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MidKent College Group - Chief Finance Officer Vacancy Description We are delighted to be working with MidKent College (T/O £60m), a unique education group dedicated to creating opportunities and transforming lives. Renowned for its technical and vocational provision, the college serves the communities of Medway and Maidstone and surrounding areas through its state-of-the-art campuses (Gillingham / Maidstone / Medway ) as well as its technical training division supporting the defence sector through its commercial business, MKCTS. This unique model has ensured the long-term sustainability of the Group, and with student numbers growing year on year, they are seeking to appoint a commercially orientated CFO to help support this ongoing success story. The role is to provide strategic leadership across all aspects of Group Finance, Estates, Risk & Audit activities. You will work closely with the Principal & Chief Executive and the Corporation Board to deliver a sustainable financial environment within which to enhance a truly student-centric estate, whilst maximising the college's commercial potential through effective risk and investment management, whilst maintaining their outstanding financial health. To facilitate this, you will be a qualified, commercially oriented finance professional with a proven track record of success in a highly complex customer-centric environment (education, public, commercial, regulated or charity) with an evident ability to use data to shape and inform both operational and strategic decision making. You must be able to provide progressive leadership to colleagues across all areas of the role's remit, raising aspirations aligned with the college's mission and vision. For more information, please review the brief below. To apply, please forward an up-to-date CV with covering letter and salary details, quotingREF DP3137 by 9:00 am Monday 11 th August 2025. For a confidential and informal discussion, please call John Dodd on / or email him directly at

LTE Group - Director of Governance & Company Secretary Permanent Manchester - Flexible working Circa £80,000 + Bens Vacancy Description We are delighted to be working with LTE Group, the UK's largest, fully integrated social enterprise, dedicated to learning, training and employment, to recruit a Director of Governance & Company Secretary. Created to respond to the changing national skills agenda and economic needs of our communities, LTE Group is well placed to shape and inform how education is delivered at a local, regional and national level. It achieves this objective through its sector-leading brands: The Manchester College, UCEN Manchester, Novus, Total People and MOL. The successful individual will work with the Chair, Chief Executive and Board, to ensure the highest standards of corporate governance and compliance are administered in line with best practice, whilst facilitating decision making and co-ordinating committees. You will take accountability for regulatory compliance, governance advice and recruitment, and sourcing legal and legislative advice to mitigate risk, inform thinking and modernise working practices. We are seeking an experienced governance professional who has operated within a complex customer-centric environment. You will have a wealth of experience working with a forward-thinking Chief Executive and advising Boards to ensure effective governance and regulatory compliance is delivered whilst facilitating change. You will be an excellent communicator, with the capacity to influence senior leaders and be suitably hands-on to coordinate administration methodically and fastidiously. LTE Group is a fully inclusive learning organisation, committed to equality and diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from minority and underrepresented groups protected by the Equality Act 2020. For more information and details of how to apply, please review the assignment brief below ref: DP3129. Alternatively, call John Dodd on or , or drop him a line