Corporate Performance Officer, CLD Standards Council

at  Scottish Government

Overview:
Education Scotland is Scotland’s national improvement agency for education. Our role is to provide assurance and promote improvement, from the early years to adult learning. We are committed to embedding our values of excellence, creativity, integrity and respect in everything we do.
The CLD Standards Council is the professional body for community learning and development practitioners, established on the direction of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in 2008. It is a member-led body whose vision is ‘that the communities and people of Scotland are served effectively by CLD practitioners who are recognised as competent, confident and committed to equality, empowerment and life-wide learning for all’.
The CLD Standards Council is hosted by Education Scotland as the national improvement agency for education and as such act as the employing body for CLD Standards Council team members.
The Corporate Performance Officer role with the CLD Standards Council will work directly with the Assistant Director and the Development Officer (Policy & Research) to gather and use evidence to support the improvement of practice standards for CLD practitioners, inform decisions and development of professional learning requirements of CLD practitioners and advise on trends and challenges associated with membership demographics. The post will be responsible for leading, monitoring and reporting on the CLD Standards Council’s corporate plan. It is an exciting opportunity to work in a small, friendly team and apply your analytical skills to improve our corporate approaches to evaluation and use performance data to support improvement. The post will involve working and communicating with members of the executive and standing committees, as well as key stakeholders across the CLD sector.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Assistant Director with implementing, monitoring, reviewing and reporting of the strategic objectives, operating policies and procedures for the organisation.
• Support the Assistant Director with corporate governance duties, preparation of reports for the Executive Committee, Education Scotland, Scottish Government and other stakeholders.
• Lead on the gathering, collating and publishing of the organisation’s annual report.
• Lead on the implementation of procedures and processes to capture and report on organisational activity and events.
• Provide support to the Development Officers and Committees to identify areas for improvement, improve use of evidence based reporting and data analysis.
• Collect national data sources to develop a robust profile of the CLD workforce in Scotland.
• Work with FE/HE institutions and the Approvals committee to design and implement an annual process for capturing and reporting on student demographics.
• To provide expert advice about the use of appropriate methodologies for undertaking evaluative studies/research. This includes providing advice about ethical considerations, Data Protection and support for commissioned evaluation/research as required.
• Provide specialist advice to the team and committees to develop internal capacity in gathering and using information to inform improvement and in undertaking effective evaluative studies/research. This includes the development of tools/guidance and the delivery of tailored training and coaching approaches.

• Support the Assistant Director with implementing, monitoring, reviewing and reporting of the strategic objectives, operating policies and procedures for the organisation.
• Support the Assistant Director with corporate governance duties, preparation of reports for the Executive Committee, Education Scotland, Scottish Government and other stakeholders.
• Lead on the gathering, collating and publishing of the organisation’s annual report.
• Lead on the implementation of procedures and processes to capture and report on organisational activity and events.
• Provide support to the Development Officers and Committees to identify areas for improvement, improve use of evidence based reporting and data analysis.
• Collect national data sources to develop a robust profile of the CLD workforce in Scotland.
• Work with FE/HE institutions and the Approvals committee to design and implement an annual process for capturing and reporting on student demographics.
• To provide expert advice about the use of appropriate methodologies for undertaking evaluative studies/research. This includes providing advice about ethical considerations, Data Protection and support for commissioned evaluation/research as required.
• Provide specialist advice to the team and committees to develop internal capacity in gathering and using information to inform improvement and in undertaking effective evaluative studies/research. This includes the development of tools/guidance and the delivery of tailored training and coaching approaches