Head of Department: Hair

**Fashion Retail Academy**
London, City of£52,000 - £65,000 per year

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent**Start date**:

30 September 202515 September 2025**Job overview**:
**Closing Date: 15/09/2025**

**Head of Department: Hair & Beauty**

**Education for Industry Group (EFI)**

**Full-Time**

**Permanent**

**LCBT Academy: 3-5 Fashion Street, London, E1 6PX**

**About the role**

The Head of Department: Hair & Beauty is responsible for leading the academic and operational success of our Hair & Beauty curriculum area within Further Education (FE). This is an exciting time to join our Hair & Beauty team, with a move to our state-of-the-art new building (April 2025) and Ofsted “Good” (June 2025), now is the time for an inspirational leader to drive our new Hair & Beauty journey.
Reporting to the Director of Further Education, the Head of Department: Hair & Beauty will be accountable for curriculum intent, implementation, and impact across their area, driving innovation, inclusivity, and responsiveness to industry needs. The postholder will lead a team of Programme Managers and may have additional line management responsibilities depending on the department structure.
This exciting role offers the opportunity to thrive in a supportive, collaborative, and innovation-driven culture where your contributions will make a real impact.**About you**
- ** Qualifications**: Teaching qualification and/or educational management experience and relevant degree or postgraduate qualification.
- ** Experience**: Extensive senior management experience within education - ideally in FE, HE, or Apprenticeships - with a proven track record of improving curriculum quality and learner outcomes, and leading or contributing to SARs, QIPs, inspections, and validations.
- ** Expertise**: Strong understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design, and quality frameworks.
- ** Skills**: Excellent team leadership and people management skills, with confident use of data to inform strategic decisions and drive effective actions.
- ** Passion**: Driven by a passion for inclusive, industry-aligned education and committed to raising aspirations for all learners, with a proven ability to motivate and inspire outstanding teaching teams.**Why The EFI?**
We foster a culture where our team members can lean on each other, recognise each other, and celebrate together At EFI, we prioritise your growth and wellbeing with a range of fantastic benefits, including:

Funded professional qualifications, personal growth allowance and annual CPD.
Generous and flexible leave options, including an around-the-world trip after five years of service.
Market-leading family-friendly pay, including six months of fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
Monthly wellbeing allowance and financial loan options to support your financial health.**Salary**:**How to apply/Next Steps**:**Closing Date**:
**Interviews/Recruitment Day**:

Please note that recruitment is ongoing and interviews are being scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the stated closing date.**More Information/Contact us**:

For more information about the EFI Group, visit our EFI, FRA and LCBT websites and refer to the job description.-
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