Overview

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Are you a strategic leader with a passion for raising educational standards and improving outcomes for all children? West Berkshire Council is seeking an exceptional Principal Adviser for School Improvement to lead our School Improvement and Governance Team. This is a senior role at the heart of our Education Service, offering you the opportunity to:

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for school improvement across all phases of education.
• Work directly with headteachers, senior leaders and governors to drive high standards.
• Oversee school performance monitoring, intervention and statutory processes.
• Lead on the School Improvement Strategy, ensuring strong system-led improvement.
• Shape and deliver traded services that provide high quality challenge and support.
• Contribute to the leadership of the wider Education and SEND service, ensuring effective governance, safeguarding, and positive outcomes for all children.

You will also lead, inspire and manage a multi-disciplinary team including School Effectiveness Advisers, Early Years, Post-16 and Governance officers.

About You

• A recognised teaching qualification and proven senior leadership experience in schools.
• A successful track record in raising standards and improving educational outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of the curriculum, assessment, Ofsted frameworks and national education policy.
• Excellent skills in strategic planning, performance monitoring and partnership working.
• The ability to inspire confidence, influence key stakeholders, and champion the needs of all children, including the most vulnerable.

Experience as an Ofsted inspector, and/or further professional qualifications, would be an advantage.

Our offer to you

A Competitive Salary Alongside a Range Of Benefits Including

• We offer flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-19.00
• We offer hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 30 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.

All roles will be subject to an annual banding pay review until the top of the pay grade is reached (following successfully passing probation). All roles will be eligible for the annual national pay award.

About Us

West Berkshire council is a forward thinking and ambitious council. We have a positive attitude to our work and focus on excellent teamwork to deliver award winning services for our residents and businesses. We employ over 1,500 members of staff corporately, plus additional members of staff working across our local schools and education settings. We offer a wide array of opportunities for training and development and varied career progression opportunities. Our staff support the delivery of a wide range of services on behalf of the Council. Ranging from garden waste collection, planning and roadworks to caring for those in our communities. Everything we do is focused on our priority for improvement and delivering our values of fairness, integrity and being customer focused.

Explore everything that a career with West Berkshire Council has to offer here: Working with Us

Equal Opportunities

The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment, and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

How To Apply

Please now complete a short online application form. You will then be able to upload your CV.

This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies.

All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Neil Goddard at neil.goddard1@westberks.gov.uk

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