Head of Apprenticeships and Skills
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Lincoln, LN5 8RE |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 17 Sept 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is seeking an ambitious and experienced leader to drive the next phase of development for Priory Apprenticeships and our Trust careers education strategy.
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled professional to join a successful and growing organisation that is committed to transforming life chances through education, training and skills development.
Working alongside the Director of Professional Learning, you will provide strategic leadership for Priory Apprenticeships, ensuring outstanding quality, compliance and learner outcomes. You will lead the development of our apprenticeship provision, stakeholder engagement and management strategy, quality assurance processes and preparation for external inspection, while also overseeing the Trust's careers strategy through a network of academy leaders.
We are particularly interested in candidates with:
• Significant leadership experience within apprenticeships and/or further/adult education.
• Experience of Ofsted inspection and self-assessment processes.
• Experience of leading teams and driving improvement.
• Strong employer engagement and stakeholder management skills.
• A commitment to improving the life chances of young people and adults.
Experience of careers education is welcomed but is not essential. We have a strong network of Careers Leaders, Coordinators and Advisors across our academies and are looking for someone who can bring outstanding strategic leadership to this area.
If you are passionate about skills development, workforce growth and creating transformational opportunities for learners, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
The Priory Federation of Academies Trust is an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.