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Closing date: Tuesday 26 August 2025
Location: Epsom, Surrey
Hours: 37 hours per week. Term time + 3 weeks
Salary: in the region of 51k
Contract: Permanent

An excellent opportunity to set up and run our new Centre of Excellence in partnership with NESCoT.

Are you interested in working for an organisation making a real difference to the lives of young blind and partially sighted students?

Here at the Royal Society for Blind Children we believe that every blind young person should have the chance to live life without limits. Our values of Trust, Energy, Ambition, and Motivation underpin everything we do, and by giving young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential.

We are looking for a QTVI with a desire to move into a leadership and management role or a current leader and manager who wishes to train as a QTVI with a career ambition to progress to a Vice Principal role.  You must possess QTS with induction completed successfully.

You will have a passion for quality and inclusion in education, leading the Surrey team to deliver on these key elements in the Centre of Excellence and across the Dorton College provision.

Some of the key duties include:-

• Leadership and management of the Dorton College VI Centre of Excellence team and its day-to-day operations

• Work closely with the College Leadership Team to ensure the RSBC and Dorton College’s strategies are delivered to budget

• Lead and drive quality improvement in Dorton College and its partnership colleges

• Ensure Dorton College meets, and strives to exceed, all quality and inclusion expectations holistically.

• To lead and evolve the Quality Committee.

• Ensure that Dorton College and its reputation is known to all key, relevant stakeholders including young people, their families, referral sources and commissioning authorities.

• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Surrey hub.

• To support the Ofsted Nominee at times of inspection and be part of the quality meetings at times of inspection.

You will have experience in developing and maintaining the SAR, producing strategies to support staff and stakeholders in working with children and young people with specific learning needs and challenging behaviour, excellent use of IT to support teaching and learning; experience of monitoring and assessing progress, writing reports and gathering data to maintain clear accurate records.

In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including access to the Perkbox discount platform, 3% contribution towards pension, Employee Assistance Programme, access to 24/7 GP, mental health care and dental advice via apps if member of pension scheme, season ticket loan. We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award.

For further details on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Please apply by emailing your CV and a supporting statement which details how you meet the requirements of the role and person spec to recruitment@rsbc.org.uk

Closing date: 26 August 2025

Interviews:       29 August 2025

To apply you must have the right to work in the UK. We do not provide any sponsorship.

The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and 2 satisfactory professional references. Registered Charity No.307892