Education Support Officer

**Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 8 September 2025**

**Closing Date: Monday 1 September 2025**

**Contract Type: Temporary until 16 August 2026**

**Salary: ES01- £57,429**

**Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week**

**Location: Fife House**

**Purpose and Values of Education Directorate**

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.

We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

**Supporting Statement**

With consideration to the specific remit of the ESO role for which you are applying, please consider the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
**Ways you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles.**
- Consider the following: how have you ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others? _

**How have you demonstrated your knowledge, skills and understanding when contributing to the leadership of change?**
- Consider the following: how have you developed and promoted an informed and critical stance which focusses on improvements; how have you promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels; how have you promoted and modelled your organisation’s vision, values and aims? _

**How have you supported and sustained colleagues in creating a positive environment?**
- Consider the following: how have you inspired and motivated others to have high expectations; how have you encouraged and facilitated participation of others? How have you inspired confidence, enthusiasm and innovation which support high-quality learning, teaching and assessment? _

**Ways in which you have you built and developed approaches to increase and promote positive partnerships.**
- Consider the following: how you have contributed to change at operational and strategic level; how have you demonstrated supporting colleagues, families and partners? _

**Ways in which you have used self-evaluation to make changes at operational and strategic level.**
- Consider the following: how have you used self-evaluation to improve; how have you supported the professional learning of others, how have you ensured a wide variety of stakeholders are involved in decision-making processes and how have you made best use of resources and data to support development? _

**Job Details**

Education Support Officer with the Professional Learning Team

The Education Support Officers (ESOs) lead and develop sustainable improvement in their strategic lead area and collaborate widely to develop their area of lead responsibility and key aspects of improvement support. Working collaboratively with practitioners in school, and with directorate and national partners, the ESO assists the raising of standards in line with national priorities, enabling the Education Directorate to satisfy Legislative, Scottish Government, Education Scotland and Care Commission criteria on performance monitoring and continuous improvement.

The Education Support Officer will:

- work in co-operation with Education Managers, Quality Improvement Officers and others in the Directorate to raise standards in schools, teams and services;
- provide a lead role in an area of expertise;
- Support the delivery of Transforming Learning by delivering PL and linking it with area of expertise.
- identify good, effective practice.
- keep abreast of local and national developments in content and methodology related to their area of expertise;
- contribute to collaborative initiatives and multi-disciplinary activities in schools, teams and services;
- co-ordinate the production of materials and identify resource needs;
- be involved in the initiation, organisation and evaluation of development priorities and ensure that these meet the needs of schools, teams, services and staff through direct personal contact;
- liaise with external agencies as approved by the Executive Director of Education and within council guidelines;
- advise on and, as required, participate in, the recruitment and deployment of staff;
- advise on the provision of supplies and the design and furnishing of resources;
- be familiar with all aspects of council Education policy and be seen as a representative of the Exe