Education Adviser

We are looking for someone who has a passion to champion the rights of children, young people, and parents, so that they have access to high quality education and services.

You will need to work flexibly and adapt your approaches to tasks and situations in hand, keeping up to date on your continuing professional development and personal learning.

If you hold a teaching qualification and you have experience in leading sustained improvement, we would love to hear from you.

The Standards and Effectiveness Service is a key service driving a cultural change towards a school- and sector-led improvement programme that provides a sustainable capacity within the sector for continuous improvement.

Schools in local or national categories of concern are given a range of enhanced, traded and brokered support to enable them to improve rapidly.

It has oversight of provision from early years through to primary and secondary schools and into post 16 and further education and skills. It has the power to ensure continuity and quality of provision through transition points and to tackle inequalities and underperformance across the county in relation to the quality of providers and outcomes for children and young people.

The service also provides an increasing range of CPD courses, focused on school improvement and on children achieving good or better outcomes.

For more information, please visit our dedicated website.

The reference number for this role is CAFHE06571.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Stephen Bush (Senior Education Adviser) at Stephen.Bush@westsussex.gov.uk or Ian Rogers (Senior Education Adviser) at Ian.Rogers@westsussex.gov.uk

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact kerry.joad@westsussex.gov.uk

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter.

In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to QTS check, an enhanced DBS check, five years referencing, and an occupational health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact kerry.joad@westsussex.gov.uk .

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.