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Education Manager (ASN) (Permanent) - REN12309

Renfrewshire Council

Paisley

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated educational leader to oversee link schools, ensuring equity and excellence in education. This role involves supporting schools through effective data utilization and strategic service planning, particularly focusing on inclusion and additional support needs. The ideal candidate will possess a degree and significant leadership experience, with a strong understanding of Additional Support for Learning legislation. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on children's outcomes and drive local educational initiatives in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in managing a team in a large complex organization.
  • Ability to effectively manage financial, human, and ICT resources.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure equity and excellence in link schools through effective data use.
  • Support and challenge schools for improvement and service planning.

Skills

Team Management
Data Analysis
Resource Management
Knowledge of Additional Support for Learning legislation
Technical Skills

Education

Degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline

Job description

Advert

Reporting to the Head of Education, you will ensure equity and excellence in a number of link schools in line with the service's quality improvement framework. You will support and challenge schools to improve through effective use of data.

You will also be responsible for service planning and links to community planning and integrated children's service planning within the strategic remit of inclusion and additional support needs.

It is essential that you possess a degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline, have significant experience of managing a team in a large complex organization, have previous experience at Senior Leadership level within a Primary/Secondary or ASN School and are able to demonstrate an ability to effectively manage resources including financial, human and ICT.

It would also be essential that you have significant insight into Additional Support for Learning legislation and have experience in improving outcomes for all children and in particular those who have a support need. Attendance and exclusion data and developing a locality model will be an area of particular focus.

You should also be able to demonstrate good all-round technical skills, together with an understanding and experience of managing the key aspects of implementing local and national initiatives.

It is a requirement to demonstrate effective management involvement in the implementation of an important local initiative that you can demonstrate resilience with a high degree of personal motivation, the ability to drive and motivate others and develop an effective and efficient team.

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Emma Henry, Head of Education - emma.henry@renfrewshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 0276.

Please note the following dates have been identified for the recruitment process, and if shortlisted you will be asked to make yourself available on:

  1. Advert Closes: Sunday 27 April 2025
  2. Assessment Centre: Monday 19 May 2025
  3. Interview Date: Thursday 29 May 2025

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A READVERTISEMENT AND ALL PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT RE APPLY AS THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE RECONSIDERED.

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