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Assistant Director for Inclusion

  • Employer: London Borough Of Waltham Forest
  • Reference: 1430
  • Published: Mon 09/09/2024, 1:00 AM
  • Closing on: Mon 09/09/2024, 1:00 AM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: To be confirmed
  • Salary: GBP 89,630.43 - 101,315.51 per year
  • DBS Check: No
  • Location: To be confirmed
JOB DESCRIPTION

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: AD 1 - 5 £89,630.43 - £101,315.51
Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed Term (1 year)
Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 09/09/2024

Proposed Interview Date(s): 12/09/2024
Reference: 1430

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.

About the role:

To lead, develop, organise and control a professional service area ensuring the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional and legislative requirements.

The Assistant Director of Inclusion leads the management of all high needs education statutory functions and related support services for the Council for children and young people aged from 0 to 25 years. The post-holder also leads the Council's approach to increasing and sustaining participation in education for post-16 learners and ensuring proactive engagement with the post-16 education and skills agenda.

The Assistant Director of Inclusion makes a direct contribution to the leadership of the Education Improvement Division, deputising for the Divisional Director where required.

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Significant experience of managing complex organisational structures within a local government context at a senior leadership level in work that includes some or all of SEN, learning difficulty and disability, vulnerable learners, educational inclusion.
  • Successful track record of developing and delivering Inclusion services which are effective at meeting customer needs and are cost efficient, and which feature conflicting stakeholder demands and vested interests.
  • Experience of financial management, including a track record of achieving sustainable budget reductions and maintaining service quality.
  • Strong understanding of the legislative and statutory frameworks affecting service delivery within this area, including knowledge of commissioning processes and how schools, colleges and settings are funded for SEND and Inclusion
  • Experience of successful service re-design and improvement.
  • Extensive experience of managing people and performance and leading and managing complex change programmes.
  • Well developed and effective communication and presentation skills, adaptable to different situations.
  • High level and high impact leadership skills.
  • An ability to foster and sustain confidence in staff and stakeholders in periods of organisational change.
  • Strong project management skills and experience.
  • Experience in effective development and management of partnerships.
Experience of managing commissioning activity and relationships.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience with a relevant professional qualification (e.g. education psychology; teaching; lecturing; youth work).

Post graduate qualification/Relevant professional qualification

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

Satisfactory declaration of interest;

This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;

Satisfactory DBS check;

Suitable driver's license

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Cheryl Eyre at cheryl.eyre@walthamforest.gov.uk

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
  • Employer: London Borough Of Waltham Forest
  • Reference: 1430
  • Published: Mon 09/09/2024, 1:00 AM
  • Closing on: Mon 09/09/2024, 1:00 AM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: To be confirmed
  • Salary: GBP 89,630.43 - 101,315.51 per year
  • DBS Check: No
  • Location: To be confirmed