CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Thomas Joseph Collins

DATE OF BIRTH: 19 July 1959

PLACE OF BIRTH: Coventry

NATIONALITY: British

STATUS: Married

DEPENDANTS Wife & three children

CONTACT DETAILS Mobile: 07790 643196 E-mail – n9tjc@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

1970 – 1975 Coundon Court Comprehensive

1975 – 1976 Henley College of FE

1986 – 1987 Coventry Technical College

1990 – 1992 Warwick University

1999 – 2001 Oxford Brookes University

QUALIFICATIONS

1975 GCSE – English, Maths, History, Geography

1976 C&G 705 General Catering Certificate

1987 C&G Stage 1 & 2 Teaching Certificate

1989 British Institute of Innkeepers Certificate

1990 Post Graduate Certificate of Education

1991 HCTC Craft Trainers Award

1992 British Institute of Innkeepers Members Certificate (Fellow)

1993/4 NVQ Assessor/Verifiers Awards

1999/2001 CMS, DMS, Masters in Business Administration (Hospitality)

2001 – Present Various on-going CPD

CURRICULUM VITAE

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

2014 - PresentCroydon CollegeAssistant Principal Apprenticeships (70k)

- I manage the planning and delivery of the WBL portfolio to meet the needs of learners and employers.

- I manage the assessment for learning, target setting, monitoring, tracking and review of learners to maximise learner retention and achievement.

- I plan the delivery of the WBL portfolio to meet contractual targets.- I lead on the planning, deployment, monitoring and quality of WBL. - I lead and line manage the team of 16 assessors, those responsible for recruitment

and the administration team.- I ensure that learner performance and resource efficiency targets are set, owned

and met and budgets managed to give best value.- I ensure that academic managers and staff comply with all requirements relating to

the recording of learner activity.- I lead and manage the effective recruitment of assessors and apprentices to ensure

WBL programmes meet employers’ needs.- I ensure that appropriate reporting and feedback practices are in place.- I liaise closely with the Director of Learner Services and Head of Marketing to

develop programmes for 14-16 learners. - I lead by example by best practice people and performance management.- I lead a culture of excellence in, teaching learning and assessment, promoting high

standards and sharing of best practice, to maximise learner performance.- I work with the Director of Learner Performance and Quality to produce timely and

accurate self-assessment reports and quality improvement plans (QIP).- I manage and direct to ensure the efficient and effective, deployment and monitoring

of resources in relation to curriculum consumables budget, timetables and the WBL staff.

2012 - 2014Croydon CollegeAssistant Principal Curriculum Operations (70k)

- Successfully managing eight heads of division and a team of around thirty curriculum managers

- Worked closely with the AP for quality to oversee the management of quality assurance processes across the range of FE provision

- Overseen the achievement of a variety outcomes at all levels, ensuring contractual targets were always met or exceeded.

- Led on the planning, deployment, monitoring and quality of all aspects of the curriculum, including ALS and Functional Skills.

- Delegated responsibility and assigned ownership for learner performance/outcomes to a range of managers at varying levels

- Managed the timetabling process for the college to ensure that the staff and physical resources were used effectively and efficiently.

- Chaired a variety of external partnership, employer, parents and guardians forums - Overseen the process of appropriate reporting and feedback practices to promote

the effective use of communication at all levels- Developed and implemented a Functional Skills strategy for the college (13/14)- Improved the overall college success rates year on year- Prepared the college for an inspection in 2013/re-inspection in 2014- Worked closely with the Dean of Croydon College University Centre (CCUC) to

develop and implement an employability strategy for the college (13/14)

2007 – 2011Director/Business owner

- Owned and managed a small hotel, pub and restaurant with an annual turnover of one million

- Responsible for all aspects of business management

2004- 2007 Henley CollegeAssistant Principal Work Based Learning (54k)

- Member of SMT - responsible for agreeing and implementing appropriate strategies relating to college income/success targets, budgets, staffing and physical resource etc.

- WBL budget responsibility – all departments/college/business - Strategic management – owned the WBL strategy- Bid preparation and submission/management- Employer engagement responsibility – all departments/college- Consortium management of national apprenticeship contract- Responsibility for all employer focused provision – apprenticeships, full cost, train to

gain etc.- Worked closely with four heads of department to help them meet or exceed agreed

targets

2000- 2004 Henley College Head of Department (47k)

- Head of Department - Hospitality and Creative Studies. Curriculum areas included Hair and Beauty, Hospitality & Catering, Art & Design, Engineering, Floristry and LLDD.

- Increased success rates year on year by a minimum of 5% across all areas - Secured Centre of Excellence status (COVE) for Hospitality & Catering- Developed and implemented new curriculum- All curriculum areas had a minimum of grade 2 OFSTED status – increased grades

in some areas (Beauty Therapy grade from 2 to 1)- Operational, financial and strategic management of the department- Staff and resource management and utilisation- Timetabled and room utilisation- Responsibility of internal devolved budget (pay and non-pay)- Curriculum and course management- Quality audit and risk assessment (internal and external) - Annual self-assessment- Set, monitored and delivery of annual targets- Liaised with internal and external stakeholders

1995-2000Henley College Programme Manager – Hospitality (39k)

- Gained external recognition for the college by winning a national training award- Staff and resource management, timetabling and utilization- Increased OFSTED grade from 3 to a 2. - Managed devolved budget for pay and non-pay- Managed the departments key skills (AoN, English & ICT)- Course and curriculum management, quality audit, observation of teaching/learning

and annual self-assessment

- Exceeded annual targets for recruitment, attendance, retention and achievement