Head of Department English

3 weeks ago

Folkestone, United Kingdom EKC Group Full time

**About The Role**:
East Kent Colleges Group are seeking a Head of English & Maths Department to join EKC Folkestone College.

As a Head of English & Maths, you will be responsible for managing a programme area and promoting high standards in a positive and supportive culture that aspires to be outstanding.

In the role of Head of Department your role responsibilities will also include being responsible for the quality of programme provision and to actively encourage excellence in teaching and to effectively manage a delegated budget.

Working at EKC Group is extremely rewarding with excellent benefits
- Genuine rewarding role
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Voucher discount scheme for your food shop, retail, gym, holidays and restaurants
- Free onsite parking
- Onsite Nursery
- Cycle to work and Car Leasing schemes
- Opportunity to progress, train and develop
- Generous pension scheme

**About You**:
Our ambition is to find an experienced yet innovative and proactive individual to join our management team to take forward and shape the future of the department.

You will be responsible for ensuring that curriculum delivery is of the highest quality whilst ensuring the required support being in place to help all learners thrive and achieve in our dynamic teaching and learning environment.

You will bring a track record and genuine passion for driving up standards and a can-do attitude that will inspire your team. Up to date industry knowledge and a good understanding of current industry practices are essential requirements for this role. So too is a commitment to excellence, a focus on delivery and strategic understanding.

To be successful in this role, you will hold a degree level qualification and a recognised teaching qualification (DET/PGCE/CertEd). With demonstrable teaching practice at good or outstanding level, you will also have experience of curriculum planning and development and a proven ability to manage and lead an experienced, professional team to deliver results.

You will predominantly be teaching across Functional Skills English Levels Entry to Level 2 and GCSE English Language to post 16 students as well as the 14-16 students within our Junior College provision.

For more information, please contact the Resourcing Team at

**About Us**:
**Outstanding Ofsted Provider**

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.

**Commitment to Safeguarding**

**Commitment to Equal Opportunities**

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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