Director of Education, Inclusion & Achievement

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for Director of Education, Inclusion & Achievement on a 2 month contract with a possibility of an extension.

This position will be a total of 36 hours per week, with hours from 09:00am – 17:00pm.

Job Purpose:

To provide strategic leadership to deliver the educational outcomes, school improvement, school place planning, and inclusion policy for children and young people in partnership with maintained and non-maintained schools in Newham.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• To act as the Council’s professional expert adviser on a portfolio of educational services and have line management responsibility for directly delivered functions.
• To lead on the development and maintenance of high quality, effective partnerships with education providers in the borough that deliver the best possible educational outcomes for children and families.
• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of statutory requirements for education provision and the local authority.
• To engage with a wide range of educational professionals (including Headteachers, Principals and Governors) on issues of school improvement including pedagogy, curriculum design, leadership/management/governance of schools and colleges.
• To negotiate and agree improvement targets with learning organisations from early years settings to schools and colleges.
• To maintain up to date and comprehensive knowledge of the latest research on school provision, including relating to organisational characteristics, provision for different pupil groups and the OFSTED inspection framework.
• To safeguard children and young people and manage risk in protecting children and young people in education provision.
• To lead the service improvement of education services in line with council policy.

Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of work experience at a senior level relevant to the field.
• Registered with the Department for Education/National College for Teaching and Leadership or demonstrable experience at senior level in an education setting.
• Evidence of continuing professional/management development
• Appreciation of major reforms and best practice relating to service area.
• Comprehensive knowledge of issues/challenges for the service, nationally/regionally and locally.
• Track record of successfully delivering complex programmes or projects relating to the service area.
• Knowledge of current issues and statutory and regulatory requirements for service area.
• People management at an organisational level including motivation, performance and capability.
• Providing strategic leadership to a range of functions, maximising efficiency, different delivery models and improving performance.
• Commissioning or delivering operations at a senior level.
• Effective Partnership working at a senior level.
• Leading, managing and delivering transformational change in a complex organisation.
• Experience of the application and development of Digital solutions in a changing environment.
• Managing budgets, financial information and the budget setting process at a senior level.
• Understanding, appreciating and working within the political context and environment at a senior level.
• A detailed understanding and awareness of the inspection regime for the designated area of service
• Ability to plan and work towards a long term strategic vision and translate that vision into reality.
• Ability to develop, implement and monitor appropriate qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure the performance of the service.
• Ability to use management information to judge service performance and to devise and implement service improvement strategies.
• Ability to translate corporate policies into tangible service improvements.
• Ability to contribute to corporate projects on behalf of the Service.
• Ability to manage a large regulatory public service and to devise innovative solutions to service delivery.
• Ability to assess the impact of legislative or administrative changes affecting the service including health and safety issues and to proactively implement changes to comply with those requirements.

To get more information about this role and how to apply please contact Anisha.