Head of Department- Animal Management and Partner

2 weeks ago


Kidderminster, United Kingdom NCG Full time

Are you a visionary educator with a passion for shaping innovative curriculum?

Are you ready to lead and inspire a team towards academic excellence? If so, we have exciting opportunities for you

Passionate about education and animal care, animal management or football? If so, this could be the role for you

Join us as our new Head of Department
- Animal Management and Partner Provision where you will lead a thriving department with links to the Kidderminster Harriers Football Club and centre of sports excellence (CoSE), Equine riding schools and the West Midlands Safari Park where we provide a range of courses.

**About Us**:
Offering further and higher education, apprenticeships, adult education and bespoke training, Kidderminster College is dedicated to providing an exceptional educational experience that empowers students to gain the skills they need to achieve success and meaningful employment. We’re part of NCG and work in collaboration with our colleagues across the country to share best practice and make a real impact in our local area. Together, we offer students a great place to learn and colleagues a great place to work.

**The Role**:
We are seeking dynamic and inspirational leaders to oversee the development and implementation of curriculum strategies across two of our Curriculum Academies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a team of passionate educators, driving innovation and excellence in teaching and learning and delivering an outstanding student experience.

As Head of Department, you will lead with inspiration, vision and direction working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the curriculum and service offer is aligned to local needs.

Your role will include:

- Curriculum Leadership
- External Engagement and Civic Commitment
- Resource Management
- Departmental Oversight
- Safeguarding and Prevent

**Requirements**:

- A passion for education and a deep understanding of curriculum development principles.
- Proven leadership experience in an educational setting, with a track record of driving positive change and achieving exceptional results.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
- A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on creating an inclusive learning environment for all students.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and drive innovation.

Kidderminster College has been around for over 140 years and we specialise in vocational courses. This means when our students leave us, they’re ready to launch into their dream career

Being a smaller college, with around 200 staff and 2,000 students, we’re able to concentrate on supporting our learners and helping them find their place in the world. With a real sense of support and community, #TeamKC provides the perfect next step for students making that sometimes daunting step from school to higher education or straight into the workplace.

Our main campus is based in the centre of Kidderminster Town, which means that we’re at the heart of everything here. Our second campus, the Vocational Skills Centre, is a short walk away and houses our Motor Vehicle and Vehicle Respray garages and our builders’ yard.

Our state-of-the-art facilities provide the perfect environment to help truly push our students and assist them with carving out their perfect career. With our recording studios, Apple suite, fully-equipped theatre, professional workshops, high-class salon, kitted out classrooms, expert acting and dance studios and our partnership with The West Midlands Safari Park, we aim to provide the best learning experience possible for our cohort.

We’re a community at Kidderminster College and we’d love for you to join the team

Kidderminster College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Kidderminster College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

**1.** Being both inclusive and diverse

**2.** Trusting and respecting our communities

**3.** Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

**4.** Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Kidderminster College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

**Telephone**:07810 631364



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