Director – Student Services

Buckinghamshire College Group are looking for a forward thinking, student focused, pro-active individual to lead the Student Services provision over all three campuses. As Director – Student Services, the successful candidate will be based at Aylesbury Campus, but will travel between all campuses.

As a Director – Student Services the successful candidate will:

• To be responsible for the Student Services team including Progress Coaches and Student Services functions across all College campuses and continually improve the delivery of the Student Services provision.
• To lead on Safeguarding and Prevent ensuring that the college is fully compliant with all statutory duties and that students and staff are well informed about their rights and responsibilities through high quality training and procedures.
• To lead on careers education advice, guidance and progression and provide support and training for students in regard to personal development, positive behaviours, enterprise and employability skills.

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College.  We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Pension scheme – LGPS (18.3% employer contribution)
• 30 days holiday entitlement plus Bank Holidays & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• A wide range of learning – access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Salon Intuition
• 24hrs/7days a week access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. All applicants will need to complete an application form via our College Website.

For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

Closing date for applications is the 31^ST January 2024, with interviews taking place on the 12^th February 2024.