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Director of Digital

Dumfries and Galloway College

Director of Digital

£50,000 – £65,000

Dumfries / Hybrid Working

Dumfries and Galloway College is a twin campus, multi award winning college set in the beautiful South-west Scotland.

The College’s approach to education reflects our rural locality, the local economy and the changing patterns of lifestyles. As a major employer and a dynamic tertiary institution, we have strongly embraced the ‘digital’ revolution and its many forms and are fast becoming the basis of our organisation’s operations and academic delivery.

We are moving into an exciting stage of our development, building on the successes of the past and driving forward to achieve our aspiration of being “one step ahead”.  We are on a transformation journey as set out in our strategic plan, Ambition 2025.  To help us achieve this, we are recruiting a Director of Digital, to support continuous enhancement and delivery of Digital Services, integration of Business Systems and data driven innovation.

We are seeking a Director of Digital to enhance the positioning of the College as an education institution of choice through the implementation of future-proofed systems and services. An inspirational leader, with strong people management skills, the successful candidate will lead our digital transformation across all areas of college business.

The successful candidate will be degree educated in a STEM field and with knowledge and experience of working at a senior level in a large, complex, multi-faceted organisation. They will also have experience delivering multi-year Digital Transformation programmes. We are keen to encourage applications from outstanding individuals currently at this level or ambitious, talented professionals who are looking for their first executive leadership position.

Dumfries and Galloway College are operating a hybrid working policy so we are open to applications from candidates based out with the Dumfries and Galloway region.

Further information on the position and the College can be found at www.aspenpeople.co.uk/DGC

For a confidential discussion please contact Donogh O’Brien or Lauren Crichton on 0141 212 7555.

Closing date for applications: Friday 21st October 2022