Job Description

Job Title: Assistant Principal Quality and Innovation

Location: Highbury Campus with cross campus travel required

Salary: £59,496.79 - £63,111.83 Full Time Equivalent per annum

Job Type: 37 Hours per week, 52 Weeks per year

About us:

At City of Portsmouth College, we aspire to be the employer of choice in the Portsmouth area, with a progressive, supportive, and rewarding workplace culture and one that offers competitive benefits for its staff. By joining us, you will personally be part of the change we are driving and will play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and development of our brilliant students, turning them into future leaders and innovators. Everyone at the College is part of the bigger picture and together, each role makes an impact and in turn a difference to our students learning journey.

We have an unrivalled curriculum of courses on offer for students of all ages and stages covering A-levels, Apprenticeships, Vocational & Technical courses. We also offer Higher Education, Online learning and Community courses that appeal to the needs of the local community.

What we offer:

• Annual Leave: 37 days total and closure for winter shutdown period in line with Hampshire County Council school holidays & statutory bank holidays
• Pension: Generous Teachers' pension. Further information can be found at Teachers' Pensions (teacherspensions.co.uk)
• Learning & Development: Programmes by The Community Adult Education Department
• Staff Development: Access to the College staff development programmes and CPD
• Onsite Discounts: City of Portsmouth College Hair Salon & 50% off at the City of Portsmouth College Sports Centre
• Online Discounts: Unidays, Student Beans, and Totum with a City of Portsmouth College email address
• Parking: Free car parking across all campus sites (apart from Arundel)
• Blue Light Card providing several discounts for clothing, electrical goods, food and days out, even concert tickets!

About the role:

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Principal Quality & Digital Innovation who is creative, confident and enthusiastic to lead our passionate and hardworking Quality team.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join City of Portsmouth College to become the face of quality at the college, driving to achieve excellence and leading a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for all.

The role also includes leading on the implementation of our exciting digital strategy, inspiring and motivating staff to embrace digital innovation and technology and networking and representing us externally with stakeholders and partners.

This is an interesting, varied and rewarding role and we look forward to hearing from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure consistently high-quality services for City of Portsmouth College customers, staff, apprentices and students.
• Support and lead the college vision through an inclusive culture of high expectations and reflective practice.
• Promote a whole-college approach to quality improvement, working collaboratively with curriculum leaders to achieve excellence.
• Inspire colleagues to deliver outstanding teaching, assessment and digital learning that enhances employability and progression.
• Drive continuous improvement and compliance through quality assurance processes delivering outstanding academic and personal outcomes.
• Collaborate with external agencies, industry, universities and awarding bodies to ensure curriculum meets workforce needs.
• Contribute to and deliver a Quality Strategy that demonstrably improves education for students and apprentices.
• Lead the digital strategy, embedding innovative learning technologies that enhance engagement, curriculum delivery and employability.
• Provide high-quality reports and guidance to governors, senior leaders, assistant principals and curriculum managers.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Diversity and Inclusion

Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are central to the work of City of Portsmouth College. This underpins the vision of the College to transform lives through providing exceptional education and training.

The College’s commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is reflected in the continued successful promotion of these strands through the curriculum, enrichment activities, and the range of direct and indirect student support services.

Pre-Employment Checks

The City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our college. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.

We reserve the right to close the job advert when we have had successful applications, and it may not run for the full duration of the advert. We do not accept CVs from agencies for these roles.