An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Senior Leadership Team. You will be working closely with our Head of Centre to manage and maintain operations to allow our staff to do what they do best, deliver quality education to our pupils. Your key focus will be to drive high standards of teaching and learning; under the guidance of our Head of Centre, you will work closely with our Director of Quality and Curriculum to plan, adapt and implement curriculum strategies to push for excellence. This role is wonderfully varied, you will be able to collaborate with our staff on various projects, such as working with our Marketing Team to promote our college to prospective students or working with our Finance Staff on budgeting. You will be joining our team at an exciting point in our Trust's journey. Your valuable work will ensure that Priors Pursglove strives for excellence and runs smoothly day-to-day, allowing students to focus on building the foundations of their lifelong careers., We recruit and retain staff by investing in their professional development through training and progression opportunities. Our schools and colleges will offer a friendly, caring environment with high expectations, aspirations and supporting the highest levels of achievement. Our Trust will work through partnership with employers, community groups and other agencies to make the Tees Valley a great place to live, learn and work. We are passionate about staff wellbeing as we value and care about our workforce and believe wellbeing is at the heart of championing better working lives. We have recently trained a number of staff to be staff-focussed Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA). This is an internationally recognised approach that teaches us to spot the first signs and symptoms of common mental health problems and to guide individuals to appropriate help and support. We commit to placing wellbeing and mental health at the heart of our decision making. We will support staff to make positive choices for their own wellbeing and encourage a collegiate culture across and between all roles in the school or college. Employee Benefits include:
* Membership of the Teacher's Pension Scheme for all our teaching staff
* Opportunities for training and professional development
* Childcare Vouchers
* Cycle Scheme
* Free on-site parking
* Discounted nursery provision on the Prior Pursglove College site (available to all Trust employees)
Further details about the role Visits
* A proven track record of driving improvement in teaching and learning and delivering outstanding outcomes as a teacher or manager in a mainstream educational setting.
* Experience of taking a lead role for a department or theme during an Ofsted Inspection.
* Knowledge, understanding and experience of aspects of alternative and high needs provision.
* Extensive experience of managing and motivating staff.
* High levels of emotional intelligence deployed effectively when dealing with staff, students and parents.
* Confidence in using data forensically to inform and diagnose weaknesses that need addressing and the ability to effectively action plan to raise performance.
* Experience of effective leadership in business initiatives, such as student recruitment or contracting.
* Experience of developing and maintaining strong relationships with external stakeholders such as partner schools, employers and parents