Leadership and Management

Aims and Objectives

To provide a flexible and responsive management structure that is:

• reviewed regularly
• makes accountability clear
• enables staff to understand their roles within the organisational structure
• to provide an effective management development and human resource strategy which ensures that the management team and all other staff are well-informed, qualified and developed within their roles, and are effectively and efficiently deployed

Key Features

• the College has continued to build upon its strong and consultative approach to leadership and management adopting the Colleges 10 Steps to Success model as its approach to effective leadership and management
• the management team has been enlarged and strengthened to provide a more distributed leadership model with an enhanced emphasis on academic leadership, whilst retaining the established underpinning capability in strategic, financial and resource management
• the task of leadership and management is now focused more explicitly on the quality of the student experience and improving teaching and learning
• the ethos and culture is of a dynamic, welcoming and professional learner needs-led environment which is pro-actively managed collectively and individually by the management team
• there are comprehensive and effective communication channels in place to ensure that the Colleges mission and strategic objectives and its criteria for success are developed in consultation with, and understood and supported by, staff.

Leadership and Management

To provide a well-qualified, flexible workforce that is effective and efficient by:

• putting the needs of learners at the heart of the staffing and staff development strategy
• establishing a whole College philosophy in which all staff understand how their roles contribute to the College Mission and Strategic Priorities
• operating a communications strategy that ensures that staff are informed about and have a shared understanding of the current issues that impact upon the College
• providing a working environment that recognises the importance of staff to the core business of the College and provides for their well being
• ensuring that staff act as professional role models for learners and work in accordance with the College ethos and culture
• the College has continued to build upon its strong and consultative approach to leadership and management adopting the Colleges 10 Steps to Success model as its approach to effective leadership and management
• the management team has been enlarged and strengthened to provide a more distributed leadership model with an enhanced emphasis on academic leadership, whilst retaining the established underpinning capability in strategic, financial and resource management
• the task of leadership and management is now focused more explicitly on the quality of the student experience and improving teaching and learning
• the ethos and culture is of a dynamic, welcoming and professional learner needs-led environment which is pro-actively managed collectively and individually by the management team
• there are comprehensive and effective communication channels in place to ensure that the Colleges mission and strategic objectives and its criteria for success are developed in consultation with, and understood and supported by, staff

Management of the College

The academic programmes are managed through a number of Teaching Schools providing a wide range of academic and vocational courses. These schools, although operating within the corporate framework of the College, have considerable delegated authority to make the decisions necessary for successful innovation and quick response to client needs. This breadth of activity is a considerable strength of the College, allowing rapid responses to changes in the environment.

There is a strong corporate management function, providing the capability to tackle the challenges of incorporation with confidence. In addition to the Principal and Chief Executive, there are seven senior postholders who are responsible for the strategic development, operations, resource development, quality assurance, finance and curriculum management functions across the College. Close attention has been given to the role of business support staff in the new structure to enable our ambitious targets for growth and quality to be met.

Leadership and Management Structure