Education Lead, MACPT

Golearnleicestershire; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council seeks an Education Lead within the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) at County Hall, Leicester. You will bring authoritative education expertise to decisions that affect children's safety, engagement and outcomes.

The role requires teaching qualifications or substantial experience in education, strong safeguarding experience, and ability to work across education, social care and partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Teaching qualification or significant experience within an education setting.
• Significant child protection and safeguarding experience within education.
• Strong multi-agency experience and ability to collaborate across education and social care.
• Professional authority to challenge peers and drive improvements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Autonomy, evidence-informed approach and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Passion for inclusive, trauma-informed education.

Responsibilities

• Lead education strategy within MACPT and shape service delivery.
• Provide strategic responses to operational learning and facilitate education services.
• Work with education providers to raise skills and practice.
• Ensure safeguarding and compliance in education decisions.

Skills

Teaching/education experience

Multi-agency collaboration

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Trauma-informed practice

Education

Teaching qualification or equivalent

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA

Salary: £50,847 - £55,602 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 11th November 2026

Interview Date(s): 20th November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the role of education at the heart of multi-agency child protection in Leicestershire.

About the Role

As Education Lead within the newly formed Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT), you’ll bring authoritative education expertise to some of the most important decisions we make for children, championing their safety, educational engagement and outcomes. You will provide a strategic response to the operational learning of the MACPT, to facilitate education services and providers increase skills, understanding, and practice.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words

• A teaching qualification or significant experience within an education setting, alongside a strong track record of working with children and young people.
• Significant child protection and safeguarding experience within education, with a sound understanding of statutory child protection processes and relevant education legislation and guidance.
• Strong multi-agency experience, with the confidence to work collaboratively across education, children’s social care and other partner organisations.
• Professional authority and influence, with experience of constructively challenging peers and senior colleagues, providing oversight and helping to drive improvements in practice.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to turn complex information into clear, concise advice and share learning effectively with different audiences.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, bringing professional curiosity, autonomy and an evidence-informed approach while managing competing priorities and statutory timescales.
• A passion for improving outcomes through inclusive, trauma-informed and equitable education, and for ensuring education has a strong voice within the child protection system.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Charlotte Davis - Safeguarding and Compliance Lead

Email: [e-mail]