Chief Education Officer
Job Reference: 25000783
Location: 40 Academy Street, Belfast BT1 2NQ
Contract Type: Permanent
Status: Full-Time
Working Pattern: The normal hours of work are 36 per week.
Vacancies: 1 Post available
Grade/Scale:
Director | £102,877 - £113,524 per annum. Progression through the salary scale will be dependent upon satisfactory performance and linked to a performance management framework for Directors and Assistant Directors.
Additional Information:
The successful candidate will be based at EA’s Headquarters at Academy Street, Belfast.
As the role carries regional responsibility, travel across Northern Ireland (and on occasion further afield) will be required in order to attend meetings and fulfill the full range of duties and responsibilities.
The successful candidate can expect to be placed at the minimum point of the pay scale.
Job Purpose
As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team, Chief Officers are responsible for working flexibly and collaboratively with the Chief Executive and other members to provide strategic leadership to the Education Authority (EA), particularly in regard to progressing EA’s improvement journey and ensuring strategic alignment across the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- A minimum of a level 6 or equivalent or higher qualification.
- A minimum of three years’ experience of providing strategic leadership within a large and complex environment, to develop and deliver a vision and plan to deliver the best possible outcomes for its service users.
‘Large and complex environment’ is defined as an organisation with a budget over £100m and with a multi-disciplinary workforce.
- Experience of working collectively across a senior leadership team to deliver strategic alignment of purpose, vision and goals, and optimise use of the organisation’s resources to deliver maximum value for the public/customers.
- Experience of providing over-arching leadership with evidence of empowering, championing excellence and establishing momentum for continuous improvement that has delivered improved outcomes for the public/customers.
- The successful candidate should also be a strong communicator with proven skills to engage across a wide range of stakeholders, demonstrating successful impact.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the potential along with the challenges of delivering education and support services to ensure high-quality and equitable access for schools.
The successful candidate will be required:
a) To have access to a suitable vehicle (appropriately maintained and insured for Education Authority business) that will enable them to carry out the mobility requirements of the post in an efficient and effective manner and thus meet this essential criterion;
OR
b) Be able to provide sufficient information on the application form that will satisfy the employer that he/she has access to an appropriate alternative form of transport that will enable them to carry out the mobility requirements of the post in an efficient and effective manner and thus meet this essential criterion.
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Closing Time: Thursday 3 April 2025 at 23:59
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