Assistant Director, Education

TES FE News; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 97,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Newcastle City Council as an Assistant Director for Education. This role focuses on excellence in education, providing leadership and strategic direction for services ensuring the best outcomes for children and young people. The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance educational landscapes in Newcastle.

Benefits

Access to Local Government pension scheme

Generous annual leave including Bank Holidays

Various flexible working options

Access to various wellbeing initiatives

Discounted travel passes

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills in an educational setting.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Experience in managing multi-agency partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to ensure the best outcomes for children.
• Encourage cooperative working across education services and stakeholders.
• Drive forward the vision for the Children and Families Directorate.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Job Overview

Assistant Director, Education

SM5 £97,473 - £103,286 per annum

37 hpw (full time), permanent

Why work for Newcastle City Council?

Newcastle City Council offers you an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant city with proactive and committed people who have a genuine desire and motivation to support positive outcomes for the residents of Newcastle, striving to achieve the values of being Proud, Fair and Ambitious.

What do we offer?

As an employee of NCC, you will have access to:

• A competitive salary
• Access to Local Government pension scheme
• Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• A bespoke induction
• Various flexible working options
• Agile working, enabling both home working and office based working
• A generous Flexi Scheme
• Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives
• Access to various salary sacrifice schemes – covering cars, white electrical goods and tax efficient saving contributions towards your pension
• Discounted travel passes
  
  

What about the Directorate?

Our Children and Families Directorate work together to drive forward the vision of the City Council through our strategy and objectives. Our focus is on ensuring children and families in Newcastle feel safe, happy, included and listened to. We are dedicated to reducing the numbers of children and young people living in poverty, support families to stay safely together and support babies to have the best start in life and support young people to be ready for the world of work.

What about the Role?

As Assistant Director for Education you will strive for excellence across our education landscape, providing supportive and clear leadership, using your expertise to ensure education services are focussed on delivering the best outcomes for children and young people in our great city.

You will use your leadership and communication skills to encourage cooperative ways of working across our multi agency education landscape with a multitude of partner organisations and stakeholders and across services to achieve the objectives of the Directorate and the vision of the City Council ad deliver the best educational outcomes for children and young people across our City.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity, please contact Cath McEvoy-Carr, Director Children and Families.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 30th July 2025 in the Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Closing date for applications is Monday 30th June 2025.

Apply online at https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/jobs-and-careers select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.