Overview
Reference: RA0005957
Description: We are seeking to recruit a dynamic individual to join our Education Strategy and Transformation Team to coordinate the Education Services element of Warwickshire County Council’s Creating Opportunities work.
If you have a passion and knowledge about addressing educational disparities to help enrich the educational outcomes for Warwickshire’s children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
You will be required to liaise regularly across a range of teams and partner agencies to gather and provide information and guidance to support raising relevant educational outcomes in all locations across Warwickshire.
Working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders you will be responsible for developing and activities across Education, playing a key influential role in shaping, managing, and delivering across the service.
The successful candidate will develop strong and robust partnerships both within the Council and with other stakeholders for example; education settings/schools, health colleagues to support the delivery of the key priorities of the WCC Education Strategy associated with addressing educational disparity.
If you are highly motivated, skilled, and flexible with a natural curiosity and experience of creative problem solving and enjoy the challenge of a varied workload and excel in an environment which promotes continuous improvement, then this role is for you.
You will be required to possess exceptional communication, influencing and negotiation skills. You will have a proven track record of collaborating and building trusted relationships with a wide range of partners, including technical experts, to deliver successful shared outcomes.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Creating Opportunities in Education Coordinator
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund’
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Additional Information
If you have any questions or would like to know more about this opportunity please contact Sarah Cox, Education Strategy and Transformation Manager – sarahcox@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: 6th May 2024
Interview date: 17th May 2024
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore
Region: Warwick
Location: Warwick
Salary: *GBP*36,648- *GBP*39,186 per annum
Package: Full time, Fixed
Contractual hours: 37
Basis: Full time
