Academy Director Leisure Industries and Culinary Arts

Job Description

About us The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage. About The role The Sheffield College is a large, vibrant and diverse further education college and we are proud of how the college contributes to meeting local skills needs and transforms lives through learning.

We have high aspirations and standards for ourselves, and our learners and this role will be a key one in supporting the colleges mission to be consistently great and ensure our students get the qualifications and skills they need to go further in employment, careers, apprenticeships, further training and university level courses. This role will specifically support our ambitions for growth and ensuring high quality in our technical further education and skills provision.

Responsible for ensuring that all students achieve their potential and continue to develop work related skills whilst at the college and improving and maintaining the quality of provision in the Academy. Key Objectives:
The current key objectives for the role are:
Improving and maintaining the quality of the provision in the academy so that it is rated at least Good by OFSTED or self-assessed to be at least Good by the college. Improving student outcomes on all study programme aspects so that pass rates are maintained at or above National Rates. Ensuring that Academy growth targets are met, in line with the colleges strategy (to 2025).

Lead the achievement of Academy KPIs, including growth and efficiency targets as set during the colleges annual Business Planning process. If you want to find out more about the role please contact Martin Schelle-Hall, Assistant Principal Young People Delivery And Quality. What we can offer you As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £54,028 - £62,633 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA Annual leave - 42 Days (310.8 hours)  8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period Health and wellbeing , we offer - Employee assistance programme through Bupa Occupational Health through PAM Free eye tests for VDU users Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact.

Armed Forces Covenant As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant , were pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country. Safeguarding We are an employer who is?committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.

Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found on Safeguarding. Next Steps:

To apply:

Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team, CVs are currently not accepted. As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Closing date: 04/09/2026 Please be aware If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.