Deputy Head of Department - Creative

Reference: SCCG2790 | Closing Date: 22/10/2024 | Interview Date: 30th October 2024

Salary: £44,453 – £45,984. Incremental progression throughout the band is available

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract (Maternity Cover) until 1st December 2025 | Hours per Week: 1.0 FTE | Location: FutureSkills, Dakota Avenue, Salford, M50 2PU

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher to join the Creative Department at FutureSkills in the position of Deputy Head of Department.

The successful candidate will lead on curriculum development and delivery, monitor and report on KPI’s, whilst promoting high quality standards across our creative curriculum

 In addition, you’ll be teaching within the Media and Journalism team and should have a good working knowledge of video and/or audio production technologies and have great skills in Adobe

Creative Suite. It is desirable that applicants have relevant industry experience and a background in ‘content creation’ (audio or visual) and a solid network of industry professionals.

We would love to hear from candidates with an excellent understanding of media theories and the ability to teach for exam success.

 It is expected that candidates have prior experience of delivering vocational qualifications such as BTEC and/or OCR Nationals.

As a desirable candidate will have experience as a moderator or SV.

The successful candidate must have an absolute commitment to standards and delivering an outstanding experience and outcome for learners.

You will be committed to excellence in teaching and learning with a demonstrable track record

How to Apply

To apply for this job, please complete the registration and online application form via our website.

Reasons to Join Us:

• We have Generous Terms and Conditions (Sixth Form College’s Association style terms and conditions) including 13 weeks holiday (195 days in College).

• We have a 2.30pm finish on Fridays, Free on-site parking and various health and wellbeing resources and benefit schemes including two Staff Wellbeing days per year.

• We offer automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 28.68% employer pension contribution.

• Our College is an incredible community, there is a lot that staff and their families can get involved with.

• We have family friendly policies and we are happy to talk about flexible working.

• We invest in our people and offer a range of training & career opportunities for all staff as part of our Be Outstanding Development programme

• We have an amazing Staff Benefits Package with discounts and savings for supermarkets, petrol, high-street retailers, holidays, cinemas and other leisure.

• Our shared purpose: We believe in the value of education for a successful future and we want the best for our learners and our staff.

• Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. Staff and students behave with respect, integrity and kindness.

Commitment to Safeguarding

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as part of our safeguarding commitment we undertake DBS checks as part of our pre-employment procedures on all potential new employees.

The College strives to be a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.