Job Overview

An exciting opportunity to join Victoria College!

Are you passionate about Food Technology and eager to inspire the next generation with one of the most important life skills young people can develop?

Victoria College is seeking a dynamic and innovative Head of Food Preparation and Nutrition to lead and develop a thriving and growing subject area within our school. This is a unique opportunity to shape a curriculum that enables students to become confident, creative and independent with food, while developing a strong understanding of nutrition, sustainability and real-world food preparation skills. You will play a key role in empowering students to express creativity through food, preparing them with practical skills that will support both their future wellbeing and wider learning.

This role includes an SA2 allowance as Head of Department and offers an excellent opportunity to lead a subject with very strong outcomes and increasing student uptake.

The closing date for this role is Sunday 1st March 2026, and interviews will take place during the w/c 9th March 2026.

For further information regarding this role, please contact Rebecca Kane at r.kane@vcj.sch.je or by telephone on 01534 638200.

Job Overview Cont.

Why Victoria College?

• Well-Resourced Department: Benefit from a dedicated Food Preparation and Nutrition teaching room equipped with all essential appliances and specialist facilities, supported by a dedicated Food Technician who works closely with teaching staff to ensure high-quality practical provision.
• Proven Success: Be part of a department delivering strong GCSE outcomes (top 25% according to ALPS), with Food Preparation and Nutrition taught successfully from Key Stage 3 through to Key Stage 4.
• Growing Subject Area: Food Technology continues to see increasing student numbers year on year, creating an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Head of Department to lead the subject’s strategic development.
• Professional Development: Access a supportive programme of professional development, coaching and mentoring, enabling you to develop both your leadership and classroom practice.
• Pensions and VAT: Teach at an HMC school in beautiful Jersey – a 40-minute flight to the UK. As a Crown Dependency, our school does not charge VAT.

Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (or equivalent full teaching status) is essential.
• A relevant qualification in Food Technology or a closely related subject is desirable.
• The ability to teach Design Technology as a second subject is desirable and would be an advantage in supporting the wider department and curriculum offer.

What we're looking for:

• Enthusiasm: A genuine passion for Food Technology and a desire to inspire pupils through engaging and high-quality practical and theoretical learning.
• Organisation: High levels of personal organisation to manage specialist resources, practical lessons and departmental planning effectively.
• Innovation: A commitment to developing an ambitious and forward-thinking Food Technology curriculum across Key Stages 3 and 4.
• Leadership: The ability to lead and line manage other members of staff who teach Food Technology, working collaboratively to maintain high standards of teaching, learning and assessment.
• Collaboration: A willingness to work closely with the department’s dedicated Food Technician to ensure safe, efficient and outstanding practical provision.

Apply today and become a key part in progressing and developing our students!

The Teacher's Task

The DfESC and the representatives of the Teacher’s Unions have agreed the following statement of the Teacher’s Task in order to define more clearly the nature of teachers’ employment. It is their view that in this important work of educating Jersey’s children it is imperative that both teachers and Headteachers recognise the duty they owe to those children and the community. To this end the teacher is expected to maintain a professional commitment to their task and the Headteacher is pledged to a responsible and humane interpretation of this agreement.

Definition of the Teacher's Task

The following provides a definition of the Teachers’ Task:

1. Teach effectively to meet the needs of all pupils and to ensure discipline and safety within the school community.

2. The DfESC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all teachers to share this commitment.

3. Plan, prepare, evaluate and modify as necessary personal teaching methods, work programmes and teaching materials in accordance with the DfESC curricular policies and school schemes and standards.

4. Mark and maintain records of pupils’ work in accordance with DfESC and school policies.

5. Promote the general progress and welfare of pupils in classes or groups or individually as part of the school’s pastoral and counselling arrangements.

6. Assess and record pupils’ personal and social needs, development, progress and attainment.

7. Provide or contribute to oral or written assessments and report on individual pupils and groups; consult and inform parents, co-operate with appropriate outside agencies in accordance with DfESC and school policies.

8. Contribute to and participate in corporate planning, self evaluation, in-service training and professional development in assigned areas of the curriculum and pastoral arrangements; participate in related staff meetings and school events.

9. Advise colleagues, co-operate with them on teaching programmes, methods, equipment and materials within assigned areas of the curriculum ensuring that appropriate administrative tasks are undertaken.

10. Contribute and participate in the school’s pastoral, tutorial and guidance arrangements and undertake an appropriate share of the organisation and conduct of parental consultation and staff meetings.

11. Contribute as required to the appointment, induction, professional development and assessment of junior colleagues, including new entrants to teaching.

12. Accept an appropriate share of the administrative and organisational tasks within the school, including providing support for teachers, undertaking additional curriculum or pastoral responsibilities or holding senior posts.

13. Ensure the safety and good order of pupils by carrying out an appropriate share of supervisions whenever pupils are authorised to be on school premises or elsewhere when the school is in session.

14. Undertaking an appropriate share of all collective responsibilities including substitution for an absent colleague subject to guaranteed non-teaching time.

15. Supervise support staff as required.

16. Order and allocate appropriate equipment and materials in accordance with DfESC and school policies and schemes.

17. Co-operate as required with teachers in other schools and colleges on curricular, pastoral and administrative matters.