About the role
Cambridgeshire Virtual School is seeking a forward thinking, motivated and passionate Education Advisor to work predominantly within our Achievement into Adulthood team.
We are looking for an individual who can confidently establish and develop excellent relationships with all key stakeholders. They will be a highly effective educator with experience of leadership. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of whole school and child level barriers which may be faced by children known to Social Care and the impact of these on educational outcomes.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with Secondary or Post-16 experience.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Heather Edwards: Deputy Head Teacher at Heather.Edwards@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, or Faye Maryan-Letch: Assistant Head Teacher at Faye.Maryan-Letch@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Shortlisting will take place on Monday 29th April
Interviews will take place on Thursday 2nd May
What will you be doing?
Education Advisor (Achievement Into Adulthood)
The Education Advisor supporting our Achievement into Adulthood work will have a strong understanding of the role of school improvement in maximising educational outcomes for children and young people.
They will:
- Support and challenge settings, schools, and providers to understand and meet the statutory requirements for the education of children and young people known to social care.
- Promote culture, policy and practice within settings, schools and providers which takes into account the specific vulnerabilities of children and young people known to social care.
- Effectively track, analyse and use data to maximise attainment and progress for all children in care as if they were on a single school roll.
- Support the quality assurance of the PEP document, including the allocation and impact of the PP+ grant.
About you
You will have up to date knowledge of the education system, recent experience of working in a school or virtual school, and a strong understanding of the barriers faced by children known to social care. You will be able to offer support and challenge to ensure that educational outcomes are maximised.
You will be responsible for building relationships and providing support and challenge for key partners including senior leaders in schools to promote aspirational outcomes for children known to social care.
You will be self-motivated, confident at communicating effectively, efficient, organised and be able to work using your own initiative within a wider team.
You must be able to drive and may be expected to travel outside of Cambridgeshire.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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