Job Description

About The Role
Role: Head of Education Effectiveness REF 1600521
Contract Length: 3 - 6 Months
Location: Hybrid/Kettering - 3 days WFH, 2 days in Office/schools
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: 650 - 700 per day
Spinwell is recruiting for a Head of Education Effectiveness for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEAD OF EDUCATION EFFECTIVENESS

• Meet the statutory responsibilities for school improvement to ensure access, quality and outcomes as defined within The Children's Act.
• Contribute to the development of a sustainable system led model for school improvement in response to a shifting educational landscape including broader academisation.
• Drive the best use of resources and create capacity across relevant parts of the school and early years setting system to add value and increase the number of children who achieve a good level of education.
• Work closely with the Inclusion Service, Children's Social Care, and Early Help teams to ensure the same level of opportunity is afforded to all children and young people

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE HEAD OF EDUCATION EFFECTIVENESS

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification e.g. NVQ 4, HNC
• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Evidence of commitment to continuing personal and professional development.
• Significant professional and/or management experience of a strategic operation/service.
• Experience of credible and relevant education senior leadership sufficient to secure the confidence of school leaders and other system leaders locally and regionally
• Effective Leadership and Management at a senior level of a diverse workforce to support excellence in service delivery.
• Experience in multi-agency collaboration, especially with inclusion, social care, and early help services.
• Successful financial management including prioritisation of resources.
• Demonstrative record of delivering high quality services against challenging objectives and resources.
• Experience of leading, inspiring and motivating teams to drive services forward, achieving high quality delivery within reducing resources.
• Experience of working across services outside of the area of responsibility to ensure delivery of corporate objectives.
• Proven experience of leadership including change management, resource management and strategic HR experience.
• Comprehensive understanding of the activities and objectives of the Council, both current and future.
• Good understanding of the political context at regional and local level and working with Elected Members in a constructive and sensitive way.
• Ability to successfully influence key decision makers at senior levels, both internal and external to the council.
• Ability to lead, develop, manage and motivate services/teams in a challenging and changing environment.
• Ability to quickly build credibility with senior managers and stakeholders.
• Ability to embed services which are compliant and fit with the wider organisational strategy.
• Ability to utilise significant judgement to lead the design and delivery of school effectiveness and ensure operational business plans are in place to resolve service issues or improve services, including creative and innovative thinking and risk assessment.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, including negotiation and influencing, communication and motivation.
• Highly developed change management skills with the ability to identify, develop and establish frameworks from which others achieve.
• Excellent planning, organisational, analytical, problemsolving, prioritising time management, marketing and presentation skills.
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislative requirements, national performance standards and statutory requirements as they relate to Education.
• The ability to forecast the effect of external pressures - financial, legislative, political and to identify, develop and analyse alternative strategies to meet long term objectives and the needs of a diverse and complex organisation.

If you are a Head of Education Effectiveness, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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