Deputy Head

Job description

About The Role

Innovate Education, Empower Their Success, Support the Community's Future - Join us as Deputy Head of Media, Music, and Performing Arts.

EKC Group are looking for a Deputy Head of Media, Music and Performing Arts to play a key leadership role in shaping the future of our department.

As Deputy Head, you will drive excellence in teaching, learning and assessment, supporting both staff and students to achieve outstanding outcomes. You will work closely with the Head of Department to lead curriculum development, deliver strategic priorities and ensure our programmes remain innovative, industry-relevant and responsive to the needs of our community.

This is a pivotal role for an ambitious leader who is passionate about enhancing the student experience. You will take ownership of the department's Quality Improvement Plan, identifying opportunities for growth and implementing effective actions that make a real difference. Through the analysis of key performance indicators, including retention, achievement, attendance and student satisfaction, you will monitor progress, ensure data accuracy and drive continuous improvement across the department.

Working collaboratively with colleagues, employers and stakeholders, you will help create a dynamic and engaging learning environment where students can thrive, develop their talents and achieve their full potential in the creative industries.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous Annual leave allowance
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

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About You

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised and enthusiastic individual to work alongside the Head of Department to oversee the delivery of programmes of study and/or courses. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of implementing high standards and improvement within a department.

The ideal candidate should have a background in education, a teaching qualification and, ideally experience of line managing a team or leading a team as the candidate will be responsible for completing staff appraisals, teaching and learning observations and staff one to one meetings and will line manage a team of lecturers and support staff.

You will have experience of a further education environment and supporting lecturing staff to deliver high quality teaching to young people and will be the first point of contact for the programme leaders when the Head of Department is off site.

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we'll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

We encourage early applications, as we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.

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.