Role: Head of Learning, Teaching & Assessment

Location: Bedford College - Cauldwell Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary from £45,000 DOE and Qualifications, 35 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher's pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours/52 Weeks (1.0 FTE)

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Head of Learning, Teaching & Assessment to join our Quality and professional development department at The Bedford College group.

As a Head of Department, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Ensure outstanding quality of education and promote high standards in learning, teaching, and assessment.
• Provide inspirational leadership and manage the Learning and Teaching Coaches Team to drive rapid improvement.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continual improvement of learning, teaching, and assessment practices.
• Support and deliver professional development to maintain high-quality education.
• Ensure effective management, performance, and adherence to policies within the Directorate, keeping the student experience central.

About you:

• Full teaching qualification (PCGE, Cert Ed, QTS)
• Degree and/or vocational training at an equivalent level
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent (Level 2)
• Proven track record of successfully leading on, and the management of, effective improvements in Learning, Teaching & Assessment
• Proven track record of delivering outstanding quality lessons
• Proven track of effectively promoting and championing best practices to staff across a range of curriculum areas leading to improvements in practice
• Experience of carrying out lesson observations/learning walks and effectively undertaking professional discussions on learning, teaching and assessment
• Experience of staff line-management with ability to motivate and develop teams of people
• Experience of producing improvement
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good project management skills

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.

About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Safeguarding our Students
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.

Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.