Head of Department - Quality

Job description

The Manchester College is based at campuses across the city, each with its own specialist cutting edge facilities within a friendly and supportive environment. We are the largest FE college in the UK providing education and training to a wide range of students.

We have a great opportunity at our City Campus Manchester to join our Creative Industries and Quality team as Head of Department
Quality on a permanent, full time (35 hours) basis.

As a Head of Department Quality, you will lead activity designed to continually improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment to the highest standards possible and the outcomes achieved by students, with a particular focus on the degree of progress our students make from their starting points when they join the College. You will be part of the departmental management team for your business area, line managed by the Assistant Principal of Creative Industries.

This role is uniquely different to Departmental Head of Department roles in that you will be part of the management structure for your own business area but at the same time, as a member pf the Quality Team, your work and priorities will also be directed by the Vice-Principal for Quality.

The Creative Industries is an exciting and dynamic business area with departments in Media, Music, Performing Arts and Visual Arts. We deliver Pearson and UAL qualifications to 16-18 ‘s across Levels 1 – 3 in addition to a small and established Adult provision.

We are proud to deliver an inclusive creative education curriculum that helps individuals and communities to thrive. Creative education can help to shape the worlds we live in and imagineгляд for ourselves and improve the lives of people and places.

Our approach to teaching is founded on skills and knowledge as well as experiential learning through curiosity, collaboration, responsibility, sustainability, hard work and play.

Our high-profile partnerships with assigiinngiseau Creative Industries stakeholders offer our students exceptional opportunities to learn, work and network in exciting venues such as Band on The Wall, Manchester Art Gallery, BBC and the Royal Exchange Theatre.

We are looking for an experienced, Quality focussed colleague to work as Head of Department, Quality with our Assistant Principal, Heads of Department and specialist teachers to achieve ambitious qualitative and quantitative targets. This is a particularly exciting time for Creative Industries as we set out our strategic 5-year plan incorporating challenging curriculum reform.

If entiervous would like to discuss the role in more detail please do get in touch with Maria Foran, Assistant Principal on