Hours: Full-time (36 hours per week)

Contract: Fixed Term (1st October 2024 - 1st April 2025)

Salary: £ 49,554 per year

Closing Date: 4th of September 2024

Location: Cross - Campuses

About us:

At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Accountability, Collaboration and Inclusion. We have three college sites across West London: Ealing, Hammersmith, and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in our students' education and future. As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities and a culture focused on Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement.

For further information about the College, please visit our website

About the role:

We are searching for a Deputy Head of Foundation Learning to join us as we strive to achieve outstanding delivery in all areas of our curriculum.

In this role, you will be line-managing a small team of dedicated and experienced teachers. You will be supporting the Head of the Department in creating a supportive culture and environment for the team and our learners. It is an opportunity to build strong working relationships with the Head of the Department as well as the wider team in delivering an excellent curriculum that inspires learning and achievement.

If you are passionate and enthusiastic about improving and maintaining high standards of teaching and learning for our staff and learners, we would love to hear from you.

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must possess the relevant qualifications listed in the person specification. For more information please have a look at the job description which outlines the role and person specification in further detail.

What we offer:

Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners. As a Deputy Head, you will receive:
- Excellent Holiday Allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and College closure days at Christmas.
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest-free loans for Season tickets; Computers
- Contributory average salary with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)
- Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform
- Access to the Colleges Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discount at the College's on-site hair and beauty salon.

Important Information:

The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us, and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activities relevant to children.

For further information about our Safeguarding and Prevent policy, please view the documents attached.

We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.

To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting statement as part of your application.

We reserve the right to close the submission deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.