Overview
Quality Improvement Education Officer - Care Experienced Children & Young People
Waverley Court
Salary and hours
Salary: £73,110 - £81,579
Hours: 35 per week, 52 weeks
Role and responsibilities
The City of Edinburgh Council is committed to the delivery of a high-quality education service for all children and young people, and to working in partnership with parents and communities. A culture of continuous improvement underpins improvement activity in our schools, supported by the Quality Improvement Service.
The role of the Quality Improvement Education Officer (Care Experienced Children and Young People) is to provide guidance and support schools to continually adapt and improve to meet the needs of the City of Edinburgh's care experienced children and young people. The core values of our Quality Improvement Education Team are to provide comprehensive and proportionate support, firmly based on a model of collaboration. This support seeks to facilitate effective practice in the following key strategic actions:- Planning for Improvement, The Learning Experience, Monitoring and Tracking and Moderation. This takes several forms, as part of the Self-Improving Schools System, including Leadership Learning Partnerships enabling schools to work in partnership with Quality Improvement Education Officers to validate and moderate schools' self-evaluation, provide feedback for improvement and provide valuable professional learning for staff. The Quality Improvement Service also coordinates Supported Self-Evaluation Reviews and supports schools in their preparation for HMIe Inspections.
Pre-employment checks
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
Diversity and inclusion
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
Work approach
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
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