Role: Vice Principal Information Services

37 Hours per week, 52 Weeks per year

Contract Type Full-Time, Permanent

Salary Job Family: SMT

Salary:  £75,000 per annum

Join us and play a key role in our brilliant journey

“We are passionate about changing lives through education. Further education provides choice like never before and choice is everything, it represents true independence and freedom.”
Katy Quinn, Principal and CEO

These are exciting times at City of Portsmouth College. Thanks to the merger of Highbury and Portsmouth colleges in 2021, we offer hundreds of academic, vocational, technical and blended courses at our four campuses across the city.

Here we believe that learning should be fun. We delight in seeing our students flourish, rediscovering their passions and finding their brilliance.

We’re well on our way to making City of Portsmouth College a unique place to learn and work through a personalised approach to education, an unrivalled quality of learning and an extensive investment programme.

Information Services are critical to helping us achieve our goals and we love to welcome team members who share our vision, who are keen to make a genuine difference to the lives of school leavers and adult learners alike.

Join us and play a key role in our brilliant journey.

Vice Principal Information Services:

We’re now looking for an experienced and dynamic VP for Information Services to join our SMT.

This is a key senior role for the college which is all about ensuring the high-quality information services are provided to staff, managers and governors to enable efficient and effective operations.  To be the go-to resource for funding regulations, ensuring SMT are updated regularly and that college activities are fully compliant including all data returns.

Leading the MIS, Data Services, Admissions and Exams function for the college the ideal post holder will be a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• To lead on the development and implementation of a college wide digital strategy
• To ensure that high quality accessible information services are provided to staff, managers and governors to enable efficient and effective operations
• Responsible for ensuring that the Senior Management Team and others are kept fully informed of funding regulations
• To ensure all College activities are fully complaint with funding rules and all data returns are timely and accurate
• To ensure that strategy, policy and procedure are developed to support the College to meet its strategic objectives.
• Responsible for the strategic oversight, management and development of the MIS, Data Services and Exams functions.

(Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details)

Staff Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 32 days, plus 8 bank holidays and 2 week winter closure.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Learning & Development programmes by The Community Adult Education Department.
• Access to online discount site reward Gateway offering unique discounts on days out, entertainment, travel and holidays.
• Onsite discounts: COPC Hair Salon & 50% off at the COPC Sports Centre.
• Further Online Store discounts: Unidays, Student Beans and Totum with a COPC email address.
• Free car parking across campus sites.

How to Apply:

The closing date for applications is listed above and we will only be accepting applications via our job portal, so click ‘Apply’ to begin your journey at COPC!

We reserve the right to withdraw the advert early and should you encounter any issues during the application process, please email [email protected].

City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS, online and reference check. The College celebrates diversity and aims to recruit a diverse range of staff.

City of Portsmouth College is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. The attached Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use the personal information.