Assistant Director of Maths

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About the role:

Please note we don't have a fixed closing date but instead will close the role when we have sufficient applicants to interview so apply soon to not miss out!

Role Overview:

The Assistant Director of Maths position is a pivotal role aimed at driving excellence in teaching, learning, and student outcomes. Reporting directly to the Director, you will be responsible for managing the curriculum area, leading learning experiences, and ensuring high-quality results for our students. This role demands a proactive approach to curriculum development, compliance, and stakeholder engagement.

Experience Required:

We are seeking candidates with a strong background in education and management, specifically:

• Team Management: A minimum of 3 years' experience in managing teams within an educational setting is essential. You should demonstrate the ability to motivate and inspire staff, foster a positive working environment, and drive performance improvements.
• Teaching Excellence: Successful candidates will have a proven track record of excellence in teaching within the Maths disciplines. Your experience should showcase innovative teaching methodologies, student engagement strategies, and measurable outcomes.
• Quality Improvement: Experience in implementing and driving quality improvement processes is highly desirable. You should have a keen understanding of assessment frameworks, awarding body requirements, and strategies for enhancing student success rates.
• Liaison with Awarding Organisations: Candidates should have experience in liaising with Awarding Organisations, managing assessment processes, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Experience as a GCSE examiner or involvement in examination processes is advantageous.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD): Evidence of ongoing CPD and commitment to personal and professional growth is essential. You should demonstrate a willingness to stay abreast of educational trends, pedagogical advancements, and industry developments.

The successful candidate will possess exceptional communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills. Strong ICT capabilities and the ability to adapt to changing educational landscapes are also critical for this role.

About Us

The College

London South East Colleges (LSEC) is a leading further and higher education provider, with seven campuses across Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, and Lambeth and c1000 staff. The College delivers a wide range of vocational courses, apprenticeships and degree programmes to over 13,000 students, designed to meet employer and industry needs.

Committed to transforming lives through the power of learning, the College plays a vital role in promoting social mobility, creating opportunities for learners of all backgrounds to achieve their potential. With state-of-the-art facilities and strong partnerships with employers and universities, the college equips students with the skills, confidence and opportunities needed for success in their careers and their lives.

As part of London & South East Education Group, the College is also the sponsor of London South East Academies Trust. This growing and successful Multi-Academy Trust currently has a network of 13 mainstream, special and alternative provision schools across Bromley, Bexley, Surrey and Lambeth.

The Group has also recently launched a charity - the LASER Education Foundation. This organisation supports disadvantaged children and their families across the region, through a wide range of educational programmes and initiatives.

With a combined turnover of c£100m, the Group has ambitious growth plans. There has never been a better time to join this exciting organisation - and really make a different to people's lives.

Benefits Our benefits package includes annual leave of 43 days (excluding bank holidays) plus a further three days over the Christmas break. We provide up to two more additional College closure days throughout the year, and also offer leave for volunteering.

Excellent pension schemes are offered, including employer contributions (Teachers' Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme or Nest). Other benefits include:

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to work/bike loan scheme
• Annual season ticket loan
• Access to the 'Discounts for Teachers' portal
• Free Wifi access in over 10,000 locations worldwide Eduroam
• Access to our onsite gym at Bromley, discounts in our in-house restaurants and on our hair and beauty treatments

Accreditations

As employers, we recognise and embrace our legal and quality-assurance framework responsibilities. We use these frameworks, as well as other accreditations and schemes, to further develop our development and progress of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

We acknowledge that there is always more that we can learn and use these accreditations to provide us with an external lens and share/gain best-practice information.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Colleges is fully-committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer, and creating a diverse and inclusive workspace, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status and/or marital/partnership status.

As a Disability Confident-Committed employer, we will offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum job role criteria.

If you have accessibility needs and/or require any adjustments for the application and interview process, please email us at [email protected]

In line with KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) guidance we conduct social media checks for all candidates who are shortlisted for roles in order to ascertain their suitability to work with children and young adults.

As the College supports a number of children and vulnerable adults, all staff are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Accordingly, all staff will be subject to an 'Enhanced' DBS (formerly CRB) check, along with a Children's Barred List check if in regulated activity. Any offers of appointment may be withdrawn if these checks prove to be unsatisfactory to the College. Self-disclosure will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you fail to make a full disclosure or provide sight of your DBS certificate then your offer of employment is likely to be withdrawn. The College's DBS policy covers the recruitment of ex-offenders which is available upon request.