Doncaster College
Group Deputy Principal Curriculum & Quality
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Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality
Role Summary
This is a great opportunity to help shape the future of education across DN Colleges Group one of the UK's largest and most diverse group of colleges, transforming lives through learning, skills and opportunity across South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and Hull.
As Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality, you will play a critical role in delivering our mission to support around 14,000 learners each year across further education, higher education and apprenticeships, DN Colleges Group is ambitious for its students, communities and colleagues. We are looking for an influential and forward-thinking leader who shares that ambition and can drive excellence across curriculum, quality, teaching, learning and assessment.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will provide strategic leadership for a large and diverse curriculum portfolio, ensuring our provision responds to the needs of learners, employers and regional economies while delivering outstanding outcomes and experiences for students. You will lead continuous improvement, champion educational excellence and help position the Group for future growth and success in an evolving education landscape.
This role is suited to an experienced senior leader who combines strategic vision with operational excellence, inspires high-performing teams and is passionate about making a lasting difference to students and communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of the Group's long-term curriculum strategy and annual curriculum planning process.
- Provide strategic leadership for curriculum performance, quality assurance, teaching, learning and assessment across all provision types.
- Drive continuous improvement through effective quality frameworks, self-assessment processes and targeted quality improvement plans.
- Lead and develop curriculum leaders, ensuring clear objectives, accountability and high performance.
- Oversee organisational readiness for external inspection, quality assurance and regulatory requirements, including acting as the Ofsted Nominee.
- Provide expert leadership on compliance with external regulatory frameworks and emerging sector requirements.
- Analyse performance data to inform decision-making and improve student outcomes.
- Represent the Group externally through regional networks, stakeholder forums and partnership activity.
- Provide clear performance reporting to senior leaders, governors and external audiences.
- Deputise for the Group Principal as required and contribute to a collaborative and high-performing leadership culture.
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Essential Criteria
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
- Significant senior leadership experience within a large and complex learning organisation with a diverse curriculum portfolio.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of quality, teaching, learning and assessment.
- Proven ability to lead organisational transformation, drive improvement and manage high-performing teams.
- Excellent communication, influencing, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate effectively at a strategic level.
Benefits For Working For DN Colleges
At DN Colleges Group, you'll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of learners and communities while developing your own career within one of the region's largest education providers.
Benefits
Beyond a rewarding and influential leadership role, we offer an exceptional benefits package focused on wellbeing, professional growth and work-life balance, including:
- 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- An additional two weeks off at Christmas on top of your annual leave entitlement.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Enhanced sickness pay.
- Access to a 24/7 confidential mental health and wellbeing support service.
- A supportive coaching and mentoring culture.
- Dedicated CPD training weeks and development days.
- Electric Car Scheme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Menopause support.
- Wellbeing workshops and financial wellbeing support.
- Vivup lifestyle benefits and discounts platform.
- On-site catering facilities, including Starbucks and restaurant provision at selected campuses.
Important Things to Note
In DN Colleges we call this role Group Deputy Principal - Curriculum & Quality but you might know this as Deputy Principal, Vice Principal Curriculum, Deputy Chief Executive (Education), Director of Curriculum and Quality, or Executive Director of Education & Quality.
We are not looking for agency support for this role. If you need more information, please contact us at staff.recruitment@dncolleges.ac.uk. The successful candidate will be expected to support and promote the organisation's commitments to Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Safeguarding. This role forms part of the Group's Senior Leadership Team and may involve deputising for the Group Principal as required.
About Us
Here at Doncaster College and University Centre we understand that choosing what to do next can be a huge decision. It’s not just about the course you choose to study, it is about the tutors, the experiences and the friends you meet along the way.
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We have over 120 courses at full and part-time, from entry level right up to university level. As well as the vast amount of courses on offer, we ensure all our students get the right support and guidance whether it is through our careers service, our additional learning support, counselling, student finance and many other services all tailored to each individual.
Our exciting and modern campus is in a central location, packed with workspaces designed to industry standard. We work directly with employers allowing you real work experience and industry insight that you will not get from sitting behind a desk.
The Benefits
All employees at DN Colleges Group enjoy a generous annual leave allowance, as well as an additional 2 weeks closure over the Christmas period. We encourage all our teams to take regular breaks, no longer than 3 weeks, to enjoy a healthy work life balance.
DN Colleges Group are committed to Health and Wellbeing of all our employees. We have an increasing number of provisions exclusive to our employees, designed to help you stay at your best or to assist and provide support when you need it.
- Health and fitness suite
- Generous annual leave
- 2 weeks off at Christmas
- Electric car scheme
- Vivup – Employee Wellbeing and Benefits platform
- Wellness initiatives, onsite during your working week. This could include health visitors, financial advisers, or physio specialists.
- Onsite fitness classes, at lunchtime or after work in conjunction with our Sports colleagues.
- Cycle to Work and Electric car scheme
- Free Eye Care Vouchers
- Discounted Hair and Beauty services
- On site nursery
- Online access to Remploy which is our 24/7 confidential mental health and counselling resource.
- In house counselling/safeguarding specialists to assist in Wellbeing
Lets Teach Programme
Let’s Teach The LET’s teach programme supports new members of teaching staff in terms of college systems and key teaching and learning areas including new staff lesson visits and postcard peeps. Each new member of staff has an allocated Lead Practitioner who works closely with them throughout the programme.
Let’s Bloom
The LET’s Bloom Programme aims to connect our experienced and qualified teachers to share best practice and support continued risk-taking as we continue to add depth to our teaching craft. Teachers volunteer on this one year programme, working closely with the Learning Enhancement Team, capturing their experimentation in a journal.
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