Deputy Director of Teaching, Learning & Quality

Deputy Director of Teaching, Learning & Quality – Service Industries

Location: North East
Salary: Upto £46,500 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Hours: 37 hours per week

The opportunity

We are seeking an ambitious and experienced educational leader to join a further education provider in the North East as Deputy Director of Teaching, Learning & Quality – Service Industries.

This is an exciting opportunity for an established FE professional to support strategic and operational leadership, drive improvements in teaching and learning, and ensure consistently high standards across curriculum provision.

Working closely with the Director of Teaching, Learning & Quality, you will play a key role in improving learner outcomes, developing staff and ensuring that provision meets the needs of students, employers and the wider community.

Key responsibilities

• Support the strategic and operational leadership of teaching, learning and quality across the directorate.
• Drive continuous improvement in teaching, learning, assessment and curriculum delivery.
• Lead and support staff development, providing constructive feedback and addressing performance concerns.
• Contribute to curriculum planning, innovation and programme development across relevant vocational areas.
• Monitor learner progress, attendance, engagement, achievement and progression against targets.
• Contribute to quality reviews, self-assessment, action planning and preparation for external inspection.
• Support compliance with funding requirements and relevant education policies.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across multiple sites to ensure consistent, high-quality provision.
• Support recruitment, curriculum staffing, timetabling and the effective use of resources.
• Maintain a teaching commitment equivalent to 0.5 of the role.

About you

To be successful, you will have:

• Experience delivering high-quality teaching and learning within the further education sector.
• A recognised teaching qualification, such as a PGCE or Certificate in Education.
• A degree or equivalent vocational qualification.
• Strong knowledge of teaching, learning, assessment and quality assurance within FE.
• Experience leading and developing staff teams.
• Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder-management skills.
• The ability to analyse performance, drive improvement and deliver positive learner outcomes.
• A flexible, proactive approach and the ability to work effectively across multiple sites.

Experience in curriculum management, inspection preparation, self-assessment, apprenticeships, adult education or budget and resource planning would be advantageous.

What's on offer?

• Permanent, full-time position.
• 37 hours per week.
• 40 days' annual leave, pro rata, plus bank holidays.
• Teachers' Pension membership.
• Additional Christmas closure days.
• Enhanced occupational sick and family leave pay schemes.
• Life assurance and death grant.
• Employee assistance helpline and health benefits.
• Cycle-to-work scheme, savings schemes and staff discounts.