Director of Skills & Marketing

About Dumfries & Galloway College

Dumfries and Galloway College is located in South West Scotland, the gateway to three countries – Scotland, England and Ireland.  Our campus sites in Dumfries and Stranraer reflect the commitment of the College in serving the needs of the whole of the Region.

We are an award winning college and have been recognised for the development and delivery of net zero skills in the region, we were recently awarded Net Zero Hero in the Dumfries Chamber of Commerce awards and in May were awarded a Herald Higher Education prize for Outstanding Business Engagement for our work with the National Health Service.

The College delivered, in academic year 2022/23 to some 1,284 full time and 3,386 part time students who study at SCQF levels 2 to 9.  Our latest student satisfaction identifies that 97% of students indicated that they were satisfied with their college experience.   All of our student performance was above the national sector average.

Our commercial unit provides a range of accredited programmes to meet the needs of business within the region and beyond.  We are currently engaged with over 200 businesses in Dumfries and Galloway.

We have a broad range of programmes in digital, management, health and safety and electrical.  Further details can be found here – https://www.dumgal.ac.uk/business-and-training/

We are the largest provider of apprenticeships within the region providing a range in areas such as care, business, engineering and customer service.  A number of apprenticeships are delivered in collaboration with our curriculum areas.

We have recently launched a retrofit academy and a Net Zero skills centre; we see these initiatives as key in developing our offer for the future and providing skills that are required in the region.

The commercial unit has over the last 3 years has exceeded its targets and brought in significant income for the College, we see the ideal candidate as critical to maintaining this.

Summary of Terms and Conditions

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Shared cost AVC’s
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Up to 45 days annual leave Pro Rata (including bank holidays and college closure dates)
• Opportunities for career progression and personal development
• Access a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits through our ‘Vivup Employee Benefits’ platform inc. Cycle to Work, Bike Shop, Home & Electronics Lifestyle Saves
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Further information can be found here – https://www.dumgal.ac.uk/discover/working-at-dumfries-and-galloway-college/

Background Information

Colleges in Scotland

Scotland’s colleges play a crucial role in the delivery of education and training to young people and adults of all ages and are key to improving the economic and social wellbeing of the people of Scotland.  Colleges offer a wide range of qualifications, courses, and apprenticeships at further and higher education levels across a diverse curriculum, including vocational education and training, to a very broad range of people and communities.  With enrolments of almost 200,000 learners every year and a geographical coverage that extends from all the major towns and cities to remote rural areas, Colleges are central to the Government’s agenda of economic growth, widening access to education, developing the young workforce, employability and social inclusion agendas.

National Context

Further information on the Regional structure and the sector in general can be found on the Colleges Scotland website at the following link: https://collegesscotland.ac.uk/key-college-facts

Colleges and regional strategic bodies receive substantial public funding from the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council, commonly known as ‘the Scottish Funding Council’ or ‘SFC’.  The SFC is the national, strategic body that is responsible for funding teaching and learning provision, research and other activities in Scotland’s 25 colleges and 19 universities, by distributing funding on behalf of the Scottish Government.