Head of School - Building Services, Health and Social Care and Art

Location: Harrow Weald Campus

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reporting to the Assistant Principal – Student Aspiration and Projects, as Head of School you will provide strong leadership to curriculum teams for Building Services, Health & Social Care and Art, ensuring the delivery of high-quality education that meets the needs of learners, employers and the wider community. You will play a pivotal role in raising standards, developing staff and driving continuous improvement across your School.

You will lead and inspire a team of curriculum and support staff across both full-time and part-time programmes, driving excellence in teaching, learning, and assessment. You will also be responsible for curriculum planning, development and quality assurance, including managing qualification changes and aligning programmes with local skills priorities. 

We are seeking an experienced FE leader with proven management experience who can demonstrate:

• Minimum Level 3 qualified in a subject specialism, with a full Level 5 teaching qualification recognised by the FE sector  
• Experience of Building Services curriculum (e.g. Plumbing, Electrical Installation, Construction and the Built Environment, Multi Skills) 
• Experience of providing inspirational leadership and management resulting in enhanced teaching, learning and assessment practices and growth 
• Experience of developing innovative approaches and curriculum management within further education 
• Successful experience of leading and managing a team, including experience of coaching and developing staff
• Knowledge and experience of quality improvement processes 

You will be joining a supportive, inclusive and forward-thinking organisation, with many opportunities for professional development and growth. We offer the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, comprehensive wellbeing hub, a wide range of employee benefits and free car parking on all our sites.

The closing date may be brought forward if we receive a sufficient field of candidates prior to closing date. If the closing date is brought forward, we will provide 48 hours notice of this change to applicants.

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Further details: Job Description    

Equal Opportunities

HRUC is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from all people, irrespective of disability, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, transsexual or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, religion/faith or pregnancy and maternity leave.

Disclosure and Barring Service checks 

HRUC (Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. To ensure that we meet our safeguarding commitments we will carry out all necessary pre-employment checks, including undertaking an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check for all successful candidates.  

Where references are taken up by the College, it is our policy not to disclose references to candidates.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge College (HRUC) is committed to the fair treatment of all applicants, employees, learners, and volunteers, including those with criminal records. We actively promote equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including ex-offenders. Our approach is in line with all relevant and current safeguarding and equality legislation.