About the role

Luminate Education Group are pleased to appoint a Deputy Director of Teaching, Learning and Assessment to join our outstanding Teaching Quality Directorate.

In this role, you will provide strategic and professional leadership on all aspects of teaching, learning and assessment strategy across the group, including digital innovation.

We are looking for a candidate who provides visionary and creative leadership, enabling high expectations and aspirations for our students and teachers.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone committed to supporting and developing high quality teaching practice.

What will you do?

• You will lead and manage teaching, learning, assessment and digital innovation to drive continuous improvement and raise learner outcomes.
• You will promote high standards through professional development, digital skills development, innovative practice, supporting both experienced staff and early career teachers.
• You will provide strategic and operational leadership for the TLA and digital strategy, ensuring inspection readiness, effective continuing professional development and staff wellbeing.
• The role also involves acting as an ambassador for TLA and digital skills, collaborating across departments, contributing to recruitment and mentoring, and representing the college internally and externally.

About you

• You will have a proven ability to lead and motivate staff, raising standards through a balance of vision, support and professional challenge.
• This role requires an individual who can actively develop innovative workstreams, support curriculum customization, and serve as a highly visible strategic ambassador for outstanding practices internally and externally.
• Experience with Ofsted’s toolkit for further education and skills inspection and a commitment to embedding practices that support staff wellbeing is essential.

benefits

The range offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

annual leave:
Curriculum and Administration: 44 days plus public holidays
Curriculum and business support: 39 days plus public holidays

Pension schemes with generous contributions from employers:
Teachers’ pension system
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension System

Continuing professional development opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus two additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, apprenticeships, leadership and management courses.

Employee well-being initiatives: Family friendly policies, discounted on-site spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and transportation: Discounted travel is available through the MetroCard, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to Work schemes.

Flexible and mixed job opportunities: Please speak to the hiring manager regarding flexible opportunities as they vary between roles.

about us

Luminate Education Group is a group of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through truly transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of vacancies across our business support functions – Finance, HR, ICT Services, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Real Estate and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organizations means there are always exciting opportunities for advancement.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you will have access to a wide range of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Luminite Educational Group consists of; Harrogate College, Keele College, Leeds City College, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey College Sixth Form, Leeds Conservatory and Leeds University Centre.

Protection

At Luminate Education Group, we are committed to the protection and well-being of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check and online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please note that it is a criminal offense to apply for this post if you are prevented from taking part in regulated activity relating to children.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is central to our group values. We are committed to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect and fairness.

Our hiring processes are designed to ensure equal opportunity, eliminate bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. To learn more about what our commitment to EDI means to us, please click here to learn more about the goals of EDI.

Employment agencies

We do not accept unsolicited CVs and applications from agencies and will not be liable for any charges relating to a candidate speculatively submitted through any agency who have not been expressly directed to a particular vacancy as part of our preferred supplier list.