Principal and CEO

Following the news of our current Principal and CEO’s decision to step down from his role later this year, after a highly successful tenure, we wish to appoint a successor who remains as ambitious as us, and someone who can quickly assimilate how important our growth and development is to the borough we serve and the students we educate and enable.
Our current strategy will take us through to 2026 and so this appointment comes at an opportune time when a new Principal and CEO can continue to foster excellent relationships with major stakeholders of that strategy, whilst beginning to formulate the next iteration of our organisation’s evolution.
We anticipate the progress we have made to date not stopping and so we welcome a visionary Principal and CEO, well connected to the further education sector and constantly aware of opportunities to maximise funding and strategic partnerships which add value to our offer.
Upon joining us as Principal and CEO, we expect you will find a talented and hard-working senior leadership team whose members are devoted to their work and considered experts in their field of specialism. We also expect you will appreciate the relationship that exists between the Board of Governors and the leaders of the College; a dynamic that feels supportive, professional and constructively honest.

At Telford College, we need our next Principal and CEO to complement our existing leadership team by being an inspirational and visible leader with highly effective people leadership and influencing skills.
We believe that for our organisation to continue to flourish and realise the ambitions we believe we can achieve, the person appointed as our next Principal and CEO will need to be a proven FE sector leader – well-versed in the nuances of our sector, its policies, funding methodologies and curriculum specialisms.
We welcome interest from candidates with experience gained at an executive level, though remain open and interested to hear from senior leaders who have developed their career through a broad and varied career background in the sector.
You will know the importance of engaging businesses and organisations such as the local authority, major employers, other large publicly-funded institutions including the NHS, universities, and Chambers of Commerce – and have experience engaging these partners previously.
Externally, you will be considered an expert on how a successful and community-focused college can add value to the local areas served by the College, and the businesses and institutions that work in partnership with us. Internally, you will recognise and value the importance of being visible, known, and accessible.
We need someone to work with our Board of Governors to devise a new strategy and add value to it. You will promote a sense of stability and a continuation of the ever-evolving culture and the trust between the organisation and its leadership.
We believe this role will suit someone who thrives on challenge, can spot an opportunity and cares deeply about providing high-quality education and training to support social mobility and skills development.
Peridot Partners and Telford College are, together, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and our client expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references before any final offer can be made.

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Applications for this role close at 12 p.m. Wednesday 10th April 2024.