Infrastructure and Construction Skills Centre Manager

Weston College is seeking to appoint an outstanding manager to lead and direct the Infrastructure Construction Skills Centre as a commercially viable enterprise, combining both commercial and education funded training within the Weston College Group.

The primary focus will be to lead the management, development and implementation of all commercial activity around the three key areas of Scaffolding, Groundworks and Plant Training, alongside offering a wider range of construction site ready courses. The expectation is that the Infrastructure Construction Skills Centre will be considered the market leader in the South West and the wider region for high quality commercial and apprenticeships and training.

It is expected that the post-holder will have a strong civil construction industry background and a high degree of knowledge/experience of the sector training needs.

The post-holder will have responsibility for:

• The management of a team of staff, assessors/trainers, setting and achieving targets and establishing and maintaining outstanding provision;
• Building partnerships with industry and growing a wider network of contacts that will ensure the centre meets expected core targets for growth and income;
• The day-to-day operation of the centre and the logistic planning of the centres activities to maximise workshop, classroom and site usage.

This is an exciting time to join Weston College. The College is Ofsted 'Outstanding', its Higher Education provision is graded 'Gold' by the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF), and Weston College has recently won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, one of only two Further Education colleges in the country to be awarded this prestigious honour. Furthermore, the College is an Investors in People 'Champion' and has been awarded 'Gold' by Investors in People, which demonstrates Weston College's commitment to invest in our staff to improve performance.

Weston 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.

Please be aware that Weston College reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.