Deputy Director - Student Experience

Job description

Are you an experienced Safeguarding Lead looking to spearhead the delivery and development of innovative and best in class Student Experience? If you're a tenacious manager looking for the next step in your career, then this could be the opportunity for you!

We're working with a fantastic college in Birmingham, who are on the lookout for their next Deputy Director of Student Experience. This newly created role is ideal for someone with a strong track record of delivering high levels of student support and who is capable of remaining calm, resilient and objective when dealing with complex and sensitive issues.

If you're genuinely passionate about supporting students and able to inspire confidence in students and staff alike, then please reach out for a confidential conversation today.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver Student Experience strategies and initiatives with the Leadership Team - creating a strong and vibrant college community which improves the student experience and embraces diversity, inclusion and the college's commitment to being an anti-racist organisation.

• Undertake responsibilities as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), leading a team of DDSLs across colleges/services and working with curriculum/quality teams to monitor student safeguarding and prevent awareness.
• Lead the delivery through Pastoral Managers of a highly effective pastoral services which meet the needs of students and ensures outstanding levels of attendance, retention, and positive progression, ensuring that the service is delivered in a sensitive way which is highly focused on the students' needs.

Key Requirements:

• Designated Safeguarding Lead Certified and Prevent trained currently valid and undertaken within the last 2 years.
• A strong track record of successful leadership with highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Experience of working under pressure and adapting to incoming priorities whilst maintaining services and galvanising managers and teams to deliver.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.