Overview
Job Title: Deputy Head of Apprenticeships
Salary: Commencing at £43,492 with progression to £46,133 per annum
Closing Date: 2025-10-05
About the Role
Leeds City College are seeking an ambitious and dynamic Deputy Head of Apprenticeship and Commercial to join our outstanding Travel, Food and Drink team at The Printworks Campus. As an outstanding department, we are proud to deliver exceptional outcomes for our learners and employers, offering high-quality apprenticeship provision in Butchery, Commis Chef, Chef de Partie, Hospitality Team Member, and Hospitality Supervisor.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated leader to work closely with the Head of School and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our provision. You will lead on quality, teaching, learning and assessment to ensure apprentices are inspired, supported and equipped with the skills, knowledge and behaviours to thrive in their chosen careers. With a strong focus on achievement, retention, and progression rates, you will drive standards that exceed national benchmarks and reflect the needs of industry.
This role requires a leader who is passionate about vocational education, committed to learner success, and eager to contribute to a thriving and supportive department.
What You Will Do
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Lead on quality, teaching, learning and assessment to secure outstanding outcomes for apprentices across Butchery, Professional Cookery, Food Operatives and Hospitality standards.
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Manage departmental performance, ensuring apprenticeship retention, achievement, and progression consistently exceed national benchmarks.
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Oversee curriculum development to ensure provision is responsive to employer needs, local priorities, and national skills agendas, adapting programmes to meet growth and funding opportunities.
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Drive a culture of excellence in learning, through staff development, observations, and the promotion of high-quality teaching and assessment practices.
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Support financial sustainability, meeting income and growth targets to strengthen apprenticeship and commercial provision for Travel, Food and Drink.
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Lead and inspire staff, ensuring effective planning, delivery, and assessment strategies that enable apprentices to achieve their full potential.
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Implement robust quality assurance processes, monitoring learner progress through SMART targets and interventions, while supporting continuous improvement of courses.
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Work collaboratively with apprentices, employers and colleagues to build strong relationships that enhance the learner and employer experience.
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Contribute to recruitment and induction activities, ensuring learners are effectively supported from the outset and throughout their journey.
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Maintain high standards of safeguarding, compliance and professional practice, supporting both learners and staff in a safe and inclusive environment
Manage the process of creation of individual SMART targets linked to apprenticeship management and delivery to ensure groups of learners are on track to achieve their potential. -
Lead and manage quality assurance processes.
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Inform the review process to develop & improve identified course(s).Build positive relationships with interval and external stakeholders, including but not limited to, apprentices, employers, curriculum and support colleagues. 9. Participate in student recruitment activities, including interviews and open evenings.
About You
- A proven track record of leading apprenticeship delivery, engaging with employers, and building strong internal and external partnerships.
- Experience of quality assurance, curriculum responsiveness and the ability to adapt provision to local and national priorities.
- Strong leadership and organisational skills to manage staff performance, ensure effective delivery, and maximise success for learners.
- The ability to inspire both learners and colleagues, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- you will bring the vision, energy and expertise to help shape the next phase of our outstanding Travel, Food and Drink provision.
- Resilient, proactive and solutions-focused, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift.
- You will be confident in managing performance, overseeing quality assurance, and ensuring programmes are responsive to local, regional and national priorities.
- Most importantly, you will be passionate about vocational education, committed to learner success, and dedicated to maintaining our department’s reputation as a Grade 1 provider.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.
- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.
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