Head of Studies (Maternity cover)

We are committed to providing excellent pastoral support for our students and are therefore expanding our pastoral team. We are pleased to be reducing the student caseload for post holders staff as well as increasing the leadership capacity within the team. We believe that this is a particularly exciting time to be joining us, offering a real opportunity to make a difference in this thriving and vibrant Sixth Form College. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our work with students; their academic and wider achievements, their learning experiences, the support they receive in their academic progress, their learning environment and their wider experience of College life. The College operates across two closely located campuses, next to the University of Leicester on University Road and a smaller campus at Regent Road. In this context, we are looking to appoint an additional well-qualified, self-motivated and enthusiastic Head of Studies, who will help us provide the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for our students. The College operates across two sites, our University Road and Regent Road buildings are located within a 12 minute walk / 5 minute drive of each other. It is planned that whilst this post will be mainly based at one site, cross college collaboration will also be an important part of the role which will necessitate movement between the different parts of the College. The successful candidate will work to provide efficient, responsive and flexible leadership of the arrangements for monitoring and supporting students' progress in order to ensure the provision of the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for students, as well as fostering a culture of continuous improvement. You will join our two current Heads of Studies to work as a team of three who work collaboratively. Between you, you will have overall responsibility for systems and processes to ensure appropriate support for all students with their academic progress and wider development. You will share between you the oversight of the team of Deputy Heads of Studies and Personal Progress Mentors, so that there is effective monitoring of and support for students. You will also be key in providing advice and guidance and making decisions over changes to students' programmes of study. The Heads of Studies also form part of the leadership group of middle leaders who are responsible for making key college operational decisions. For our part we shall make every effort to support our new colleagues in making the best of the professional opportunities offered by this post.

This is a full time, term time plus one week position to cover a period of maternity leave of up to 12 months, so will be fixed term for this period or on the return of the incumbent post holder. The salary will be at a point on the Sixth Form Colleges pay spine which ranges from £48,398 - £51,664 per annum pro rata. The actual salary is £43,074. We offer an exceptional package of benefits to our staff, which for this post includes:-

• Annual incremental pay increases, linked to performance, within the pay scale range
• Pension - Automatic enrolment into the Teachers' Pension scheme with 28.68% employer contribution or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff (if applicable), one of the most competitive on the market with an employer contribution of above 20% in most cases
• Staff well-being programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Annual flu vaccination
• Continual Professional Development
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• On-site parking
We have an active and enthusiastic staff wellbeing group who meet regularly and are committed to adding value to life at work wherever possible, as well as ensuring a strong sense of community, wider opportunities and mutual support exist in our workplace.