Location
City of Westminster, London, primarily based at Willesden with travel across United Colleges Group campuses and sites as required.

Hours
Full Time, Permanent

Salary
£72,246.00 (including London Weighting Allowance)

About the Role
We are seeking an ambitious and outstanding candidate to join our senior teaching team at United Colleges Group (UCG), a forward-thinking education provider committed to delivering outstanding, world-class education and skills. UCG educates over 11,000 learners annually, including 16–18-year-olds, adults, apprentices and students with high needs. With an annual turnover exceeding £50 million, we are one of the top 20 largest college groups in the UK, offering a wide range of vocational and academic education and training across various levels.

As Assistant Principal for Student Support Services, you will contribute to the strategic and operational leadership, management, development and performance of the College Group. You will play a key role in implementing quality improvement strategies and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement through self-assessment, performance monitoring and other quality initiatives.

Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, Curriculum Leadership Team and College Managers, you will translate strategic and operational priorities into effective plans, measurable objectives and annual performance targets. A key responsibility will be the leadership and high-quality delivery of Student Support Services, ensuring responsiveness to learner needs, employer and industry requirements, government priorities and local and regional skills needs.

You will ensure consistently high standards of teaching, learning and assessment across your curriculum area, focusing on learner experience, achievement, attendance, retention, progression and destinations. You will review and contribute to the Curriculum Delivery Plan (CDP) and associated processes, using data, quality assurance and learner feedback to identify priorities and drive sustained improvement.

In addition, you will lead, manage and develop a team of staff, including direct line management responsibility for Curriculum Managers and/or other senior curriculum staff. You will be responsible for staff performance, professional development and facilitating appropriate training opportunities.

You will also develop effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as employers, industry partners, awarding organisations and universities to ensure the curriculum remains current, relevant and aligned with learner and economic needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future development and performance of Student Support Services across United Colleges Group and to make a significant contribution to the experience and success of our learners.

Experience
- Significant experience of curriculum leadership and development with a proven ability to achieve high standards in teaching, learning and assessment.
- Strong understanding of the post-16 education and skills environment and wider policy context affecting further and/or higher education.
- Experience of leading significant change and improvement, developing teams and achieving planned outcomes.
- Proven success in improving learner achievement, attendance, retention, progression and destinations.
- Experience using data, quality assurance processes and performance information to identify priorities and drive improvement.
- Experience motivating, developing and managing effective, multi-disciplinary teams, including across multiple sites.
- Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and build positive internal and external relationships.

About you
- Educated to degree level or equivalent with a commitment to continuous professional development.
- Hold a recognised teaching qualification.
- Strong commitment to high-quality teaching, learning and student outcomes.
- Understanding of the needs of diverse learners, inclusion, safeguarding, learner support and removing barriers to achievement.
- Ability to communicate and explain complex issues, data and reports clearly and effectively.
- Confident presenter able to listen and respond constructively to feedback.
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and ability to manage complex projects and competing priorities.
- Ability to manage, delegate and prioritise workload effectively within a challenging and fast-paced environment.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and delivering an outstanding learner experience.
- Ability to build strong relationships with employers, industry partners and other external stakeholders relevant to the curriculum area.

Qualifications
- Degree level education or equivalent.
- Recognised teaching qualification.
- Commitment to continuous professional development.