Job Introduction
This role has a salary range of £87,561- £98,431 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

ARE YOU A DYNAMIC LEADER WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN A SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY?

Join our forward-thinking team, as our next Assistant Director of Educational Access, Quality and Improvement, under our newly appointed permanent Director for Education and Lifelong Learning- Julia Katherine. This is a career enhancing opportunity, that offers the scope and breadth for the right individual to drive positive change and improvements that ensure excellence across the educational system in Surrey, bringing together key stakeholders to collectively meet the evolving needs of learners.

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Surrey County Council (SCC) is unashamedly ambitious about what we can achieve, and the difference we can make to the children and young people of Surrey.
Our guiding principle of ‘No One Left Behind’, runs through the way we seek to achieve our priority objectives and the way we deliver services. You will be a pivotal part of the senior leadership team in our Education and Lifelong Learning service, at the heart of maximising options for children and young people to access high quality educational opportunities that enhance their sense of purpose, fulfilment, and future prospects.
We are looking for a motivated and highly skilled individual with strong leadership abilities, and the capacity to provide professional and strategic transformative direction to elevate performance, accountability and standards for education.
This role requires someone with the capacity to tackle short term education challenges alongside long term transformative change that cuts across a complex education system. You will be required to work constructively with a range of key stakeholders, sometimes in challenging circumstances, as we consider the ways in which we could be working differently to positively shape education in Surrey, developing opportunities for shared learning and best practice.

This is a statutory role for Surrey County Council which holds a number of key responsibilities including:

• School Improvement Activity: You will lead the continuing strategic change across the estate of schools by developing a school led system of improvements in conjunction with educational leaders.
• School Admissions: You will ensure the delivery of the statutory functions related to school admissions, for both mainstream pupils and those with special educational needs. This includes the underpinning policy development and strategic approvals.
• School Place Planning: You will lead the organisation and commissioning of places in settings such as maintained nurseries, mainstream schools, specialist provision, post 16/FE. This includes the opening and closure of schools, as well as statutory returns.
• Early Years Education: You will develop strong relationships with education providers and system leaders to support the improvement of outcomes and drive high quality early years provision locally.
• Delivery and Management of the SaFE contract: This role holds the responsibility for managing the commissioned contract for statutory and non-statutory Schools Improvement. This contract is currently commissioned through Schools Alliance for Excellence (SAfE) Responsibilities include regular monitoring and contract management meetings (alongside the contract manager for Commissioning) as well as the operational activity to ensure that communications and referral processes are effective and that KPIs are met.

We are looking for someone with gravitas and credibility, capable of inspiring and building trust and advancing our performance. Your ability to foster collaboration and drive innovation will be crucial in our work with school communities and with key stakeholders.