About the Role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to advance your career? We are currently hiring for a Deputy Head of Apprenticeships.
Keighley College is a college’s apprenticeship provision is growing, offering a wide range of high-quality apprenticeships to help individuals develop their skills and advance their careers.
The Apprenticeship Team is a dedicated group within the college, focused on supporting both employers and apprentices throughout the apprenticeship journey. They provide expert advice, guidance, and training opportunities across various sectors to ensure the development of a highly skilled workforce.
This role is based at our Keighley Campus next-door to the train station!

What You Will Do

• Provide comprehensive support to the Group Head of Apprenticeship Services across all areas of college leadership and management, with a strong focus on quality, teaching, learning, and assessment to ensure outstanding outcomes for learners.
• Oversee the effective delivery of all courses within the department, ensuring compliance with awarding body standards, funding requirements, and quality assurance frameworks.
• Ensure financial targets are achieved to maximise income generation and value for the department.
• Lead a defined area of provision, ensuring the curriculum aligns with local and national priorities, adapts to demand and funding changes, and delivers outstanding student outcomes.
• Champion a culture of ‘Leading Learning’ across the College, conducting regular staff observations—including developmental, walk-throughs, and contributing to cross-college processes as needed.
• Inspire and motivate learners to achieve, develop essential skills and behaviours, and progress confidently in their chosen paths.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality advice, guidance, induction, and skill development for all learners.
• Strive for apprenticeship retention, achievement, success, and progression rates that consistently exceed national averages year-on-year.

About You

• Hold a Level 3 (or above) qualification in leadership and management, along with Level 2 (or above) in English and Maths.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with employers, delivering effective apprenticeship programmes, and successfully tracking and monitoring apprentices to ensure timely completion, with a strong background in leadership and management within an apprenticeship environment.
• Experience in managing budgets, forecasting costs, ensuring financial compliance, and overseeing high-quality apprenticeship delivery in line with quality assurance frameworks.
• Knowledge of apprenticeship funding, including submitting and managing funding reports within a dedicated funding team or role.
• A motivational leader and coach, fostering a collaborative high-performing environment while effectively influencing, challenging, and supporting colleagues across the organisation.

About Us
Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections.
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.
As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.
Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College, Leeds Conservatoire and University Centre Leeds.

• Provide comprehensive support to the Group Head of Apprenticeship Services across all areas of college leadership and management, with a strong focus on quality, teaching, learning, and assessment to ensure outstanding outcomes for learners.
• Oversee the effective delivery of all courses within the department, ensuring compliance with awarding body standards, funding requirements, and quality assurance frameworks.
• Ensure financial targets are achieved to maximise income generation and value for the department.
• Lead a defined area of provision, ensuring the curriculum aligns with local and national priorities, adapts to demand and funding changes, and delivers outstanding student outcomes.
• Champion a culture of ‘Leading Learning’ across the College, conducting regular staff observations—including developmental, walk-throughs, and contributing to cross-college processes as needed.
• Inspire and motivate learners to achieve, develop essential skills and behaviours, and progress confidently in their chosen paths.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality advice, guidance, induction, and skill development for all learners.
• Strive for apprenticeship retention, achievement, success, and progression rates that consistently exceed national averages year-on-year