Head of Electrical

# Head of Electrical

Employer:

North Hertfordshire College

Location:

Stevenage, Hertfordshire Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time Contract Length:
Permanent Salary:
£55,000

Posted:
14th July 2026

Expires:
31st July 2026 11:59 PM

Start Date:

As Soon As Possible Job :
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Up to £55,000 FTE depending on experience, plus benefits JOB TYPE:
Permanent

HOURS:

Full time

LOCATION:

Stevenage Town Centre Campus

About the role:

As the Head of Electrical, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the College's Electrical curriculum area, ensuring the delivery of high-quality teaching, learning and assessment that inspires students to achieve their full potential. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of electrical education, leading a team of dedicated staff to deliver innovative programmes that meet the needs of learners, employers and the wider skills agenda.

About the organisation:

North Hertfordshire College, part of Hart Learning Group operates across three main campuses in Stevenage and Hitchin and includes business operations Hart Learning and Development (our Employer and Apprenticeship arm). As a college, we have over 650 staff and a turnover of circa £30m.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Lead on curriculum design and development of the curriculum, ensuring that College activity is aligned to the delivery of strategic objectives

Seek out opportunities for innovation and have the courage to take risks and make step changes to how things are done Empower others to put forward creative and innovative approaches and take appropriate risks

Develop an ethos of high expectations of staff and students across all programmes.

Drive and deliver a culture that emphasises continuous improvement, efficiency and value for money

Lead on teaching, learning and assessment and aspects of developing pedagogy to drive standards of teaching and learning

Be proactive in supporting teachers to create a stimulating and challenging learning environment which secures effective learning and provides high standards of achievement, behaviour and student motivation.

Motivate and inspire the team to develop their own skills and behaviours

Identify, nurture and lead talent effectively to help meet future strategic objectives

Devise, lead and deliver whole staff professional development and training when necessary.

To work with cross college Heads of Curriculum to maximise student progress in maths and English and support the raising of achievement in GCSE /Functional Skills English and GCSE maths.

Support the Director of Curriculum and Deputy Principal in the monitoring of the quality of teaching and student progress, including the analysis of performance and progress data.

Deliver against agreed student retention, attendance, success and value-added targets

Work with colleagues across the college to deliver an overall student experience, which engages, inspires and prepares students for the world of work.

Use customer insight to determine and drive customer service outcomes and quality throughout own work Implement an effective and efficient resource model to support the delivery of curriculum including for example; optimised timetabling; staff utilisation across the curriculum area of responsibility; and, in the use of learning technologies to support social and self-directed learning.

Understand the financial position of own area, the organisation and the wider economy and recognise impacts of this when delivering services

Provide comprehensive regular reports on budgets with accurate forecasting and identification of interventions to ensure budgets are metLead a team of teaching staff; provide colleagues with inspiration, direction and support they need to deliver outstanding teaching and learning, whilst improving in their own roles.

Create and encourage a culture of initiative, flexibility and responsiveness, mobilising your area of responsibility to respond swiftly to changing priorities

With the support of quality and innovation colleagues, comply to the college’s systematic programme of quality assurance and improvement.

Support the college’s Ofsted quality…