Head of Digital Innovation and Skills

6 months ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom The Sheffield College Full time

**Head of Digital Innovation and Skills**

**Salary Range £48,056 - £52,512**

**Permanent Position, 37 hours per week X 52 weeks**

The role of **Head of Digital Innovation and Skills** is new, and will play a huge part in supporting our ambitions for growth and ensuring high quality in our digital education and skills provision.

**The role of Head of Digital Innovation and Skills is ideal if you**:

- Have a passion for leadership
- Have the attributes to inspire and influence staff and students to enact your vision
- Are passionate about the role education can have on our students
- Want the responsibility of leading on the college’s approach to holistic digital innovation and skills in a cross-college capacity

**Day-to-day you will be responsible for**:

- Developing and embedding a whole college approach to essential digital skills
- Leading on developing a curriculum offer for Digital Skills that spans Entry to Level 5
- Developing approaches to working with employers to improve Digital Skills in the workplace
- Leading on the college’s engagement with local, regional and national initiatives relating to Digital Skills (e.g. LSIP)

**After your first year with us, success would look like**:

- A coherent approach to Digital Skills will be embedded across the entire college curriculum
- Local and regional initiatives will have been engendered to ensure key priorities are met
- The college will be recognised for excellence in digital innovation and skills

**We're open-minded & welcome all applicants who believe they can succeed. Though ideally, you will**:

- Relish the challenge of cross-college leadership
- Be confident and able to influence a range of stakeholders
- Have a strong knowledge of the holistic digital curriculum and how this can be embedded into all of the college’s provision
- Have full commitment to the college, working with passion and dynamism

**We also offer outstanding pension, benefits & annual leave packages**

**We appreciate your interest and look forward to getting to know you**

**Next steps**

**Closing date: Monday 4th September**

**Shortlisting date: Wednesday 6th September**

**Interview: Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th September**

Also, as a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us via the details above.

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