Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Student Services

Reporting to: Vice Principal - Students & Communication

Annual Leave: 36 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week

Basis: Full time, Permanent

Pension: Local Government Pension or Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Join Our Team

We are delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Head of Teaching and Learning for Personal Development, Behaviour, and Attitudes to join our team. This role offers a fantastic chance to contribute to the development of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment across the College, ensuring that our tutorial programme is of the highest quality. The successful candidate will play a key role in aligning the programme with the requirements of the Ofsted Inspection Framework, statutory guidance, and key College priorities, while becoming an integral part of our thriving academic community.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Head of Teaching and Learning for Personal Development, Behaviour and Attitudes, you will:

• Assist in the development of Teaching, Learning & Assessment across the College.
• Ensure that that the College’s tutorial programme is of high quality and meets the requirements of the Ofsted Inspection Framework, statutory guidance and key college priorities.
• Ensure the development and implementation of a highly effective pastoral provision and processes across the College, including pastoral curriculum and 1:1 reviews.
• Lead on the quality assurance of teaching and learning and compliance with the Ofsted judgements of Personal Development and Behaviour and Attitudes to ensure requirements are implemented effectively and consistently and standardised across the College.
• Work with the Faculty Heads of Teaching and Learning to ensure an excellent skills development programmes and an inspiring tutorial programme which meets the requirements of the EIF.

What We’re Looking For:

We seek candidates who:

• Hold a master’s degree in education, technology or related discipline – Desirable.
• Hold a degree or equivalent qualification.
• Are a qualified teacher with substantial teaching experience.
• Have a GCSE grade 4/C or above in Maths and English or equivalent.
• Have completed or be willing to work towards the Advanced Practitioner programme.

What’s in it for you?

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Generous Annual Leave (30-45 days per annum (pro rata), depending on role)
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Competitive Salaries
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
• Dedicated Teaching & Learning Coaches for New Staff.
• On-site staff parking available
• Contributions to a variety of role-based pensions schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme and NEST Pension
• On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee
• Extensive wellbeing provision including but not limited to:
  - 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family)
  - Occupational Health
  - Free Flu jabs
  - Free Gym Membership for all staff.
  - Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work For Us page.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Aimey Adamson, Vice Principal Students & Communication on a.adamson@mbro.ac.uk  

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early!

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

SAFEGUARDING

At Middlesbrough College, we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.

All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to ensuring equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and fostering good relations among all members of its community, and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Please see attached job description - Head of Teaching & Learning for PDBA