Education Officer

3 months ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time

**Suffolk County Council - Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX**:

- **£36,298 per annum (pro rata for part time)**:

- **37 hours per week**:

- **Permanent**

We are committed to** flexible working**, so please read the **Job and Person Profile (docx)** to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role.
- Are you passionate about working in partnership with educational settings and multiagency partners to make a difference in the lives of Suffolk’s children and young people?
- Do you have awareness and understanding of the statutory duties placed upon educational settings, and a desire to support their successful implementation?
- Are you keen to use your professional curiosity, skills, and knowledge to positively influence how educational settings meet the needs of the children and young people they serve?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join Suffolk County Council's (SCC) Education, Skills, and Learning Organisational Support team as an **Education Officer**. You will be based at Endeavour House, **Ipswich** with **flexible and hybrid working options**.

Our work covers a wide range of complex areas, particularly around safeguarding, Human Resources, and finance issues.

We require the expertise of a professional with the relevant skills, knowledge, and experience to join us in providing high-quality advice, guidance and support to educational settings and associated professionals, and professional challenge to those facing complex situations.

**Your role**

As an Education Officer, you will
- be at the forefront of providing support and challenge to leadership teams and governors in education settings across all phases, promoting the importance of effective multi-agency working
- contribute to changes in culture, policy, and practice in relation to education, motivating those you work with to commit to successful working practices to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people
- signpost, advise and support education leaders when faced with critical incidents, including times of bereavement
- represent Education, Skills, and Learning at a range of multiagency meetings, providing feedback and updates to a range of officers across CYP
- attend and contribute to a variety of social care-led meetings, following up with education colleagues to ensure appropriate and timely actions have been taken
- work closely with our partners in HR, Finance, Safeguarding, and Health and Safety to ensure educational settings are accessing the support they need to respond effectively to situations support colleagues and partners to meet all statutory requirements and regulations.

**Your responsibilities**

You will:

- provide specialist professional support and guidance on safeguarding, finance, and Human Resources promoting the welfare of children and young people, ensuring best practices and inclusion
- work in line with the current and future Ofsted frameworks for inspection, DfE statutory and non-statutory guidance to schools, settings, and local authorities, and any other relevant policy or legislative requirements
- ensure that resources are managed in line with SCC regulations, policies, and procedures and have regard to best value principles and financial restrictions
- contribute to the timely identification of schools, settings, and providers causing concern, contributing to the collective response to bring about an increased pace of improvement and inclusion contribute to responses to concerns raised by those such as Ofsted, County Councillors, and parents, providing senior managers with the information they require with speed and accuracy.

**You will need**
- experience in effective partnership working across professional boundaries
- a high level of commitment to equality and managing diversity, sensitive to the needs and views of diverse groups and individuals including children and young people
- to be an influential and effective practitioner in relevant fields, with an ability to engage, challenge, confront persuade and influence as required
- good knowledge of universal services within education but particularly finance, Human Resources, and safeguarding
- expertise in safeguarding, finance, and human resources
- to communicate effectively and to a high standard in both written and verbal form
- to be solution focused, work independently, and use your initiative to move complex situations forwards in a timely manner.

***

**The team**
- is experienced and professional, fully committed to promoting the welfare of children and young people and supporting schools to provide a high-quality education for the children in Suffolk
- prides itself on its ability to work in collaboration with other professionals across CYP, educational settings, and beyond
- is made up of three Education Officers and led by the Head of Organisational Support.

**We will offer you**
- an inclusive and supportive team environment, within which we pool and share our collective knowl



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