• Locations

  Plymouth

• Salary

  Competitive Salary

• Sector

  Education

• Type

  Temporary

1 Year Fixed Term (to be reviewed) | Competitive Salary

Who we are

Winner of the Best Place to Work at the Tech South West Awards 2025, City College Plymouth offers a culture the College is proud of. Our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity help create an environment that supports a passion for teaching and learning. These values guide our work as we enrich our community through knowledge, experience and skills so every student can achieve their best.

As one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, City College Plymouth is entering a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We take pride in offering a learning environment and organisational culture that contribute positively to the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enable all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking an exceptional senior leader to drive the development of defence and security skills as part of the UK’s Defence Technical Excellence College (DTEC) network. This is a high-impact role shaping how education aligns with national priorities and major international partnerships such as AUKUS.

You will lead strategy, partnerships and delivery across a growing network, ensuring skills provision meets employer demand in key sectors including nuclear, naval, cyber, autonomy and advanced manufacturing. Working with industry, government and education partners, you will position the College as a leading hub for defence workforce development.

We are looking for a strategic, influential leader with a strong understanding of employer-led provision. This is a unique opportunity to shape the UK’s future workforce in a role with real national and international impact.

Please note that the closing date for this position is 12:00, Noon, on the 1st of May.  

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Collaborating: Act as the primary interface between City College Plymouth and national and international DTEC spokes and delivery partners.
• Delivering: Ensure curriculum intent is ambitious and aligns to workforce demand across nuclear, naval, autonomy, cyber and advanced manufacturing
• Analysing: Monitor performance across the network, including learner progression into employment and higher level study.
• Strategic Thinking: Provide strategic leadership for the delivery of defence and security skills as part of the DTEC network.

 Benefits

City College Plymouth will offer you;

• Holiday: 35 days plus bank holidays and College Closure over Christmas.
• Career development opportunities.
• Generous contributions towards your pension.
• Free tea, coffee and lunch in our dedicated staff lounge.

How we recruit

We aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment within a few days of this Vacancy closing. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College welcomes applications from service leavers and the Armed Forces community, and supports those service leavers who are Reservists in any of the Armed Forces.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.