Standards and Excellence Partner

3 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time

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

- **£54,726 - £58,212 per annum (pro rata if part time)**:

- **37 or 14.8 hours per week (two posts)**:

- **Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months**

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 the difference education can make to future life chances?
- Do you expect the best from yourself and others?
- Are you committed to championing children and young people, especially the most vulnerable?

We have two great opportunities to join Suffolk County Council's Standards and Excellence Team as a **Standards and Excellence Partner.** You will be working from various locations** **across the county, with your office base in **Ipswich.**

**Posts available**:

- 37 hours per week
- 14.8 hours per week

**Your role and responsibilities**:
Your role will involve working with school leaders from a range of settings including nursery, primary, special, PRUs, secondary and sixth form. Your work will be at a strategic level, providing support and challenge for school improvement through high quality dialogue based on skilled interpretation of a range of information. You will:

- Join the Standards and Excellence Team and be at the forefront of managing change through your work with school leaders, including governors.
- Support school leaders to make the best choices about effective ways of working and managing resources to achieve the highest standards, as good as the best, for all Suffolk Children and Young People today and for their futures.
- Take a leading role in promoting and positively encouraging best practice, school to school support, and effective ways of working, facilitating improved attainment, progress and inclusion for children and young people.

You will have the privilege of working with school and setting leaders as they strive to continually improve the quality of education for all pupils in their schools.

**You will need**:

- A proven track record of achieving sustained school improvement at middle or senior leader level.
- To have open, honest, evidence-based conversations with school and setting leaders.

***

**The Standards and Excellence Team**:
**Why we do what we do - **We believe in the transformative power of education and the right of every Suffolk Child and Young Person to have an education as good as the best that meets their current and future needs to enable them to engage successfully and confidently in the next stage in their learning, able to make choices about their futures and preparing them for a successful, happy and fulfilled adult life.

**Vision - **The highest standards, as good as the best, for all Suffolk Children and Young People today and for their futures.

**Mission - **Working with Suffolk school and setting leaders, we champion Suffolk’s Children and Young People. We use evidence to inform evaluation and action to secure continuous improvement in the quality of education so that it meets all pupils’ current and future needs.

**We will offer you**
- A bespoke induction and an opportunity to further develop your skills within a political environment.
- Access to a range of internal CPD and career development opportunities.
- Support through regular 1:1 meetings, supervision and team meetings.
- Experience of working with a wide range of schools and school and setting leaders from a range of backgrounds and contexts, building your knowledge of the wider education system.
- Experiences that mean you will be well-placed to return to schools or settings in a senior leader role, or to take on other senior roles within the public sector and beyond in the future.

**Travel and workplace requirements**

We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but in this role, you will need to travel to locations away from your contractual base, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.

This role supports **hybrid working**. Approximately 50% of your time will be spent in schools, with the remaining split between working from home and an office base. Please speak with the contact detailed below if you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements. #LI-Hybrid

**For more information**

**How to apply**

**Step 1 - **Read the **Job and Person Profile (JPP) (docx)**.

**Step 3 - **Upload a** **supporting statement** **answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the **Supporting Statement template**.
- How would you work with school leaders to make sure that pupils are fully prepared for life in moder

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