Education Planning Manager

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in England is seeking an Education Planning Manager to lead on school place planning. The role involves collaborative stakeholder engagement, project management, and strategic data analysis to ensure every child in Gloucestershire has access to quality education. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in project management and excellent negotiation skills. Benefits include generous annual leave and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25.5 days annual leave

Option to purchase additional leave

Supportive working environment

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in project management.
• Ability to manage complex and detailed work accurately.
• Strong skills in building effective relationships.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to forecast school place needs.
• Manage delivery of capital projects and support school reorganisation.
• Prepare data for government returns and ensure quality assurance.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Strategic Data Analysis

Negotiation Skills

Team Supervision

Job description

Education Planning Manager

Are you passionate about shaping the future of education in Gloucestershire? If so, the role of Education Planning Manager could be the role for you. About the team and the role Our team delivers an essential service within the Council's Education Department, leading on important aspects of the Council's School Place Planning Strategy. Every year we provide thousands of children and young people with a school place, and the Education Planning Manager plays a crucial part in meeting the Council's statutory duties in this area. You'll collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, negotiate funding contributions from housing proposals, and use strategic data analysis to forecast school place needs. You'll also manage the delivery of capital projects, support statutory school reorganisation, and prioritise accommodation requirements to ensure every child has access to quality education. In addition, you'll supervise and support staff, quality-assure team outputs, and prepare essential data for government returns, making a meaningful impact on local communities.

Our ideal candidate is an organised and proactive professional with a passion for improving education provision. You will have a proven track record in project management, with the ability to manage complex and detailed work accurately and to a high standard within competing priorities and deadlines. You thrive in a collaborative environment, can motivate and challenge others, encouraging them to remain focussed at all times on the statutory and strategic priorities of the Council whilst remaining sharply focussed on ensuring the best service to the residents of Gloucestershire. Skilled at building effective relationships with system partners and communities, you're confident negotiating funding with developers and presenting information to senior leaders, elected members and government bodies. You have the skills and resilience to deliver within an increasingly challenging landscape, alongside the political awareness, and be highly self‑motivated and organised.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

Benefits

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme