Head of Management Information Systems

Full Time | Permanent | £62,830 Per Annum

Who we are

Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.

As one of the country's largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

The Head of MIS and Timetabling role oversees the activities of three highly effective teams, MIS, Timetabling and Admissions, with a view of these becoming outstanding. The post holder will also lead the reporting and analytics team - which sits within MIS - to provide outstanding insights for the college.

The post holder will be responsible for maintenance of the curriculum and the student record database and will ensure that teaching is well timetabled, with efficient use of resources and provision of timely information for students and teachers, within agreed constraints relating to the student experience.

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Evaluating: You will oversee an annual internal audit programme for key activities including formal report on findings to provide early identification of risks.
• Organising: You will oversee college data returns across all funding streams and provide assurance with regard to the college finances through a rigorous approach to data quality, awareness of funding rules/guidance and strong audit compliance
• Interacting: You will manage the activities of MIS, Timetabling and Admissions teams to ensure they have clear priorities and objectives to ensure all key priorities and deadlines are met.
• Delivering: Ensure timely, secure and accurate processing of college data - including all student data, attendance marks and curriculum information - to allow the college to effectively manage its key targets

Benefits

City College Plymouth will offer you;

• Holiday: 35 days plus bank holidays and College Closure over Christmas.
• Career development opportunities.
• Generous contributions towards your pension.
• Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.

How we recruit

We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £62,830.00 per year

Work Location: In person