Group Director of Inclusion

About The Role

Join Us in Creating a Truly Inclusive Learning Community

We are seeking an exceptional and passionate Group Director of Inclusion to champion a culture where every learner feels valued, supported and empowered to succeed. This is a rare opportunity to lead inclusion across a dynamic college group, driving strategic initiatives that remove barriers, promote equity and ensure outstanding outcomes for all students.

As the Group Director of Inclusion you will act as EKC Groups key link with the local authority to ensure the group meets its SEND statutory requirements, and leads on the transition and education strategy for those students particularly with barriers to learning.

Working alongside the Assistant CEO you will work closely to lead on the curriculum strategy and work to establish clear procedures for those with barriers to learning. You will also have line management responsibility for four- eight SEND specialist staff within the group. As this is a group position the base site is flexible demanding on your home location. However, travel to all sites on occasion is necessary for the role.

If you are an inspiring leader with a deep commitment to inclusion, belonging and student success, we would love to hear from you.

Key Details:

Salary: £75,274 per annum

Hours per week: 37

Contract: Permanent

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees!
Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
Full list of company benefits

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

As the Group Director of Inclusion you will be an inspiring, strategic and values-driven leader who is passionate about creating inclusive environments where every learner can thrive. To be successful in this role:

• Ensuring inclusion remains at the heart of everything we do.
• Have the ability to represent the college effectively with the local authority
• Excellent change management skills with the ability to influence and lead culture change
• Impeccable communication, organisation and presentation skills
• A minimum of three years working in a learning and support environment
• Educated to degree level or equivalent with qualified teacher status
• Senior experience of dealing with challenging safeguarding issues

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Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is under representation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold thePositive About Disability Awardand are aDisability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment toCare Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)and to current or previousArmed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge)with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

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