Deputy Principal - FE

Job Title: Deputy Principal - FE

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Competitive

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region's skills needs.

The University's mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

The Universities' Further Education College is experiencing significant growth and development. As part of a strategic review of our leadership structure, we are creating a number of new senior roles to ensure strong oversight, high-quality provision and continued excellence in the delivery of technical and vocational education.

We are now seeking to appoint an exceptional Deputy Principal to provide strategic leadership across our expanding FE College.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Deputy Vice Chancellor (FE Principal, Apprenticeships and STEM), the Deputy Principal will provide high-level strategic and operational leadership across all Further Education provision at the University. The role is pivotal in ensuring the highest standards of curriculum quality, teaching, learning and assessment, student experience and organisational performance.

The successful candidate will lead senior FE leaders to drive innovation, continuous improvement and outstanding learner outcomes while ensuring that curriculum provision aligns with employer needs, regional priorities and national policy developments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for FE curriculum development and delivery.
• Lead high-performing teams to achieve outstanding outcomes for students.
• Shape curriculum strategies aligned with regional labour market demand and employer needs.
• Work closely with the Deputy Vice Chancellor and executive team to support strategic planning and institutional development.
• Oversee student experience, safeguarding, personal development and enrichment across the FE College.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with employers, sector bodies and regional stakeholders.

About You:

You will be an experienced and inspirational senior leader with a strong track record in further education. You will bring:

• Significant senior leadership experience in a complex FE organisation
• Expertise in curriculum leadership, teaching and learning improvement
• Strong understanding of funding frameworks, policy and inspection expectations
• The ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams
• A commitment to inclusive education and outstanding student outcomes

Why Join Us?

The University is a highly respected provider of technical and professional education with strong employer partnerships and excellent facilities. Our FE College is central to our mission of creating clear progression pathways and delivering the skills the economy needs.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions
    • Teachers' Pension Scheme - 28.6%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - Sunday 12th April 2026.

Interview Date - TBC.

Please click APPLY to be emailed a link to the role on our Careers site, where you need to complete our application form in order to be considered.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Deputy Principal, Vice Principal - FE, Vice Principal - FE, Assistant Principal - FE, Director of FE, Director of Education, Education Director, Assistant Director (FE), may also be considered for this role.