Head of Personal and Professional Learning Centre (Sudbury)

Head ofPersonal and Professional Learning Centre (Sudbury)
Job description

• West Suffolk College, 18-20 Cornard Rd, Sudbury CO10 2XA
• 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
• Salary: £36,501 per annum - £38,880 per annum (dependent on experience)

We are seeking to appoint a Head ofPersonal and Professional Learning Centre based in Sudbury.
If you are an enthusiastic individual who enjoys working with members of public, have strong attention to detail and can work independently, then we would love to hear from you.
You will bring a flexible approach to your work with outstanding organisational and administrative skills. We are interested to hear from a candidate who enjoys working with a thriving countywide team providing support to learners and colleagues, which may mean occasional travel to our other centres.
The successful candidate will be responsible for initiating and developing the organisation's external stakeholder relationships to drive recruitment and enable growth of provision to meet the skills needs of local employers and the wider communities. The successful candidate will have great communication skills and be able to work swiftly and precisely.
We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Canteen
• Company Events
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days

West Suffolk College is one of the country's leading further education and apprenticeship providers. Our apprenticeship results have consistently remained above the national average. We offer many degrees, HNCs and HNDs at our focused and inclusive University Studies Centre . We have around 13,000 students including nearly 2,000 apprentices studying with us.
As a College, our Character Strengths and Mission Statement underpin our expectations of all our students and employees. Please familiarise yourself with these and incorporate them into your personal statement; this will be of benefit if you are invited to attend for an interview.
This is an opportunity to join a hugely supportive organisation where we value, support and facilitate your professional development, as well as offering many other benefits including an attractive pension scheme, staff wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance.
This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information please contact our recruitment team at: recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Completed application forms should be made via out recruitment portal - if you have not heard from a member of the HR Team within 14 working days, please presume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Closing Date: 8.00am on Friday 12 th January 2024
Interviews: Shortly thereafter
We reserve the right to appoint prior to the closing date, early application are encouraged. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.
The College is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website
The closing date for applications to this role is 12/01/2024