About The Role

Lead, inspire and make a lasting difference.

EKC Folkestone College is looking for an ambitious and forward-thinking Deputy Head of Service Industries to help drive excellence across a diverse and dynamic curriculum area.

Working alongside the Head of Department, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of teaching and learning, supporting staff to deliver outstanding experiences and ensuring students develop the skills, confidence and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen careers.

In this leadership role, you will:

Champion high-quality teaching, learning and assessment across the department.
Support the development of an innovative, industry-relevant curriculum that meets the needs of students, employers and the local community.
Monitor key performance indicators, using data and insight to identify opportunities and implement timely improvements.
Lead on quality improvement initiatives, driving continuous enhancement of the student experience.
Analyse retention, achievement, attendance and student satisfaction data to inform decision-making and raise standards.
Collaborate with colleagues to deliver the department’s strategic objectives and foster a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

This is an opportunity to influence the direction of a vibrant curriculum area, develop talented teams and help shape the next generation of professionals in industries that make a real difference to people’s lives. If you’re a collaborative leader with a passion for education and quality, we’d love to hear from you.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees.

Check out our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group.

About You

We are seeking a motivated and highly organised individual to support the Head of Department in leading the delivery of outstanding programmes and courses. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in driving quality, supporting colleagues and shaping an exceptional learning experience for students.

You’ll bring a proven ability to raise standards and lead improvement initiatives, along with a background in education and a recognised teaching qualification. Ideally, you’ll also have experience of leading or line managing a team, with the confidence to carry out staff appraisals, teaching and learning observations, one-to-one meetings and the day-to-day management of lecturers and support staff.

With experience in a further education environment, you’ll understand what it takes to empower teaching teams to deliver engaging, high-quality learning for young people. Acting as a trusted deputy to the Head of Department, you’ll provide guidance and leadership to Programme Leaders and colleagues, ensuring the department continues to thrive when the Head is off site.

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If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

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

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