The vacancy

Are you ready to transform educational quality and drive excellence? Do you have the vision to exceed the highest standards in teaching and learning? Can you inspire and empower teams to achieve exceptional results?

DN Colleges are seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to join our institution as the Vice Principal - Quality. This pivotal role involves providing strategic leadership and management of quality assurance and enhancement across both Further and Higher Education provision. In this role, you will play a key role in ensuring the institution delivers outstanding teaching, learning, and assessment, driving continuous improvement, compliance with regulatory requirements, and promoting a culture of excellence. Reporting to the Deputy Principal, you will lead on the development and implementation of the institution's Quality Strategy, oversee quality assurance systems, and champion student engagement in quality processes. If you are passionate about educational excellence and have a proven track record in quality improvement, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and implementation of the institution's Quality Strategy, ensuring alignment with overall institutional goals.
• Quality Assurance and Enhancement: Oversee the development and management of quality assurance systems, policies, and procedures, ensuring compliance with external regulatory bodies such as Ofsted and OfS.
• Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: Monitor and evaluate teaching, learning, and assessment practices to drive improvements in learner outcomes and the student experience.
• Reporting and Accountability: Report regularly to the Deputy Principal, Senior Leadership Team, and Board of Governors on quality performance, and oversee the production of key quality reports.
• Staff Development and Performance: Lead professional development initiatives related to teaching quality and standards, supporting curriculum teams in implementing best practices.
• Student Voice and Engagement: Champion student voice in quality processes, ensuring mechanisms for student feedback are in place and that feedback informs practice.
• Promote a culture of excellent customer service and values-centred leadership.

Essential Criteria

• Educational Qualifications: Educated to degree level with a higher teaching qualification (Cert Ed) and trained as an Ofsted Inspector or OfS reviewer.
• Work Experience: Proven experience in creating, developing, and implementing strategies for quality improvement, and practice in line with Ofsted standards and OfS conditions of registration.
• Specific Skills and Knowledge: High level of IT and literacy skills, experience in high-level performance data analysis, and leading self-assessment and quality improvement plans.
• Personal Qualities: Ability to promote and drive improvements, work under pressure and to deadlines, and think strategically while being both decisive and reflective.
• Other Related Experience: Experience in managing the quality of provision, excellent organisational skills, and line management and leadership experience.
• Further Qualifications: Additional academic qualifications or leadership qualifications, such as Principal or Senior Fellowship of Advance HE.

What We Offer

Joining DN Colleges Group offers numerous benefits, making it an attractive choice for professionals looking to advance their careers. Here are some key advantages:

• Opportunities for professional development and career progression: We provide continuous learning and growth opportunities to help you reach your full potential.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment: Our team-oriented culture ensures you have the support and collaboration needed to succeed.
• The chance to significantly impact the future of education: Your work will contribute to shaping the educational landscape, making a real difference.

Additionally, we offer a competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package, including:

• Competitive Salary: Earn between £64,010 - £72,028 (Grade 9).
• Generous Pension: Employers pension contribution of £11,137.74 - £12,532.87 per annum
• Relocation Support: Receive up to £8,000* to help you settle in. Applicable only to those who live too far to commute and would be moving closer to the College.
• Exceptional Leave: Benefit from 35 days of annual leave, statutory public holidays and two weeks off at Christmas.
• Green Initiatives: Participate in our Electric Car Scheme.
• Health & Fitness: Access our free gym and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Financial Wellness: Take advantage of our Saving Scheme and Wellbeing Workshops.
• Family-Friendly Perks: Enjoy Vivup lifestyle benefits and discounts.
• And Much More!

These benefits are designed to support your professional and personal well-being, making DN Colleges Group a great workplace.

Application Deadline: Thursday 8th May
Interviews to be held on Friday 16th May

Questions & Answers online session: Tuesday 6th May at 5:15pm

Register to attend: https://forms.office.com/e/MAFWW2rtF1

As part of the recruitment process and in line with keeping children safe in education, we will conduct social media checks on shortlisted candidates. Additionally, before commencing employment, all employees undergo safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

About us

Here at Doncaster College and University Centre we understand that choosing what to do next can be a huge decision. It's not just about the course you choose to study, it is about the tutors, the experiences and the friends you meet along the way.

We have over 120 courses at full and part-time, from entry level right up to university level. As well as the vast amount of courses on offer, we ensure all our students get the right support and guidance whether it is through our careers service, our additional learning support, counselling, student finance and many other services all tailored to each individual.

Our exciting and modern campus is in a central location, packed with workspaces designed to industry standard. We work directly with employers allowing you real work experience and industry insight that you will not get from sitting behind a desk.

The benefits

All employees at DN Colleges Group enjoy a generous annual leave allowance, as well as an additional 2 weeks closure over the Christmas period. We encourage all our teams to take regular breaks, no longer than 3 weeks, to enjoy a healthy work life balance.

DN Colleges Group are committed to Health and Wellbeing of all our employees. We have an increasing number of provisions exclusive to our employees, designed to help you stay at your best or to assist and provide support when you need it.

Health and fitness suite

Generous annual leave

2 weeks off at Christmas

Electric car scheme

• Vivup - Employee Wellbeing and Benefits platform
• Wellness initiatives, onsite during your working week. This could include health visitors, financial advisers, or physio specialists.
• Onsite fitness classes, at lunchtime or after work in conjunction with our Sports colleagues.
• Cycle to Work and Electric car scheme
• Free Eye Care Vouchers
• Discounted Hair and Beauty services
• On site nursery
• Online access to Remploy which is our 24/7 confidential mental health and counselling resource.
• In house counselling/safeguarding specialists to assist in Wellbeing

Lets Teach Programme
Let's Teach The LET's teach programme supports new members of teaching staff in terms of college systems and key teaching and learning areas including new staff lesson visits and postcard peeps. Each new member of staff has an allocated Lead Practitioner who works closely with them throughout the programme.

Let's Bloom
The LET's Bloom Programme aims to connect our experienced and qualified teachers to share best practice and support continued risk-taking as we continue to add depth to our teaching craft. Teachers volunteer on this one year programme, working closely with the Learning Enhancement Team, capturing their experimentation in a journal.

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The DN Colleges Group offers A Levels, vocational courses, higher education, degrees, apprenticeships and professional training across Derby, Chesterfield and North Nottinghamshire.