Position Overview & Specifications

Directorate: Children and Family Services

Section: Education and Family Support

Grade: SM4

Actual Salary: £68,598 - £72,106

Hours: 37

This advert is open to Internal and External applicants.

The City of Stoke on Trent is offering and exciting opportunity for a highly experienced education professional to lead a newly established service. The Strategic Manager for Education Standards and Partnerships will lead the Council’s statutory functions for education from Birth to Adulthood. Through excellent partnership working with local Academy providers and education leaders in the city you will oversee the quality of provision and drive standards and quality on behalf of our learners. You will have responsibility for all ages, but you must come with proven leadership experience in either Early Years and Primary or Secondary and post 16. The services and functions include: Early Years quality, Standards and outcomes from 5 to 19, SEND standards and effectiveness cross phase, commissioned adult learning, education challenge and productive partnerships with all providers and joined up working across Council and Government services and departments.

Interviews will be held on 28 / 29 March 2023

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email or call us on 01782 238189.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £68,598.00-£72,106.00 per year

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