Community Education Lead

Posting date:	20 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Competitive
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	22 March 2026
Location:	Bolton, BL1 3BH
Company:	inploi
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	75787874

Summary

Grade: H scp 27 £38,220 to scp 31 £41,771 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirements: Full Driving Licence
Essential Qualification: Degree level qualification in a related area such as education or children and families or significant experience working in the field.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Do you want to make a difference to children and young people?

Working alongside the other Community Education Lead, you will coordinate the local authority’s statutory duties in relation to Elective Home Education (EHE) and facilitate the delivery of Community Cohesion projects across Bolton.

You will advise and support EHE families to ensure that all children of compulsory school age are receiving a suitable education.

You will provide guidance to schools and professionals regarding EHE and EAL.

This is a fantastic opportunity to enable Bolton’s children to be the best they can be.

About You
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about inclusion, equality of opportunity, and building strong partnerships between families, schools, community organisations and local services.

The successful candidate must have the ability to engage with and involve children and families in identifying and overcoming barriers where there is a lack of engagement in education.

You’ll work both independently and as part of a team. You’ll need to meet deadlines and have sound knowledge of education law in relation to EHE, school registration, and safeguarding. You’ll have fantastic communication skills and be able to build and sustain relationships with children, their families and other professionals, providing a high level of impactful intervention to give the children the best chances in life.

You will have a good understanding of promoting community cohesion and strategies to support children learning English as an additional language.

You will have a degree level qualification and substantial experience in education, inclusion, community cohesion or a related field.

Applicants must have a full driving licence and use of a car.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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