The Governance & Performance Lead is an essential role within the wider Executive Team who are leading change, aligning vision, standardising practice, and ensuring compliance, assurance and outward performance of all educational practices. The role sits under the Executive Lead, Assistant Head of Service who reports directly to the Head of Defence Children Services. This role works closely with the Head of Defence Children Services, alongside the Assistant Heads (ROW and Cyprus) offering guidance and support in line with second levels of defence assurance. Key responsibilities: Provide professional guidance and assurance for schools effectiveness through internal inspection of our schools and settings across the world. Be the subject matter expert in relation to Ofsted expectations and school performance. Co-ordinate and provide professional guidance and support for all Governance Committees of our schools and settings Co-ordinate the internal review process evaluating school effectiveness both in location at during planned meetings with the Head Teachers. Provide information, guidance and assurance to our schools and Headquarters for Statutory Assessments and national Examinations. Work with Headquarters Schools Data colleagues to produce and analyse trends appertaining to Service children and mobility, and performance data against national comparisons. Lead the review process in DCS Schools and Settings across the world and publish the re-port to key stakeholders. Co-ordinate the internal review process evaluating DCS overall effectiveness. Lead the review process of all three pillars of DCS headquarters in line with ACSO 4001. Advise schools, settings and Headquarters about requirements for statutory assessments and national examinations and ensure compliance. Advise and co-ordinate the governance of schools and settings to ensure high quality local support and assurance. Provide analysis of performance data and trends appertaining to service children and mobility. Facilitate the Standards Board for DCS Schools and Settings. You will be released to undertake inspection duties (Ofsted/ISI) and this will fall within contracted hours - Payment from the inspection authority (Ofsted/ISI) will be claimed back following MOD procedures. If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by Resourcing Team 1. If you experience any technical difficulties with the CS Jobs system, please contact the Support Team at candidate@support.oleeo.com Person specification Essential skills/qualifications required: Ofsted/ISI Inspector qualified. UK Qualified Teacher Status. Current or very recent experience as an Ofsted or ISI Lead or Team Inspector. Experienced Education or Local Authority Leader. Experienced Head Teacher or Executive Head Teacher. Must be willing to travel to overseas. Desirable skills/qualifications: National Professional Qualification for Headship. National Leader of Education. Experience as a School or Multi-Academy Trust Governor/Trustee. Qualifications Ofsted/ISI Inspector qualified. UK Qualified Teacher Status. Evidence of qualification will be required at interview. All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date.Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Seeing the Big Picture Communicating and Influencing Leadership Working Together We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Communicating and Influencing Leadership Technical skills We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process: Presentation Benefits Alongside your salary of 70,506, Ministry of Defence contributes 20,425 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Other benefits for Army civil servants include: 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service. Highly competitive pension scheme. Personal and professional development of skills. Alternative working patterns for many roles. Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Enhanced parental and adoption leave. 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities. Learning and Development. We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role. A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career. Discover My Benefits: Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD: https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/ This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills. At application stage you will be assessed against the following: Personal Statement: (Maximum 750 words) Which should include the experience you have in evaluating school effectiveness using frameworks such as Ofsted or similar and how you have applied this knowledge to improve outcomes for children and young people. You must also demonstrate the relevant skills and experience that are detailed in the essential skills criteria, including examples of evidence. CV: As part of the online application form, you will be asked to provide elements of your CV. Behaviours: Communicating & Influencing Leadership. Applications will be sifted using the above criteria, but in the event of there being a high number of applications, a sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour 'Communicating & Influencing'. At interview stage you will be assessed against the following: Presentation: To deliver a 5-minute presentation evaluating school effectiveness; approaches and strategies for reporting to governors and stakeholders. Behaviours: Communicating & Influencing Leadership Seeing the Bigger Picture Working Together Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed and will be held in person. We endeavour to keep to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs. Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use. The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The surveyis voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Craig Gill Email : Craig.Gill542@mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1@mod.gov.uk Further information Please see Further Information document attached. Attachments 20241009 - Further Information - External (1) Opens in new window (docx, 34kB) Defence Civil Service Offer (1) Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB)