CCF Contingent Commander
Brighton College
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Brighton College has its own pay scale, above the maintained sector. All of our teachers are enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Week Commencing 18 August 2025
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2025
Job overview
Brighton College is seeking to appoint a CCF Contingent Commander to start late August 2025.
The Role
In addition to teaching, the Contingent Commander will provide strong, creative and visionary leadership of the Brighton College CCF in order for it to remain one of the leading contingents in the South East.
This will require the person to:
• Plan, oversee and quality-assure an exciting and challenging programme of cadet training
• Create leadership opportunities for cadets and to nurture their leadership skills
• Foster an environment in which, because effort is held in higher regard than achievement, all cadets can excel
• Line-manage the School Staff Instructor (SSI) and all CFAVs.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Teach a slightly reduced academic timetable in any subject
• Oversee all aspects of personnel administration, ensuring all statutory College and MOD process are followed, the Contingent’s Governance and national cadet databases (WESTMINSTER and BADER)
• Line manage the SSI and all CFAVs
• Plan at a strategic level the Contingent’s training programme for the year ahead and ensure the effective delivery of the programme
• Allocate cadets and CFAVs to Sections, Watches and Flights, task NCOs within those formations, and publish Weekly Orders
• Ensure high standards of discipline and attendance of cadets and CFAVs while undertaking CCF training
• In conjunction with the SSI and Heads of Section, organise all aspects of Field Days and Summer Camps, including the booking of all training areas, transport, accommodation and catering and the completion of all internal and military paperwork in relation to such activities
• Liaise with Army, RN and RAF Cadet Training Teams and their Safety Advisors to ensure that cadets get the best possible benefit from our assets and that safe training occurs
• Attend all chain of command Contingent Commander conferences and briefings and oversee the management and administration of applications for training courses for CFAVs and cadets
• Process all military paperwork and electronic forms requested of Contingent Commanders by HQSE, CCF RN HQ, and RAFAC HQ
• Co-ordinate and lead the preparations for and delivery of all annual/biennial reviews, inspections and reports
• Act as budget-holder for all CCF accounts and take responsibility for all financial reconciliations required by the MOD
• In conjunction with the SSI, oversee all aspects of contingent security including weapons maintenance, ammunition accountability and act as a point of contact for Armoury alarm company
• Act as the Contingent’s Senior Activity Owner and as such, take responsibility and lead on all aspects of Health and Safety in relation to the CCF
• Lead and co-ordinate the Contingent’s contribution to the School’s annual Act of Remembrance
• Organise the Contingent’s Annual Mess Dinner for CFAVs, SNCOs and cadets
• Maintain and develop all external relations, including sponsoring units and local contingents, including Longhill School as their supporting CCF unit
• Provide opportunities for cadets to take part in unit and external shooting competitions.
Safeguarding responsibilities
• This role will involve daily contact with pupils and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
• All staff and volunteers have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
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About Brighton College
THE SCHOOL
Brighton College is an inspiring place to work. As the leading co-educational school in the UK, it is renowned for its inspirational teaching and innovative education, whilst placing kindness and community at the heart of our approach to education. Named ‘UK School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times in November 2020, we educate 1,300 pupils between ages 11 and 18.
Established in 1845, the College has grown exponentially in recent years. The Principal Richard Cairns, a recent Tatler UK Head of the Year, has been in post since 2006 and under his leadership pupil numbers have doubled. Results are consistently excellent. In 2024, our pupils achieved the best A-level results in the UK and Brighton College was awarded an unprecedented three accolades by The Sunday Times; UK Boarding School of the Year, Top School in the UK for A-levels and Top Academic School in South East England.
The school site in Kemptown has seen the addition of stunning new facilities, sustainably designed by leading international architects, with recent investment well in excess of £100 million. These include the Nicola Leach Music School and Sarah Abraham Recital Hall (2015), the Yeoh Building teaching complex (2017), the School of Science and Sport (2020) and The Richard Cairns Building (2024), a stunning new performing arts complex and Sixth Form Centre, with a 400-seat theatre and Global Futures hub.
World-class facilities enable us to share a huge variety of opportunities with pupils and allow for innovative and exciting approaches to teaching and learning.
We believe that we are a part of society, not apart from it, and so activism and community involvement are key parts of the curriculum. We have a thriving volunteer programme, driven by pupils, and are proud of our progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion.
Brighton College also has a family of schools, which includes our three Sussex prep schools, Brighton College Prep School, Handcross Park School and St Christopher’s, and our London prep school, Brighton College Prep Kensington. Overseas, we have opened schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore and Vietnam.
Our approach to education is regularly celebrated. As well as being named 'UK School of the Decade', we have been named ‘School of the Year’ twice by The Sunday Times, and The Week named us ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018, ‘Best in the UK for STEM’ in 2020 and 2024, and awarded us 'Best Sixth Form in Britain' in their 2025 Awards.
Our most recent ISI inspection in November 2024 gave us a glowing report and two areas of 'significant strength', the first highlighting the brilliance of the school's enriching curriculum, activities programme, focus on academic excellence and co-curricular programme. The quality of relationships across the school was also clear to the inspectors, as the culture of kindness throughout the school was identified as our second 'significant strength'.
Most importantly, Brighton College is a happy school. Staff and pupils feel fulfilled, and our emphasis on kindness lends itself to a thriving intellectual, sporting and performing arts culture. Our location in the city gives us the best of all worlds: we’re five minutes from the sea and the city centre, ten minutes from the South Downs, and in the heart of the local Kemptown community.
We hope that you will want to come and join the fantastic group of professionals who work here.
LIVING AND WORKING IN BRIGHTON
The College enjoys its location in Brighton, one of Britain’s youngest cities and one of the most vibrant and progressive in Europe. A recent national survey identified Brighton as the ‘happiest city in the UK’ and it regularly features within the top cities for quality of life nationally. With an extensive beach and seafront, and proximity to beautiful rural areas including the South Downs National Park, the opportunities for recreation and leisure are varied and numerous. Transport links are also excellent, Brighton being within easy travelling distance of London (50 minutes by train), and 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport. Brighton is also a university city, and the College has good links with both the University of Sussex and Brighton University. Our annual involvement in the Pride parade has strengthened existing links with the local community.
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