Strategic Equity Funding Lead Officer – Attainment & Achievement

Job Summary

This post is only available to all permanent and temporary employees and agency workers currently on assignment within East Dunbartonshire Council.

This role requires the successful candidate to engage with key relationships across the Education Service; Quality Improvement Managers and Officers; Head Teachers, schools and centres; external agencies and partners, including the Attainment Advisor and colleagues in local authorities and regional improvement collaboratives. Within the context of the Strategic Equity Funding, this role will be responsible for developing a Broad General Education Monitoring and Tracking system for all sectors, Early Years, Primary, Secondary and ASN schools that is managed centrally. In addition, the role will also develop enhanced analysis tools for both SQA and Insight data to support attainment visits and quality reviews, including reporting on performance management linked to Scottish Equity Funding. The successful candidate will support the Education Service implement early interventions programmes for young people impacted by poverty and additional barriers to learning to provide tailored support across all schools and centres. As part of the Central Education Team, the role has accountability for the delivery of Education Service and School Improvement Objectives. The successful candidate will work flexibly with other team members to share best practice and where appropriate, share resources to achieve service level priorities. On a day-to-day basis, the post holder will be required to use initiative to progress day-to-day activities. Highly complex issues will be referred to the Quality Improvement Manager – Secondary & Provision.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

Where the post you are applying for is considered Regulated Work under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate’s first salary payment.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee’s wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by HR Services Lead.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee’s final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

• Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

 

• Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with

screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

 

• The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

 

• We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

 

• We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

 

• We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

 

• We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

 

• We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

Website

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk