Head of Service Education Strategy Transformation Internal Applicants Only
Head of Service Education Strategy Transformation Internal Applicants Only
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: per annum
Working Hours: 37 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 28th April 2025
Interview Date(s): 9th May 2025
We are seeking an inspiring strategic leader to take on the role of Head of Education Strategy and Transformation. This is a pivotal post at the heart of shaping and delivering our ambitious vision for education across Leicestershire. You will play a key role in driving educational excellence reducing inequalities and creating a sense of belonging for all children and young people so that they can live their best life and as far as possible become the author of their own life story.
About the Role
- To lead the Councils education strategy and transformation in response to national and local policy developments and initiatives.
- Drive transformation across education services championing innovation belonging and systemwide improvement
- Collaborate with schools settings and wider stakeholders to raise attainment and improve outcome particularly for children and young people with additional needs
- Oversee major projects funding bids and policy developments to support strategic goals
- Provide expert advice to senior leaders and elected members acting as a trusted source of insight and challenge
- Building strong partnerships across education health social care and communities
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of exoffenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
You will be a visionary and credible leader with a strong track record in improving outcomes for children and young people. You will have:
- Relevant professional qualification
- Track record of achievement at a senior level in a large complex organisation.
- Experience of leading/working alongside services focussed on vulnerable families or individuals in an education context
- Developing and delivering major projects and influencing and managing service improvements
- Experience of successfully leading transformational change in a complex environment
- Understanding of legislative and regulatory framework and developments applicable to education
- Ability to lead and give clear sense of direction and purpose set high standards build high performing teams and deliver/improve outcomes for children and young people.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Tim Browne Assistant Director Education Inclusion & Additional Needs on
Telephone:.
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2 or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Intern
