Schools Support Officer

Reference:
25-28720

Job title:
Schools Support Officer

Directorate:
Education

Service:
Management Unit

Closing date:
19/09/2025 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Permanent | 37 Hour

Salary:
£33,143 - £38,220 a year

Pay Scale:
21-24/27

Location(s):
Caernarfon

**Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this**Information Pack**

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

Expected interview date: 29/09/2025

Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH

Tel: 01286 679076

**CLOSING DATE: 10:00 AM, 19/09/2025**

**PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES**

ESSENTIAL

Able to think and work innovatively, independently and strategically.

To think in an organised, correct and clear manner, especially under pressure and when facing conflicting priorities, as well as managing time effectively.

Strong collaboration skills with the ability to show strong partnerships and collaborate with: School Staff, Headteachers, Governors, Regulatory Bodies, Elected Members and wider Local Authority Officers.

Able to work in a sensitive manner and jointly with a range of partners and stakeholders to ensure positive change.

Place the learner's needs at the centre in education.

Has ambition for children and young people and the determination to improve their results.

DESIRABLE

**RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING**

ESSENTIAL

Qualified teacher status.

Senior leadership experience at a relevant education location.

Ability to show the strategies used to: ensure high levels of consistency in the quality of the teaching and learning; and motivate improvements in standards.

DESIRABLE

Evidence of further study e.g. masters qualification in leadership or education.

Managerial qualification.

**RELEVANT EXPERIENCE**

ESSENTIAL

Experience of substantially improving school performance (in a leadership role in a school or as a professional worker in a Local Authority or Regional Consortia).

Has made a wider contribution to educational developments which has contributed to a substantial sustainable improvement.

Evidence of managing budgets and vast experience of managing people.

Have provided guidance and used management skills effectively at a senior level to support schools.

Managed school interventions successfully which contributed towards significant sustainable improvement.

Able to identify key themes to develop and implement from self-evaluation evidence and ensure that needs are fulfilled.

Experience of making extensive contribution to educational developments.

Able to evaluate the effect and implementation of local and national strategies towards further school performance improvement

Able to challenge school performance, tracking procedures and setting targets and dealing with under-performance.

Able to challenge bad practice and failure to transfer agreed necessary operations and hold senior managers and governors accountable.

Evidence of being able to manage and maintain change for improvement by fulfilling the role skilfully.

Able to think and work flexibly, innovatively, independently and strategically while also possessing strong cooperation and logístical skills.

Able to work under pressure and meet a tight schedule.

Be prepared to work outside usual working hours as required.

DESIRABLE

Experience of school improvement beyond own school or having been a professional education improvement worker at the time with significant leadership function in a school or local authority.

Vast experience of budget and staff management.

**SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE**

ESSENTIAL

Knowledge and understanding of the implications of legislation and current educational frameworks, especially those that focus on improving schools and to interpret various regulations/guidelines to provide advice and relevant guidance to service users.

Knowledge and understanding of the implications of legislation and current educational frameworks including improving schools facing difficulties.

Robust knowledge of what impacts quality in educational provision, the characteristics of effective schools and the strategies for improvement of effective teaching practice and pupils' successes.

Robust understanding of what is effective school management, including employment law, equal opportunities and disability legislation, personnel and finance.

Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities legislation and the matters relating to achieving different groups of pupils.

Show the ability to understand, analyse, evaluate and implement principles and quality assurance systems usage, including self-evaluation and school performance management.

Possess knowledge on how to cooperate with key partners, agencies and support servi