School Improvement Officer – Education & Skills
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 May 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £190.02 per day |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | per day PAYE |
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | BRISTOL, BS1 5TR |
| Cwmni: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Math o swydd: | Temporary |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | Bristol 5249036 |
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Interim School Improvement Officer – Education & Skills
Reference no: Bristol 5249036
Pay rate: £190.02 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:30
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: BRISTOL
Enhanced DBS required for this role
A School Improvement Officer is required to support the effective delivery of the Local Authority’s duty in relation to provision in LA maintained schools by working with headteachers, principals, and leadership teams. To contribute to the co-ordination of sector-led and school-to-school support in school improvement work and to the strategic development and evaluation of LA school improvement strategies, focusing on city-wide priorities.
Key responsibilities:
Evaluate the quality and impact of the Local Authority’s duty in relation to provision in LA maintained schools through scrutiny of school improvement strategies, school improvement plans, progress and outcomes data, and curriculum delivery to children and young people.
Work closely with the LA Early Years Improvement Officer, Early Years Teaching School and lead teachers in providing support to schools and education, particularly in relation to transition into primary settings.
Identify and promote good practice and provision so that, where necessary, improvements are accelerated, secured in schools across the school system in both the primary and secondary sectors.
Contribute to the development, planning and evaluation of LA strategies for improving outcomes for children and young people.
Identify and provide support to the Lead for School Partnerships in order to help secure, co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of high quality LA and school-to-school support through the progress review cycle for schools building capacity, causing concern and/or in an Ofsted category.
Maintain an overview of school performance (using a range of school data, including school self-evaluation and pupil performance data) and contribute relevant information, data and intelligence on areas of the LAs statutory responsibilities as required.
Report, as required, to senior officers on the impact of commissioned school improvement strategies and sector-led and school-to-school support strategies.
Work with the Lead for School Partnerships in supporting LA maintained schools that are judged inadequate by working closely with school leaders on the post inspection requirements in relation to SEND provision, including clear identification and prioritisation of points for the LA Statement of Action.
Work with all local and regional Teaching Schools Hubs and Alliances, local partners and national bodies to deliver an effective and comprehensive network of school to school support in relation to best practice and development.
Keep up-to-date with national legislation, initiatives and education research findings on evidence-based school improvement strategies.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Degree and qualified teacher status.
Qualified and/or experienced Ofsted inspector desirable.
Experience:
Successful senior leadership experience at primary phase (e.g. Headteacher, Deputy Head, Assistant Head) or in a Local Authority at school improvement level (e.g. advisor/consultant).
Knowledge:
Up to date knowledge of recent national developments in school legislation and the implications of these for school improvement and school effectiveness with experience of providing advice and consultancy in a system leadership role (e.g. LA advisor/consultant, NLE, LLE or SLE).
Thorough understanding of the Ofsted inspection framework and experience of leading a school through a recent successful inspection; whole school strategic planning; managing performance and evaluating educational provision; with specific expertise and experience in curriculum design, teaching and learning, pedagogy, etc.
Good understanding of the current role of Local Authorities and their role in developing system leadership and effective school to school support.
A thorough understanding of school data and how this can be used to evaluate, scrutinise and improve performance.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to lead and manage teams, work in partnership to promote collaborative working and to deal sensitively with people.
Ability to provide high quality constructive feedback using expertise and experience to scrutinise and influence others in relation to school improvement issues.
Good communication skills with different audiences and the ability to converse with citizens and provide complex information in accurate spoken English, or through a BSL interpreter and a resilience, tenacity and ability to work to tight deadlines, often in difficult circumstances.
Ability to act with demonstrable fairness, integrity and consistency.
Able to demonstrate knowledge and/or experience of equalities and diversity issues.
Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications or equivalent including the following: Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and have a willingness to learn new applications and technology as appropriate.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Job Ref: Bristol 5249036
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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