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Director of Quality

Salary: c. £60,000 + pending pay award

Organisation: Kirklees College

Location: Huddersfield

Closing Date: 25 Jan 2026


Kirklees College is situated at the heart of its community, providing inspirational teaching and ensuring our curriculum is developed with employers, enabling all students to progress. We are situated in the heart of West Yorkshire and boast seven bespoke centres across the Kirklees region, from two main centres based in Huddersfield and Dewsbury to specific learning centres in Animal Care, Construction, Engineering, Process Manufacturing, as well as the Pioneer Higher Skills Centre which is dedicated to higher education and higher skills. With over 10,000 students and approximately 1,000 employees, we are the largest Further Education provider in the region. We are a college that embraces people of all ages and backgrounds and, by providing a brilliantly enriched education, helps each individual realise their potential to flourish as an effective working citizen who contributes to the economy and to their community as a whole.

The college has a bright future, and we are committed to appointing an individual who encompasses our values of Kindness, Unity, and Excellence to drive and embed a culture of continuous improvement across Kirklees College, through the successful delivery of organisational change programmes and projects.

As our new Director of Quality, you will play an integral role in further developing the College’s quality of teaching, learning and assessment through the effective implementation of the College’s strategies and quality assurance processes. You will support the Vice Principal of Quality and Curriculum in raising overall curriculum quality standards and business support areas service standards across the College community. The role encompasses the management of driving continuous improvement in quality and teaching, learning and assessment in both further and higher education provision.

If you believe that you have the drive, vision, skills, expertise, and enthusiasm to make a difference and help us realise our ambitions, we want to hear from you.

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Key Dates to Note:

Closing date for applications is: Sunday 25 January 2026

First Round Interviews (to take place via Teams): To be conducted prior to Tuesday 27 January 2026

Final interviews to be held at the college: Tuesday 10 February 2026

Contact Us
Rachel West
Recruitment Manager
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For an informal discussion about the role, contact Rachel at rachel.west@aoc.co.uk

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