Description:
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual who can help drive forward our educational priorities through effective partnerships and strategic planning.
Benefits:
Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it’s a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including:
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days (rising to 35 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
- An excellent local government pension scheme
- An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
- A range of local & lifestyle discounts
- Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
- Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
Key responsibilities:
- To contribute to the partnership working across the education landscape in the local system inside and beyond the council and across stakeholders
- To take on as required the role of the link officer for designated schools in following up complaints or in dealing with critical incidents, following established service policy and procedures and providing appropriate reports to the Children Services leadership team and other relevant officers in the council
- To contribute towards service monitoring of school performance, ensuring that any concerns with designated schools in terms of pupil outcomes or provision are reported at an early stage to the Head of Education Partnerships
- To take responsibility for leading specified partnership priorities as required Head of Education and Partnerships and Team Leader and acting as advocate for the most vulnerable in the borough
Candidate requirements:
- Substantial and successful experience as an education leader, with clear experience and evidence of raising standards as a senior leader or head teacher in a school
- Successful experience of working as a Local Authority officer and/or working across school partnerships to develop school improvement programmes and raise standards
- Good Experience of monitoring and evaluating school outcomes, and school improvement planning
- Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate others, work as part of a team and support the develop of sustainable partnerships