Professional Lead Adviser for Schools
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About Us
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can‑do culture we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It is about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem‑solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Standards, Practice and Partnerships team as a Professional Lead Adviser for Standards and Inclusion - Schools. In this role, you’ll primarily work as a school improvement partner for a range of schools and will have the opportunity to develop your skills in providing evidence‑based advice and support.
Professional Lead Schools Adviser’s work is rooted in building constructive, professional relationships with school leaders, positioning themselves as trusted partners in the improvement journey. Professional Leads are tasked with offering both encouragement and uncompromising external challenge, drawing on evidence to evaluate school performance against the expectations of the current Ofsted framework. Through professional dialogue and close analysis of a wide range of evidence, they highlight both strengths and key areas requiring development. Where further expertise or intervention is needed, Professional Leads facilitate access to additional support and resources, ensuring schools are well placed to continue improving outcomes for pupils.
Team and Collaborations
The Lifelong Learning, Skills & Employment division provides a range of statutory and community services, regulated and non‑regulated. Our vision is for a thriving community where all our residents can engage in and benefit from lifelong learning opportunities - for personal growth, health and wellbeing and economic success.
The division, which sits within the Children’s & Adults Services Department, is organised into four operational service areas, each led by a Head of Services, and each contributing to achievement of the Borough’s ‘limitless’ Lifelong Learning Strategy.
As a Professional Lead within the Standards Practice and Partnerships pillar, you are a member of our extended Hounslow Leadership Team who play a key role in delivering high‑quality, resident‑focused services.
You provide expert guidance, support and leadership across Hounslow to set high standards for practice and service delivery, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards in your area of expertise. You work in a proactive and collaborative way with other Council services and partners to provide expertise to support the effective delivery of service for residents.
Key Responsibilities
* Advising on best practice and offering strategic insights to support the efficient and effective delivery of services and the development and implementation of critical initiatives.
* Training and mentoring staff in your area of expertise and succession planning for roles requiring similar levels of expertise.
* Providing regular updates on outcomes to your Service Manager, Head of Service and Director, and promoting a positive, inclusive culture, championing staff development and continuous improvement.
* Collaborating with the senior team, other leaders and stakeholders to align initiatives with strategic goals.
Standards, Practice and Partnership Team Focus
* Ensure all children and young people in Hounslow experience the highest quality teaching and learning from practitioners who are highly skilled, valued and supported.
* Ensure the education and skills system is effectively planned, well‑resourced and resilient.
* Ensure that we create a truly inclusive system where children and young people can thrive.
Qualifications
* Educated to a degree level with qualified teachers status.
* Experience of successful senior leadership within a school or school improvement organisation.
* Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co‑producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders.
* Proven ability to effectively use school performance data, intelligence and evidence to accurately identify trends, create meaningful insight, recommendations and to inform own decision making.
* Understanding of prevailing Ofsted frameworks for the inspection of schools, with recent experience of the English national curriculum for primary and secondary schools.
We welcome applicants from primary, secondary, post 16 and special schools but have a particular interest in colleagues from the secondary, post 16 and special school sectors.
Contact
Email: liz.strong@hounslow.gov.uk
Interviews for this job will be held during the week commencing 5th January 2026.
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