Strategic Education Lead: Inclusion & SEND

Dudley Council; Dudley; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Dudley Council is seeking a Principal Lead - Education to drive outstanding outcomes and shape the future of education and inclusion across the borough. You will provide strategic and operational leadership within the Children and Young People service, ensuring high-quality educational provision and safeguarding.

This permanent, full-time role offers a hybrid working arrangement in Dudley, West Midlands, with a focus on partnership working with schools, partners, and stakeholders to deliver

Qualifications

• Strategic leadership across a broad portfolio of education functions.
• Leadership and management of inclusive teams with governance and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Ability to translate strategic intent into effective operational delivery with partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality strategic and operational leadership and management across a broad portfolio of education functions, ensuring high-quality, inclusive and compliant services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families through the Education Strategy.
• Lead and manage inclusive teams fostering high performance and ensuring services are compliant, meet legal, statutory and governance requirements, including Safeguarding.
• Translate strategic intent into effective operational delivery across a diverse education system, working collaboratively with schools, partners, and stakeholders.
• To support the development and delivery of the Children & Young People Services Improvement Plan embedding a culture of financial responsibility, a children and family focus and service excellence.

Job description

Dudley Council is seeking a Principal Lead - Education to drive outstanding outcomes and shape the future of education and inclusion across the borough. You will provide strategic and operational leadership within the Children and Young People service, ensuring high-quality educational provision and safeguarding.

This permanent, full-time role offers a hybrid working arrangement in Dudley, West Midlands, with a focus on partnership working with schools, partners, and stakeholders to deliver