Total 42 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RQ

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a qualified, experienced teacher to join us as Enterprise and Vocational Director, covering maternity leave.



The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a good, relevant undergraduate degree.
• Be an excellent teacher with a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
• Have proven success in raising achievement.
• Have experience of leading others, ensuring high quality performance.
• Have successful experience in implementation of monitoring, evaluation and review process to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate a high level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.
• Have recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development.
• Have experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, other managers, students and parents.
• Understand creative whole school strategies for improving literacy and numeracy and the importance of this in raising achievement.
• Have some successful experience of leading on cross subject initiatives that have contributed to raising achievement.
• Have experience of embedding innovative strategies for Assessment for Learning and Learning to Learn.
• Have recent and relevant experience of managing and implementing change successfully at subject leader level.
• Be willing to use coaching as a model for ensuring on-going professional development.



What the school offers its staff



At Harris Girls Academy Bromley we have built a school community where we hold character and academic excellence in equally high regard.

Progress 8 for the school was in the top 100 in the country last year, and we were the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary here. Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room. It is a privilege to teach students at Bromley.

We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us.



Further details about the role



The purpose of your role will be:

• To be accountable for student progress and development in the subject area across KS3, KS4 and post 16, including meeting student achievement targets for subject areas which are agreed by the Principal and the Governing Body.
• To ensure high standards of teaching and learning across the subject area through continuously, developing and enhancing the quality of teaching and learning.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students in the subject area, in accordance with the academy aims and policies, as determined by the Principal and Governing Body.
• To ensure that all school policies and procedures are implemented and applied consistently by all staff in the subject area.
• To ensure agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role.
• To ensure effective behaviour for learning is evident throughout faculty
• To effectively and efficiently manage and deploy teaching/support staff, financial and physical resources across the subject area.
• To lead development for literacy, through the WORD strategy, within subject areas, to raise standards of Literacy across the Academy

Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:

• Operational and strategic planning (including rigorous self-evaluation and review of subject area performance, formulating the subject and faculty improvement plans, and leading the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment and teaching strategies)
• Ensuring the delivery of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost effective curriculum and leading development of the subject and its delivery
• Staff development (including recruiting, building and managing an effective team of motivated staff)
• Student outcomes (including ensuring the effective operation of target setting, monitoring and evaluation systems and the input and maintenance of accurate student data)
• Pastoral system, taking responsibility for the pastoral care and welfare of up to 150 students, supporting in raising attendance and working as part of the wider leadership team ensuring student behaviour is in line with expectations
• Teaching, including acting as an outstanding role model



Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£80,000 - £85,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

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Salary L7 - 11 (£58,565 - £64,229) (Outer London Weighting) + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Full Time, Permanent

September 2024 Start Date

We are seeking an exceptional classroom practitioner to lead our Art faculty. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of success in delivering Art across Key Stages 3 and 4, coupled with a genuine passion for the subject. As Faculty Director, you will lead a dynamic team with diverse skills, including fashion design and video game design, within our top-performing department. Your role will involve leading, developing, and managing the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, ensuring the highest level of student progress and attainment.

Teacher Benefits at Bexleyheath Academy:

• Teachers are only required to; plan great inclusive lessons, mark work and provide feedback to help students make progress and assess students.

• Teachers have one 'flex' period a week to either come in late or leave early. This is with the understanding that they can complete their work offsite.

Teachers at Bexleyheath Academy do not:

• Complete duties
• Complete detentions
• Chase behaviour sanctions
• Make calls home

Bexleyheath Academy is proud to be a non-selective school in the grammar heartland of Kent. Bexleyheath Academy is quickly approaching capacity with students; in order to accommodate the demands of the local community and grow our skilled staff, we must expand.

With immediate train access to Central London and easy access to the Kent countryside, Bexleyheath has the best of both worlds. Despite having a Kent postcode, Bexleyheath is classified as Greater London due to its strategic location between Welling, Sidcup, and Bexley village. You can reach Dartford for the river crossing with a short drive along the A2.

Its thriving hub is The Broadway - a shopping district with added appeal in the shape of a bowling alley, cinema and a growing number of restaurants. A little beyond Bexleyheath and you're at Bluewater, Ashford for the designer outlet and international rail travel to Europe.

When inspectors visited Bexleyheath Academy in July 2021, they said that the way in which pupils work in school has been "transformed", and that "there is a positive atmosphere in classes and around the school". Inspectors also said that the school "has completely changed" and have confirmed in their report that Bexleyheath Academy is officially a good school.

Should you wish to visit us in person then our doors are open to you at any time on any day. Please contact the Principal

The role is due to commence September 2024.

Closing date: Friday 24th May 2024

Interviews are available immediately, so we welcome early applications, which will be reviewed continuously.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Us

At West Sussex we want every adult to have the opportunity to live a good life in the place they call home, with the people around them that they choose.

The Adults Commissioning Service is a key part of the Adults Services Directorate in West Sussex County Council. It helps to ensure that people can access appropriate and good quality services which enables them to live their lives as independently as possible. Our service is split into three areas:

• Older People Services
• Lifelong and Working Age Mental Health Services
• Enablement and Independence Services

We want to develop efficient and effective services to meet peoples' social care needs, as well deliver preventative services, that provide early intervention to stop needs escalating and help people recover. Our Council Plan and Adults Strategy sets out our ambitions and the key areas of development.

West Sussex values and nurtures talent, and we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential. We can offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our experienced leadership team.

We offer flexible working for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure allowing collaborative and streamlined working. Hybrid working and flexible working provides staff with the opportunity to work from a variety of locations. This helps achieve a healthy work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.

Abbie Johnson, Commissioning & Contracts Service Manager

"I am proud that Adult Commissioning has a supportive and inclusive culture which is focused on supporting staff, I personally I have been given an opportunity to learn and develop my skills as a commissioner working in the Older People's Commissioning Team. There is a real focus and emphasis on working together and with partners and customers to develop and commission services that meet people's needs now and in the future".

Chris Jones, Commissioning Service Manager "A very tangible benefit I have experienced since working in the service is the focus on continuing professional development and the sharing of knowledge/best practice across the service".

The Opportunity

Salary: £115,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, Part of Directors out of hours rota
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: County Hall, Chichester (Hybrid working available)
Closing Date: 19th May 2024

Initial Technical interviews to be held via an MS Teams video call on an agreed date. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to the full interview process in person on Monday 3rd June 2024.

The Commissioning Adult Services department is experiencing a period of development and opportunity, and the Assistant Director role has become available due to retirement. We are looking for someone to become part of an ambitious, dynamic leadership team, you will play a crucial role in strategising and implementing plans to enhance our services and improve the outcomes for people we support.

Reporting directly to the Director for Adults and Health, the role of Assistant Director is, as part of a departmental leadership team, both strategic and operational. You will form part of the senior leadership team, setting the strategic direction for the whole directorate, creating the right culture and environment for the workforce to flourish and ensuring departmental plans are delivered.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in delivering and leading the commissioning of complex adult services with excellent strategic management skills and a strong background in adult social care leadership, performance management and partnership working.

This role is a pivotal part of the Adults Social Care Management team and you will work with many stakeholders and partnerships, developing and maintaining a lot of outward facing relationships. As such it is imperative to have strong networking. leadership and relationship management skills.

Hear Alan Sinclair, Director of Adults and Health talk about the role in more detail here: https://youtu.be/f_ARVh0JICE

Experience and Skills

The ideal candidate will have strong commissioning experience and collaborative skills to effectively lead and promote an improvement driven culture in order to achieve high-quality results. Demonstrable success in leading teams to improve services and deliver sustainable positive outcomes for adults. Additionally, you will have extensive experience operating within a senior leadership team, guiding and influencing the development of innovative and top-tier services within high-performing teams.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Rewards and Benefits

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE05104.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

For information regarding your eligibility to apply for this role under our Disability or Veteran's Guaranteed Interview Scheme, this can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£80,000 - £85,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

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Finance Director
Location: Mid-Kent
Company: A growing SME business in the construction industry
Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 per annum

About Us: We are a dynamic and forward-thinking SME with a strong track record. As we continue to expand, we are seeking a qualified Finance Director to join our team and drive our financial strategy.

Responsibilities:
Oversee all financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
Provide strategic financial guidance to the executive team.
Manage the finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial transactions.
Develop and implement financial policies and procedures.
Collaborate with other departments to optimise financial performance.

Qualifications:
Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
Proven experience as a Finance Director or similar role.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence decision-making.
Excellent communication and analytical abilities.


Benefits:
£75,000 - £80,000 + discretionary bonus.
Opportunity to shape the financial direction of a growing SME.
Flexible working arrangements.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Background of department/role

The post holder will act as Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and Executive Director of Academic & Student Services and Registrar. Much of the work is of an executive nature and can, at times, be sensitive and highly confidential, therefore, the postholder will be required to always exercise judgement and discretion. The postholder must be capable of working to exacting standards and tight time schedules. As the first point of contact for a wide variety of people of all levels visiting or telephoning the office, the post holder should have a confident manner, professional, organised, efficient and able to exercise tact and diplomacy. The post holder will also support the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) and project team with coordination of project meetings.

You will be educated to A Level standard or equivalent with experience of providing support to senior members of staff. You will have well developed skills in Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Excel, Outlook) and be able to demonstrate working in a busy office.

Experience of working in Higher Education or a large, diverse organisation would be desirable.


How to apply

Start date for applications: 18th of April 2024
Closing date for applications: 12th of May 2024
Interviews are to be held: 23rd of May 2024

If you require further information regarding the post, please feel free to contact Claire Haines, Claire.haines@canterbury.ac.uk, 01227 922756 (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ04959

Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Service Care Legal are currently recruiting for a Senior Associate / Legal Director to join the Corporate team of a top 50 law firm based in the Kent region. The team are Tier 1 in the Legal 500. Please find below further details with regards to this position and the role requirements.

ROLE: Senior Corporate Solicitor / Legal Director
LOCATION: Kent
SALARY: £75,000 to £95,000 per annum
PQE: 8 years'+

The Role

• To run and manage your own full caseload of files from initial instruction through to post completion, supervising junior team members as necessary
• To advise on the buying and selling of transactions, along with other general corporate transactions such as reorganisations and corporate joint ventures
• Deal with cases such as private equity, venture capital, EOT transactions, share incentive schemes or any our firm wide sector specialisms, would be an advantage

The Person

• A qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or Barrister with a minimum of 8 years' PQE
• You will have experience of working with startups, owner managed businesses and family-owned businesses, as well as large corporate clients, PE houses and funds
• Excited about the opportunity to business development throughout the region

The Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Profit Share scheme
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holiday
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

If this Senior Corporate Solicitor role sounds like an opportunity of interest, please feel free to reach out to Lloyd Stanley on 01772 208969, or email Lloyd.stanley@servicecare.org.uk. We also welcome referrals for this position, where a successful recommendation would be worth £500.

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L7 - 11 + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (TPS), Recruitment and Retention / Relocation Allowance + Additional AET Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

September 2024 Start Date, earlier if possible.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and innovative Faculty Director of Performing Arts with a broad range of experience to join our successful Performing Arts Department. As Faculty Director you will lead, develop and manage the effective delivery of an outstanding curriculum, which enables the highest level of student progress and attainment. The successful candidate must have experience of outstanding, sustained, and successful teaching at all key stages and across all abilities.

Teacher Benefits at Bexleyheath Academy:

• Teachers are only required to; plan great inclusive lessons, mark work and provide feedback to help students make progress and assess students.

• Teachers have one 'flex' period a week to either come in late or leave early. This is with the understanding that they can complete their work offsite.

Teachers at Bexleyheath Academy do not:

• Complete duties
• Complete detentions
• Chase behaviour sanctions
• Make calls home

Bexleyheath Academy is proud to be a non-selective school in the grammar heartland of Kent. Bexleyheath Academy is quickly approaching capacity with students; in order to accommodate the demands of the local community and grow our skilled staff, we must expand.

With immediate train access to Central London and easy access to the Kent countryside, Bexleyheath has the best of both worlds. Despite having a Kent postcode, Bexleyheath is classified as Greater London due to its strategic location between Welling, Sidcup, and Bexley village. You can reach Dartford for the river crossing with a short drive along the A2.

Its thriving hub is The Broadway - a shopping district with added appeal in the shape of a bowling alley, cinema and a growing number of restaurants. A little beyond Bexleyheath and you're at Bluewater, Ashford for the designer outlet and international rail travel to Europe.

Should you wish to visit us in person then our doors are open to you at any time on any day. Please contact the Principals PA

The role is due to commence September 2024 or earlier if possible.

Closing date: Friday 17th May 2024

Click here to apply: https://aet.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/4573?c=aet

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are seeking an experienced HR Professional, qualified to CIPD Level 7 to join our existing clients' team.

Working within the education sector, you will be required to deal with the following:-

• To support Managers, departments and staff with the organisational and departmental business strategy.
• To provide expert advice on employment law / legislation
• To provide the lead on people safeguarding measures
• To manage an effective attendance management system
• To support the co-ordination of all recruitment activities, including support with job analysis and the design of new and revised roles
• To promote and support change management
• To support the revision and development of people policies

Candidates interested in this role must have excellent knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, together with knowledge of current HR trends and research. You will have a proven project management experience, together with experience of successfully delivering change.

We are working with a prominent educational establishment to resource for a Group Deputy Director of People. The role's function will be to provide support to the People team, supporting Managers, departments and staff to achieve outcomes based on providing top-quality people service, providing same to students. You will also lead on the shared service provision of the People Service for training.

The ideal candidate must be highly knowledgeable and have practical experienced around employment law/legislation, as well as safeguarding and vetting, and have line management experience. You will be looking at trends and analysis as well, but also delivering on the ground, as this position holds quite a large Business Partnering portfolio.

Salary is £46,437 to £53,787 - dependent upon experience, with excellent benefits to include:

• Competitive holiday entitlement
• Store and online retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to progress, train and develop
• Generous pension scheme
• Laptop provided to every staff member

If you have the following, we'd love to hear from you:

• Relevant qualifications, including MCIPD, with a Graduate member status of CIPD accompanying Level 7 CIPD qualification.
• Experience of HR Project management, a proven track record in absence and performance management, knowledge and previous experience of using HR databases to analyse data and trends.
• Excellent knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, safeguarding & vetting, and previous line management experience.
• Ability to deal with complex and sensitive cases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills on a one to one or group basis, including the ability to develop and write policy, guidance, Executive Group and other reports.
• Ability to deal concurrently with multiple complex issues.

The role is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and CCJ checks.

New Appointments Group, Expertly Matching Employers and Jobseekers since 1975. Committed to diversity, equality and opportunity for all. s.mcdermott@newappointmentsgroup.co.uk

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