Assistant Principal – Employability

The Manchester College is the Largest Further Education College in the United Kingdom and the largest single provider of 16-19, adult and higher education in Greater Manchester.

We are also part of the LTE group of companies that consist of MOL, Total People, UCEN, and LTE group operations. We currently support more than 25% of Greater Manchester’s learning provision and are currently Rated “Good” by Ofsted. We have recently received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our contributions to Further Education and continue to strive to achieve the best possible learning experience for our students and place the highest importance of focusing on every individual to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Our exciting estates strategy is also now coming to fruition with our new state of the art campus’ in central Manchester alongside the newly developed industry standard learning facilities at our Openshaw, Wythenshawe and Harpurhey Campuses. Our focus is to develop careers to support a work-ready Greater Manchester and creating greater opportunities in the heart of our city whilst leading the way in education.

The Opportunity

Provide outstanding strategic educational leadership in the development, planning, delivery, and monitoring of the curriculum and of the student experience.

You will be responsible for the leadership of the department’s management team, as well as resources within the department. As an active member of the College’s Senior Leadership Team, you’ll work closely with other Assistant Principals, Heads of Student Experience and Principalship to deliver the College’s strategy and objectives also lead on design and implementation of the Employability, Partnership and Skills strategy cross the College.

The Role Responsibilities

As Assistant Principal in Employability you will be responsible for the following.

• Ensure all students have access to a high quality, sector related work placement and where appropriate other employability focused activities.
• Create and establish key national, regional, and local strategic links with external partners across civic, community, employer, and education sectors.
• Working with other areas of the college ensure a calendar of employability and related events and activities. This includes cross-college participation, are planned, delivered, recorded, and evaluated for impact.
• Lead on Labour market intelligence providing curriculum areas with accurate data and support to inform their curriculum planning and delivery in line with Greater Manchester priorities.
• Nurture and develop new and innovative ideas into Employability, Partnership, and skills curriculum delivery.
• Oversee stakeholder engagement across all curriculum areas and respond to their needs and those of the local economy to ensure the curriculum is employer informed.
• Work with Assistant Principals, Service Areas managers, Directors of curriculum, Heads of Department, and Heads of Student Experience to ensure effective stakeholder engagement across all curriculum areas.
• Use data to analyse trends, improve performance and provide concise reports for staff and senior leaders as required.
• Deploy internal resources and manage budgets effectively in order to meet key priorities.
• Self-assessment and monitoring of quality improvement plans to ensure continuous improvement.
• Ensure robust, confidential systems are in place to provide and monitor employability activity at all levels.
• Lead and manage the Directors of Employability, Partnership and Skills.
• Support embedding of safeguarding policy and procedures to ensure the safeguarding of all students off campus whilst completing work related activity.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Teaching Qualification or current relevant industry experience.
• Degree or relevant professional qualification.

In return you will benefit from an excellent package including:

• 35 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• significant pension contribution.
• Retail Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Simply Health scheme care vouchers.

The Manchester College is an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. See our 2022 / 2023 Equality and Diversity report: edi-report-22-23v27-digital.pdf ((url removed)).

If you wish to apply for this exciting opportunity, please visit our website to apply! www.(url removed)/vacancies.

Applicants must demonstrate in their application their ability to meet the key responsibilities, key result areas and Qualifications/Skills and Experience detailed within the role profile.

Salaries are based on skills, qualifications, and experience.

The closing date for this job advert is 12/01/2024. However, sometimes the job advert may close early if we receive a good response!

LTE group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process. Some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check.