Principal - Ekc Dover College

6 months ago

Canterbury, United Kingdom EKCGroup Full time

**About The Role**:
As a family of Ofsted Outstanding community colleges, East Kent Colleges Group is now looking for an exceptional senior leader to take the reins of one of our most rewarding roles, as the new Principal of its EKC Dover College.

Your role will be varied and will include the day-to-day running of the College, leading the senior team to deliver the teaching, learning and assessment strategy, whilst implementing a rigorous process of self-assessment at programme, department, and college level. You will also be responsible for the College’s budget, overseeing resource deployment to ensure maximum value for money is extracted to deliver the highest quality of service for students.

**Our Mission**: To play a leading role for East Kent in developing the economic and social prosperity of the communities we serve.

**Our Vision**: For ambitions in life and work to be achieved through outstanding and inclusive education and skills.

**Our Culture and Values**: Our culture is one of collaboration and community. We are strong believers in putting community first, with our colleges and business units working in partnership with residents, employers, charities, community groups, councils and a range of other key stakeholders to deliver learning opportunities for all and to support the transformation their locality wants and needs. Our corporate values which are espoused by our Group’s staff and students alike are underpinned by the word CAREER. See our Strategic Plan Here.

**Benefits**: We focus on our employees development and wellbeing. Here are just some of the benefits when working for the EKC Group. See more Here.
- Competitive salary and holiday entitlement (38 days annual leave FTE per annum)
- A focus on all staffs Continual Professional Development
- Generous pension scheme (18% employer contribution)
- Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and interviews
- Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
- Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
- A company with an Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
- My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off to pursue voluntary work
- Be part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

**About You**:
As Principal, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of the College, unleashing and enabling staff to deliver an incredible educational experience, and empowering our students to achieve their full potential. You will play the key role in leading a talented team of educators and staff, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and inclusivity. You will be comfortable executing the Group’s vision at an operational level, whilst feeding into the wider Group’s delivery against its Strategic Plan objectives.
- As a Group we are committed to our people. You will have responsibility for nurturing and growing all staff within the College, with specific line reports feeding into you directly. You will also take the lead in ensuring the implementation of all staffing policies and procedures.

We are a Group that prizes collaboration and partnership with others so you will need to be someone who wants to build relationships and represent the College at external and internal events and gatherings. You will need to be a master networker, able to build and maintain strong relationships with local, regional and national agencies and employers.

Alongside these tasks, you will also need to ensure the College meets its statutory obligations, complying with all regulatory legislation and procedures.

You will lead on all aspects of student performance to maximise the full potential and ambitions of every student and play a key role in the development and innovation of outstanding teaching, learning and assessment. The post holder will be the Colleges designated safeguarding lead, ensuring that students have a safe and welcoming environment.

**About Us**:
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

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