Deputy Head of Department for Elite Sport

• Locations

  Loughborough, Leicestershire

• Salary

  £46,812

• Sector

  Leadership & Management

• Type

  Permanent

The College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business.

Loughborough College Elite Sport is a highly successful department with over 2,000 learners.  The department offers a wide range of provision up to L3 qualifications, working nationally with a broad range of funded programmes that includes study programmes, apprenticeships, international, adult programmes and the Diploma in Sporting Excellence.

The College is seeking to appoint a Deputy Head of Department and the successful candidate will be passionate, creative and dynamic and to able to develop and maintain strong partnerships with external stakeholders (such as NGB’s, clubs and employers) and lead on the development of high quality learning programmes.

The successful candidate will have experience of managing programmes and staff to help the department meet its objectives, and be able to demonstrate understanding of Quality Assurance models and systems.

You will possess strong interpersonal and organisational skills and work effectively with a range of partners. You will possess excellent planning and administration skills and be able to work to deadlines.  A knowledge of a range of teaching methodologies is essential.

Loughborough College welcomes applications regardless of age, gender (or transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, disability, race, religion or belief, trade union affiliation, or another irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled and ex-servicemen applicants who meet the essential criteria. Loughborough College positively embraces flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life and will consider all flexible working applications.

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• On-site parking
• One campus facility
• Access to healthcare scheme
• Subsided nursery fees
• Up to 35 days annual leave per year
• Additional annual leave available
• Generous Maternity/Paternity pay
• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
• Well-being hours
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, agile working, staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Gov website. Please note right to work checks will be completed when the job is offered.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk