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Higher Education Quality and Development Lead (Group)

College location: East Surrey College (Redhill) and John Ruskin College (Croydon)

Salary: Competitive (Subject to qualifications, skills and experience)

Hours: Full time (37 hours/week)

We are currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Higher Education Lead to take leadership on the strategic development and quality assurances of the University Centre at Orbital South Colleges.

As Higher Education Lead, you will take ownership in developing and expanding the Colleges higher level education provision to ensure a year-on-year increase in the number of viable course and students across both colleges whilst proactively looking to expand, develop and provide an innovating offer to meet local, national and regional needs.

Being part of the management, you will take responsibility for academic quality assurance, implementing systems with external quality assurance requirements and other regulatory frameworks.

As part of your role, you will enhance best practice in curriculum delivery both on site and with sub-contractors ensuring teaching and learning follows the most up to date and highly effective pedagogical practices.

The successful candidate must have:

* A Degree (First of Upper Second)

* Teaching qualification

* Experience of HE curriculum development

* Experience of quality assurance including lesson observation or actively supporting teaching and learning within the FE/HE educational setting

* Knowledge of FE/HE sector, including qualification reform, inspection, and funding

* Ability to coordinate and successfully deliver on complex and competing demands

* Strong negotiation and persuasion skills

* Willingness to work flexibility and to travel and work across college sites and the UK to drive recruitment forward

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If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.

Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adultsand expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK