Head of Faculty- English and Maths

We are looking for a Head of Faculty for English and Maths, ready to drive the performance and success of two vital faculties within Oldham College.

Salary : £55,388

Joining our Journey:

When you join our college, not only will you benefit from an annual reviewed salary but have access to numerous benefits and facilities: 

• 37 days annual leave per year, plus Bank Holidays, with additional efficiency days and all college Christmas closedown
• Generous Pension Scheme 
• Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
• Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
• Free confidential counselling service
• Staff recognition awards
• Car Scheme
• Subsidised car parking
• On-site Day Nursery
• On-site hair and beauty salon

The Role:

The Faculty of English and Maths are looking for a dedicated leader with a good understanding of the current Government and national priorities for the FE sector and how this should be applied to the development of the faculties of English and Maths. Working alongside the Director to achieve the vision and strategic priorities of Oldham College, you will provide effective and efficient leadership, management and co-ordination of both the Faculty of English and Faculty of Maths’ staff teams and resources, ensuring that the English and Maths curriculum offers meets the needs of learners, employers and the local community. This is an incredible opportunity to join Oldham College, delivering a real impact to students and the wider community, through good management of our English and Maths departments.

Key responsibilities for our Head of Faculty for English and Maths:

• To provide effective and efficient leadership, management and co-ordination of both the Faculty of English and Faculty of Maths’ staff teams and resources
• To ensure that the English and Maths curriculum offers meets the needs of learners, employers and the local community
• To develop and implement innovative teaching, learning and assessment methodologies and subject-specific pedagogies based on best practice from evidence-based research
• To act as a positive role model, leading by example and striving for excellence in all areas

To be successful as a Head of Faculty for English and Maths you will need:

• Extensive experience of developing and managing English and/or Maths provision
• Good understanding of learner and customer needs and a successful track record of developing key strategies to deliver a high-quality service in all or some of the specialist areas of this post
• Experience of successfully managing changes to curriculum design and delivery
• Excellent leadership and management skills, ideally with post graduate management qualifications or significant CPD in management development

Oldham College is a great career choice for ambitious professionals. With a “good” Ofsted rating, one of the best apprenticeship programmes in the region, excellent 16-18 results and truly outstanding GCSE English results, we are already a high performer.

But we want to deliver much more than this. Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work” and we have a clear Strategic Plan which sets out what this means and what we will do to deliver it. We will keep on improving and innovating, and we are investing in new provision, new facilities, and new technology; including our state-of-the-art clinical simulation suite.

We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.  

The role will require you to embed and work to the college’s values; working with Integrity, having Ambition to help our learners succeed and being Inclusive to learners and colleagues alike.

At Oldham College, our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We encourage everyone to join us, as we create a workforce that is as diverse as our wonderful student community. We do monitor responses to our diversity questions in our application, to ensure that we can continue to build a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve.

We understand that not everyone works to the same timetable, and offer a range of flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times, part-time, term-time only or hybrid options, where the role permits.

We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, contact our HR team who will be happy to advise.

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.

Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Any appointments will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and a check of the DfE Barred List.

Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and vulnerable adults.