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East Renfrewshire Council; Town of Barrhead; On-site; CAD 71,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

East Renfrewshire Council is seeking a highly motivated quality improvement officer to join our education authority's quality improvement team. The post focuses on improving life chances and learning experiences for all learners and will link with a number of schools to provide support and challenge to improve all aspects of their work.

The successful applicant will contribute to strategic and operational support to schools and help drive responses to key national and local policies such as the

Qualifications

• Accustomed to team working, you will have a good working knowledge of current national and local educational priorities.
• Recent experience of school / departmental management and working with partnership services and agencies is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Link with a number of schools to offer support and challenge to improve continuously all aspects of their work.
• Contribute to a wide-ranging portfolio of strategic and operational support to schools and drive responses to key policies.

Skills

Team collaboration

Strategic thinking

Problem solving under pressure

Policy awareness

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced individual for a key and challenging opportunity within a sector-leading education authority. The post is in our quality improvement team - a service which is focused on improving the life chances and learning experiences for all our learners.

As a quality improvement officer in East Renfrewshire you will work in a highly experienced, well-proven, skilled, and dynamic team and will link with a number of schools to offer them support and challenge to improve continuously all aspects of their work. You will contribute to a wide-ranging portfolio of strategic and operational support to schools and will be involved in driving the department's response to key national and local policies and priorities such as the National Improvement Framework, Parental Involvement Act and Curriculum for Excellence.

Accustomed to team working you will have a good working knowledge of current national and local educational priorities. Recent experience of school / departmental management and working with partnership services and agencies is highly desirable.

The successful applicant will be ambitious, creative, innovative, capable of working effectively under pressure and committed to providing a quality service.

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a new 15 year Community Planning Partnership vision called 'A Place to Grow'. Please follow this link

https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/placetogrow to watch a video and read our full plan which sets out our shared hopes and aspirations between now and 2040 so that East Renfrewshire is a place where everyone can flourish, thrive and growth.

Please note - all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here

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https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

As an employer, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our employees.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.