The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
Are you committed to ensuring that all children are able to access education, from early years through to Post-16 provision? Do you have experience of developing services for vulnerable children and support them into school or alternative education services? Are you able to plan strategically and to lead teams to deliver a range of diverse services?
If the answer to the above questions is ‘yes’ then this Service Development Lead role, based in our Education directorate, may be the right role for you.
About you:
As the Service Development Lead, Education Inclusivity, you will provide strong leadership and a flexible approach to a number of teams delivering a wide range of services aimed at ensuring all children are able to receive their education and to thrive. This includes supporting vulnerable children who may not be able to access a mainstream school, promoting the education of looked after children, promoting the education participation of 16-18 year olds and maintaining oversight of areas including elective home education, children missing education, early years provision. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to make a real difference to children and families and to contribute to the success of our team.
If you think that you may be well suited to this role, please click on the job description for further details about this role. We look forward to hearing from you.
Application Details
This post is open to the following types of applicants: Internal Secondment
Applicants are required to provide supporting statement that sets out your motivation for applying for this secondment, and why you think your skills and experience make you suitable for the role.
This should be no more than two sides of A4.
Additional salary details
This is an 18 months Fixed Term Contract and attracts JNC benefits to the value of £2,724 Per annum.
Benefits and More Information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 11:59 PM on 22nd August 2022
Interview date: W/C 29th August 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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