Assistant Principal - Industries

Location: Hybrid – Weekly national travel required

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Full-time.

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Assistant Principal – Industries in our Justice and Immigration College team, you’ll lead strategic growth, employer engagement and partnership development across the education, skills, work and employment landscape. You’ll play a key role in creating impactful solutions that improve rehabilitation outcomes and support individuals into sustainable employment.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of prison education by developing innovative industries strategies, securing strategic partnerships and driving new opportunities that deliver a positive impact on communities. Working closely with customers, employers, operational leaders and external partners, your work will have purpose as you help create pathways that support growth, rehabilitation and long-term success.

What you’ll do as an Assistant Principal – Industries

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Lead the development and implementation of the College Industries Strategy across the Justice and Immigration portfolio.


• Build and maintain strategic partnerships with employers, industry bodies, awarding organisations and supply chain partners.


• Support growth opportunities through bid development, tender submissions and innovative solution design.


• Lead mobilisation activity for new contracts, service expansions and transformational projects.


• Provide strategic oversight of third-party education, skills, work and employment providers, ensuring quality, compliance and performance standards are achieved.


• Represent the college at customer forums, stakeholder meetings and industry events, promoting innovation and sustainable employment opportunities.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have…

• Significant experience in business development, strategic growth or partnership management within complex operational environments.


• A proven ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with employers, customers, providers and key stakeholders.


• Experience supporting or leading bids, tenders, procurement processes or solution design activities.


• Strong project and programme management skills, including mobilisation, governance and risk management.


• Knowledge of education, skills, employability or workforce development programmes, ideally within justice, rehabilitation or further education settings.

Vetting and checks:

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: Up to 25 plus bank holidays


• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme


• Bonus: A performance-based bonus scheme


• Company car: A company car or cash alternative


• Private medical insurance


• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression


• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service


• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel


• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity


• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, a top Great British Employer of Veterans, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.


• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

For support with your application, please contact [email protected].

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

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