Job Description
Hours: 36 per week
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £58,249 - £63,331 per annum
Closing Date: 5/11/2025
Location: Cross-campus (Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall)
About us:
At West London College, we are committed to championing innovation and creativity, and we invite you to join us on this journey. We welcome applicants who can share our values of Ambition, Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, and Inclusion.
We have three college sites across West London: Ealing, Hammersmith, and Southall. By bringing your skills to the College, you will have a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in our students' education and future.
As a diverse College in the UK, we offer an exciting, innovative and stimulating work environment with a wide variety of employment opportunities.
For further information about the College, please visit our website.
About the role:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Head of Construction and Motor Vehicle to lead our dynamic team across all three campuses. This is a key leadership role responsible for driving the strategic direction, quality, and growth of our Construction and Motor Vehicle curriculum areas.
You will lead by example, ensuring consistently high standards of teaching, learning and assessment, and fostering a culture of ambition, professionalism and inclusion. You will work closely with Programme Leaders and Deputy Heads to design and deliver an industry-relevant curriculum that prepares learners and apprentices for successful careers in the construction, electrical, plumbing, building services and motor vehicle sectors.
The successful candidate will:
- Lead a team of dedicated teaching and support staff to deliver outstanding provision in Construction and Motor Vehicle.
- Maintain and develop strong partnerships with employers, industry stakeholders, awarding bodies and other external partners.
- Oversee curriculum planning, development and delivery to ensure alignment with industry standards, local skills needs and future technologies.
- Ensure the effective management of departmental budgets, resources and facilities, maintaining safe, compliant and inspiring learning environments.
- Champion continuous quality improvement through robust self-assessment, performance management and staff development.
- Promote safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of departmental practice.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious leader who is passionate about vocational education and developing the next generation of skilled professionals in construction and motor vehicle trades.
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must possess the relevant qualifications listed in the Person Specification. For more information please have a look at the Job Description which outlines the role and person specification in further detail.
What we offer:
- Our team are important to us, and we offer a wide range of benefits to recognise the hard work put into supporting our learners.
- 40 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays (8) and College closure days at Christmas (3)
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest-free loans for Season tickets and Computers
- Contributory average salary pension with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Continuous Professional Development Events (CPD)
- Access to Perkbox, our rewards and discount platform
- Access to the College's Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Discount at the College's on-site hair and beauty salon
Important Information:
The safety and welfare of our learners and staff are extremely important to us, and this is why we pride ourselves on our safeguarding procedures. As part of our commitment to safeguarding, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
We encourage and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or identity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.
To apply, please complete an application form before the closing date specified, as CVs will not be accepted. Please ensure you also include a supporting Statement as part of your application, addressing how you meet the Person Specification detailed in the Job Description.
In submitting your application for this position, you are strictly prohibited from using any form of AI (artificial intelligence) tools or automation. By applying, you confirm that all content is your own and not generated or assisted by AI.
We reserve the right to close the submission deadline earlier than expected, so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.
