Vice Principal – Quality & Student Experience

Position: Vice Principal – Quality & Student Experience (Permanent)
Location: Swindon

Location:

Campus closest to home, with travel across all sites

Salary:
Competitive Salary

Wiltshire College & University Centre is seeking an accomplished and strategic leader to join the Senior Leadership Team as Vice Principal – Quality & Student Experience. Reporting directly to the Deputy Principal (Curriculum & Quality), the postholder will have responsibility for leading and delivering the college’s quality strategy, ensuring excellence in teaching, learning & assessment, and overall student experience. This is a newly created senior role, offering the opportunity to shape and enhance the college’s approach to continuous improvement, inclusivity, and learner success.

Vice Principal – Quality & Student Experience
- Key Responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the college’s Quality Improvement Strategy, ensuring high standards in teaching, learning, assessment, and the learner experience.

Oversee quality assurance and review processes, including self-assessment, inspections, audits, and the monitoring of learner progress and achievement.

Ensure the implementation of high-quality teaching and learning practices, embedding innovation, evidence-based approaches, and inclusive strategies.

Lead the development of a comprehensive personal and social development programme, promoting learners’ skills, behaviours, and attributes required for progression, employment, and active citizenship.

Provide effective leadership and management of quality teams and teaching & learning coaches, fostering a culture of accountability, professional excellence, and continuous improvement.

Collaborate with senior leaders, governors, employers, and external stakeholders to maintain and enhance the College’s reputation for quality and inclusivity.

Vice Principal – Quality & Student Experience - Candidate Profile:

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

Extensive experience in senior leadership within further or higher education, with a proven record of driving quality improvement and enhancing learner outcomes.

In-depth knowledge of quality assurance frameworks, inspection requirements, and best practice in teaching, learning, and assessment.

Strong leadership, management, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

A commitment to inclusion, innovation, and the promotion of excellence across all areas of provision.

What We Offer:

Salary:
Competitive

Contract Type:
Permanent, Full Time 37 hours, 52 weeks per year

Benefits

Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme

35 days paid annual leave, plus 8 paid bank holidays

Paid College closure and wellbeing days, including a 2-week paid Christmas shutdown

Access to Free On-Site Gyms at multiple campuses

Lifestyle Discounts on retail, technology, travel, and leisure

Cycle-to-Work scheme to support sustainable commuting

Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities

Additional perks, including discounted meals, hair and beauty services, and exclusive offers on attractions

Lead quality and student experience at Wiltshire College & University Centre and help shape the future of education, ensuring every student thrives.

Closing Date: 4th February 2026

Interview Date: 12th February 2026

Please note:

Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, located at the bottom of this page as a downloadable document.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Safer Recruitment

Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the children’s barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates.

We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities.

Closing date: 4th February 2026

Shortlist date: 5th February 2026

Interview date: 12th February 2026