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Governor with Legal Expertise Hopwood Hall College
Bring your legal expertise and strategic experience to the Board of Hopwood Hall College, an award-winning college with big ambitions and an outstanding reputation.
- Salary: Unremunerated with reasonable expenses paid
About Hopwood Hall College
Based across two sites in Rochdale and Middleton, towards the north of Greater Manchester, Hopwood Hall College delivers a broad range of education and training, including 16-18 study programmes, adult education, higher education and apprenticeships to over 8,500 students.
Through this diverse curriculum, the College has a strong focus on ensuring that the educational needs of people within the local community are met and that the skills needs of local employers are supported so that people and businesses across the Borough of Rochdale can prosper.
The College has a reputation across the sector for being a vibrant place which creates a true sense of belonging for its students. But more than this, we are a results-driven provider with high aspirations for our students. Our vision is simple – we want to bring out the best in our students!
“The ambition that our board has for all of our students and our staff is stronger than a golden thread. It is the underpinning consideration within every conversation and the key driving factor in each decision they make.”
Guided by a set of values shared by the 600 staff who work here, we are in the penultimate year of delivering our current four-year strategic plan. We are proud of the success we have already achieved in delivering on our four key strategic intentions but are determined to go further to realise our longer-term ambitions.
Our strategic intentions are:
- Providers of excellent education and skills.
- Champions of inclusivity.
- Drivers of economic prosperity.
- Guardians of the environment.
Our recent Ofsted grading of ‘Good’ (April 2023) is a clear demonstration of the progress we continue to make to the quality of our provision, a fact underpinned by the continued positive achievement and outcomes experienced by our students.
In relation to inclusivity, we have received a range of awards. Most notably, we were recently awarded the Queens Anniversary Prize in recognition of our groundbreaking trauma-informed approach to widening participation for those 16–18-year-olds from marginalised communities. This award is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a further education college and is something we take great pride in achieving. We have also won awards for our work on becoming a more sustainable college.
As an organisation, we have an in-depth focus on supporting the training and skills needs of our local employers. Through the delivery of a diverse and high-quality curriculum, we can ensure that our provision actively supports a diverse range of local employers, industry partners, and other stakeholders while ensuring that they, in turn, remain engaged in our college community.
We consider ourselves privileged to have such a committed, high-performing governing body of 17 individuals who are experts in their respective fields and willing to dedicate their time to our college.
Having recently appointed a new Chair Designate and Vice Chair Designate, we are excited to begin this new chapter with our Board. The first page of this new chapter will be to appoint a new governor who can bring expertise from a legal setting to our Board.
The appointed individual will help us achieve our future ambitions, support us in being more creative and innovative in our approach to organisational development, and extend our reach with key stakeholders as we continue to support our students, employers, and local communities.
Peridot Partners and Hopwood Hall College are, together, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and our client expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references before any final offer can be made.
For further information about the role, or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
If you would like to know more about this role please contact Dan Baxter
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