability to use data skilfully and analyse and communicate.
- Track record of improving teaching and learning.
- Experience of managing change preferably in an educational environment.
- Evidence of undertaking graded observations.
- Ability to think strategically and to communicate that thinking effectively.
- Experience of working to the Common Inspection Framework.
- Experience of acting as a quality nominee or external verifier for awarding bodies and liaising with awarding bodies.
- Experience of developing and implementing quality assurance mechanisms used with higher education.
- Evidence of implementing quality assurance mechanisms within apprenticeship and traineeship provision.
- Evidence of analysing, sharing and reporting data relating to outcomes for learners.
- Experience of using (including analysing and reporting) externally produced data reports including QARs, MLP.
- Experience of producing high level self assessment reports and quality improvement plans.
- An understanding of developments in learning technologies and their application in Further Education.
- An understanding of the policy, planning and funding arrangements for Further Education.
- An understanding of the accreditation and qualification arrangements for Further Education.
Skills/Knowledge
- Ability to inspire colleagues andpeers to senior management level.
- Ability to think strategically and to communicate that thinking effectively.
- Identify, interpret and apply knowledge and information.
- The ability to use data skilfully and analyse, interpret and communicate.
- A good working knowledge of Pro suite software.
- The ability to prepare and present timely and accurate learner performance and quality performance reports.
- An understanding of awarding body internal verification and external verification requirements.
- An understanding of the role of quality nominee for awarding bodies.
- Ability to analyse information and situations and recommend ways forward.
- Self managing/reflective.
- Ability to plan and prioritise.
- Act as a effective professional ambassador for the college.
- Research and study skills.
- Knowledge of current national and international initiatives and how they are interpreted into the College strategic plans.
- Dynamic, responsive and positive approach to rapid change agenda.
Communication
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and demonstrable presentation skills.
- Listening and questioning skills.
- Ability to interpret complex documentation and provide appropriate feedback
Disposition/Personal Qualities
- Ability to build positive relationships.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain partnerships and networks.
- Proven ability to work independently using own initiative.
- Enthusiasm.
- Self confidence.
- Commitment to learner’s experience.
- Flexible.
- Open and responsive.
- Ability to articulate clearly and objectively.
- Cultural sensitivity.
- Reliable.
When you join Barking & Dagenham College you will be entitled to a whole host of great benefits
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
The College is committed to continued professional development and actively encourages training and development
PENSION SCHEME
The College operates the Local Government Pension Scheme as well as the Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)
CHILD CARE
The College partakes in the Government Childcare Voucher Scheme. You can obtain information from their website at or from the HR department
GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL!
Generous Annual Leave Allowance
The College has a Christmas closure of 2 weeks in addition to your annual leave entitlement
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Join the College Gym at Rush Green Campus for £15 per month
30% discount on all hairdressing services at Head Jogs Commercial hair salon at the Exchange Centre Ilford
10% discount on all TIGI products available at the Head Jogs Salon
Health and Beauty treatments at reduced prices at the Colleges Beauty Salons at Rush Green & TSA
FREE CAR PARKING
Free Car Parking at the Rush Green Site