Deputy Principal

Shape the Future. Inspire Excellence. Lead with Purpose - Join us as Deputy Principal Are you a visionary educational leader with the ambition, energy, and expertise to make a lasting impact? EKC Group are seeking an exceptional Deputy Principal to join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Ashford college. This is an exciting opportunity for an inspiring and strategic leader who is passionate about developing the college site and delivering on outstanding education, driving continuous improvement, and creating opportunities that transform learners' lives As Deputy Principal, you will support and collaborate with the Principal in leading and managing a team of staff ensuring full implementation of the Colleges' performance management systems and you will also ensure the full engagement of learners in College enrichment and social action activities to provide opportunities for personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development to prepare them for progression into work or further/higher education.

As the successful candidate you will be a suitably qualified and a highly experienced leader who is entrepreneurial and commercially astute. We are looking for someone who will provide inspirational leadership to ensure that we maintain our values and have our strategic objectives consistently in view.

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.

Salary: £64,584 per annum Contract: Permanent Hours per week: 37 Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees! Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme