Education Manager (Forest View)

Kibble Education And Care Centre; Lochwinnoch; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Blue Light Card discounts

Costco discounts

Puddle Lane childcare discounts

Confidential counselling access

Cycle to Work

Generous holidays

Teacher Superannuation Fund

Job summary

Kibble Education And Care Centre is recruiting an Education Manager for Forest View Primary School in Lochwinnoch. The role involves leading Education Services, delivering Curriculum for Excellence learning, and managing staff to inspire children and young people with additional support needs.

Successful candidates will be registered with GTC Scotland and work across services as needed. The position requires initiative, strong communication and robust organisational skills, with PVG checks and

Qualifications

• Requires teaching qualification eligible for GTC registration.
• Experience as Education Manager desirable.

Responsibilities

• Establish and improve school culture of self-evaluation for improvement.
• Develop staff capability to support learning culture and practice.
• Ensure high-quality teaching and learning for all learners.
• Build partnerships with learners, families and partners to meet needs.
• Allocate resources in line with priorities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Initiative

Team player

Report writing

Education

Teaching qualification (GTC registration)

Education Manager experience desirable

Job description

Job reference: 000915

Salary: £62,265 (Point 3 of the EIS Principal Teacher Spine)

Employment type: Permanent

Services: Not specified

Hours Per Week: 35 hours per week (term-time)

Closing date: 23/10/2026

Job Description

Staff Benefits at Kibble

• Learning continues with opportunities for further training, job variety and funded study
• Money off shopping and events from Blue Light Card, Costco and other partners
• Discounts are available for childcare through Puddle Lane children’s nursery
• Immediate access to confidential counselling helps you prioritise self-care
• Wellbeing perks continue with Cycle to Work and generous holidays
• Access to the Teacher Superannuation Fund

About Kibble

Kibble is a specialist child and youth care charity and a leading social enterprise. For over 160 years we’ve been supporting children and young people (aged 5 – 26), many of whom have experienced significant trauma or adversity. Through our integrated services and dedicated support, providing a safe and stable environment, Kibble helps young people who have complex, social, emotional, behavioural and educational needs move forward to lead healthy and fulfilled lives.

Kibble is recruiting an Education Manager for our Forest View Primary School based in Lochwinnoch. However, as with all staff in Kibble, the successful candidate may be required to work in any service as required, either on a permanent or temporary basis, to meet the needs of the organisation.

Successful candidates will be registered with GTC Scotland and will be keen to gain experience working with young people with additional support needs, including those facing significant social, emotional, and behavioural challenges. A compassionate, nurturing, and relationship-based approach is essential.

What is the Job Function?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our team within Education Services.

Our education programme delivers the broad outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence, taught in a highly supportive learning environment. The successful candidate will be a flexible, forward-thinking professional who uses initiative and is dedicated to inspiring the children and young people in our care, ensuring the highest quality of learning and teaching experiences.

You will therefore bring the skills and enthusiasm to develop innovative and creative ways of engaging young people in formal and informal learning. Appointment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory PVG Disclosure check and references. All appointments will be subject to a -month probationary period

We would welcome applications from Practitioners with knowledge of Curriculum for Excellence to engage and enthuse often reluctant learners.

Main Duties:

• Establishing, sustaining and enhancing the culture of self-evaluation for school improvement
• Developing staff capability, capacity and leadership to support the culture and practice of learning
• Ensuring consistent high-quality teaching and learning for all learners
• Building and sustaining partnerships with learners, families/carers and relevant partners to meet the identified needs of all learners
• Allocating resources effectively in line with identified strategic and operational priorities

Qualifications and Experience:

• A teaching qualification which enables GTC registration is essential
• Previous experience as an Education Manager is desirable
• Experience of supporting children with additional support needs.
• Highly organised with the ability to work on their own initiative and prioritise tasks
• Thorough approach, placing importance on accuracy and attention to detail
• A good team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a variety of people at all levels
• An excellent communicator – verbal and written, including the ability to draft detailed reports for management
• Able to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Receptive to working in a fast paced, changing environment

Safe Crisis Training (SCM)

Notes

1. Appointments will be subject to a three-monthprobationary period.