Director of Education and Skills

Full time, Permanent
We are seeking to appoint a Director to lead the development and delivery of our strategic vision for Education, Skills and Learning.
The Education and Skills services are on an ambitious transformation journey and play a leading role in helping to create a high performing, inclusive and equitable education, and skills sector in Bristol. Working with a range of key partners, you’ll provide outstanding, citywide leadership to ensure the range of strategic priorities and improvement programmes are delivered.
We are seeking a candidate who is astute in budgetary management and can address concerns over budgetary matters and delivering the required savings, keeping a close eye on our safeguarding responsibilities and making sure we fulfil our legal and moral obligations.
As a sector, we face significant challenges as we strive to improve our performance and respond to the increased demand in services, following the pandemic. Your leadership will not only provide stability, but continue to move the service forward, at pace, in order to secure the best possible outcomes for our citizens.

Your application should demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria, particularly in relation to your experience of the below:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the challenges across the education spectrum, particularly additional and alternative learning provision.
• Skilled leader with track record of achieving desired outcomes by working / negotiating with stakeholders and by motivating team and internal colleagues to give their best.
• Knowledge and understanding of the challenges diverse cities like Bristol and the wider public sector face alongside the policy and governance requirements across the function.
• Strong operational management ability with track record of leading, motivating and managing teams through change to achieve sustained levels of high performance.
• The ability to build strong partnerships with school leaders across the city.

Please see attached the full Job Description and Person Specification.
For all informal enquiries please contact Tom Craner: tom.craner@bristol.gov.uk
To Apply Please submit your CV, along with a supporting statement of no more than 10,000 characters detailing why you are interested in the role, what skills and experience you would bring, and what you will achieve over the term of the appointment.
Closing date: Sunday 4th June at Midnight Longlisting: Monday 5th June (candidates are not required to attend) Technical Interview: Friday 9th June Shortlisting: Monday 26th June (candidates are not required to attend) Final Panel Interviews: Thursday 6th July

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently under-represented within senior leadership roles of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.