Principal

UTC Sheffield City Centre; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The UTC Sheffield Academy Trust is recruiting a Principal to be based at the UTC Sheffield City Centre site. You will provide professional leadership to ensure excellent standards and outcomes for students, working with the CEO/Executive Principal, the Governing Body and Trust Board.

You will drive improvement across the UTC, with emphasis on employer and university engagement, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and collaboration with other UTCs in the region.

Qualifications

• Experience leading secondary or UTC education with 13-19-year-olds.
• Ability to build relationships with industry, policymakers, parents and students.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration across campuses and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to ensure excellent standards and outcomes for students.
• Drive strategy to improve the quality of education, employer and university engagement.
• Lead the UTC Sheffield Academy Trust at the City Centre site and work with other UTCs across the region.

Job description

The UTC Sheffield Academy Trust are currently looking to recruit a Principal, to be based at the UTC Sheffield City Centre site.

The Principal will work closely with the CEO/Executive Principal, the Governing Body and Trust Board to provide professional leadership to ensure excellent standards and outcomes for our students.You will be expected to work closely with the Trust Executive Team and other UTC Principals to achieve The Sheffield UTC Academy Trust vision.

You will have a significant role in driving success at the UTC, particularly relating to the quality of education, including employer and university engagement, personal development, behaviour and attitudes. The ability to embrace and maximise the opportunities of collaboration across our UTCs being a key aspect of the role.A successful educational culture will enable students to thrive becoming highly skilled, effective, enthusiastic, independent learners and well prepared for the challenges of life.

You will be a highly skilled leader who understands the challenges of educating 13-19-year-olds. It will be a strong advantage if you have experience of building relationships with industry, policy makers, education, parents and students.Effective partnership working is absolutely critical to the success of our UTCs.As Principal and figurehead, you will be a hugely engaging and inspirational individual.Resilient, driven and focused you will take forward a growing and rapidly improving UTC at the heart of the Sheffield City Region and its communities.

The UTC Sheffield Academy Trust is sponsored by Sheffield Hallam University, The Sheffield College and Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry. UTC Sheffield City Centre also has strong partnerships with University of Sheffield, McLaren, Sheffield Forgemasters, South Yorkshire Film Network, Yorkshire Artspace and the Sheffield Assay Office. Our vision is to provide the education and training today for the jobs of tomorrow.