INTERNAL - Head of School Improvement

Salary: JNC 3 - (£70,679 - £77,541 per annum) Subject to Job Evaluation (37 hours per week)

We are looking to appoint a highly driven, talented and experienced educational professional to lead on the Council's strategic school improvement and inclusion agenda.

You will provide the Council's strategic leadership on school improvement and inclusion, with an emphasis upon ensuring that the Local Authority is providing ambitious and relevant learning experiences for all of our children and young people. You will fulfil Blaenau Gwent Council's statutory responsibilities for education and maintain effective relationships with Headteachers, education leaders, the EAS and Estyn. Using robust data, you will hold schools to account for their performance and ensure that schools take action to address areas for concern and drive continuous improvement.

As a member of the Education Directorate Leadership Team, you will contribute to the formulation of its overall strategy and play a key role in setting performance targets and holding the team to account for their performance. You will work closely with Elected Members, reporting on the performance of schools on a regular basis to the Council through its professional and political arrangements.

As a Council, we are very ambitious for all of our children and young people, and we are looking for someone who shares this ambition and who can demonstrate key skills and experience, including:

• proven successful senior leadership experience in an education field to include School / Local Education Authority / Inspectorate or Advisory Body
• experience of supporting successful school improvement and planning implementation
• providing strategic leadership both corporately and for the service in a changing context
• excellent knowledge of school improvement and the role of the Local Authority in promoting school improvement and inclusion
• a thorough understanding, gained from practical experience, of how school performance and standards can be improved
• excellent interpersonal skills, drive and a commitment to maximising outcomes for all learners
• the ability to work with Elected Members and politically sensitive issues

We welcome applications from candidates who feel that they can make a positive and meaningful contribution to the progression of school improvement in Blaenau Gwent.

Access to a vehicle for work purposes is a requirement.

Thorough pre-employment screening is undertaken during the recruitment process. The postholder will be required to complete an application for a Disclosure of Criminal Records.

Closing Date: Midnight Thursday 3 rd April 2025

Stakeholder Session: Wednesday 9 th April 2025

Interview Date: Thursday 17 th April 2025

Interviews will be with a Member's Appointment Committee

This is an internal advertisement, open to current employees of the Council only.

We welcome applications in Welsh, please complete Welsh Job Application Form.