Transition Manager

EKC Group; Broadstairs; In loco; GBP 50.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Generous holiday allowance

Flexible Personal Leave

Exclusive Discounts & Perks

Wellbeing and Health Support

Competitive Pension Scheme

Descrizione del lavoro

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking a Transition Manager to lead the Bridging Futures Transition and Attendance Programme. You will design, implement, deliver, and evaluate an evidence-informed transition model, supporting vulnerable 16–19 learners at risk of disengagement or NEET.

You will oversee cross-college delivery, coordinate stakeholders, lead a team of Transition Mentors, ensure programme fidelity, and work with evaluators to scale the model across EKC Group and beyond.

Competenze

• Experience leading complex projects, programmes or partnership initiatives across multiple teams or sites.
• Collaborative approach, building positive relationships with colleagues, external partners and stakeholders.
• Commitment to learner success, with understanding of barriers faced by disadvantaged, SEMH and care-experienced learners.
• Focus on impact and improvement, using data, evaluation and insight to shape decision-making and outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence people at all levels.
• Knowledge of transition, attendance and retention, particularly for 16–19 learners.
• Strong commitment to inclusion and safeguarding with trauma-informed, learner-centered practice.
• Sound organisational and financial skills, including budget management, reporting or quality assurance.

Mansioni

• Lead the design, implementation, delivery and evaluation of the Bridging Futures Transition and Attendance Programme.
• Provide operational leadership for a structured, evidence-informed transition model supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged 16–19 learners at risk of disengagement or NEET.
• Oversee cross-college delivery, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, and lead a team of Transition Mentors.
• Ensure programme fidelity and work with evaluators to support pre-pilot development and scalability across EKC Group and beyond.

Descrizione del lavoro

About The Role

Support Students, Unlock Potential, Empower Success - Join us as a Transition Manager

As a Transition Manager you will lead the design, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of the Bridging Futures Transition and Attendance Programme. You will provide operational leadership for a structured, evidence-informed transition model supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged 16–19 learners at risk of disengagement or becoming NEET.

As a Transition Manager you will oversee cross-college delivery, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, lead a team of Transition Mentors, ensure programme fidelity, and work closely with evaluators to support robust pre‑pilot development and scalability across EKC Group and beyond.

Benefits

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous holiday allowance


• Flexible Personal Leave


• Exclusive Discounts & Perks


• Wellbeing and Health Support


• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and making a real difference to their transition into further education. You will be confident leading change, bringing people together and turning ideas into effective, sustainable programmes that benefit learners across the College.

You will bring:

• Strong leadership and vision, with experience leading complex projects, programmes or partnership initiatives across multiple teams or sites


• A collaborative approach, building positive relationships with colleagues, external partners and other stakeholders


• A commitment to learner success, with a strong understanding of the barriers faced by disadvantaged, SEMH and care-experienced learners


• A focus on impact and improvement, using data, evaluation and insight to shape decision‑making and demonstrate outcomes


• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence people at all levels


• Knowledge of transition, attendance and retention, particularly for 16–19 learners


• A strong commitment to inclusion and safeguarding, with an understanding of trauma‑informed, learner‑centred practice


• Sound organisational and financial skills, including experience of budget management, reporting or quality assurance

Most importantly, you will be a motivated and inclusive leader who wants to help shape a positive experience for learners and ensure every young person has the opportunity to thrive at College.

Contact

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [e-mail].

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our Strong skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self‑declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.