Improvement Officer (Angus Virtual School)

Job Description

Based at Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar.

This job is workstyle 5 - Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from home for part of your week and spend some time in council buildings to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

Are you an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Senior Leader who has a proven record of securing school improvement and are passionate about improving outcomes for learners? Are you looking to enhance your professional learning and develop new skills?

We are seeking an Improvement Officer on a temporary or secondment basis to further develop the raising attainment and school improvement agenda in Angus schools. It is intended that this position will run until 16 August 2026.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

If you wish to have an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Leila Martin at MartinLJ@angus.gov.uk or on 07754 512769.

Interviews will be held on Monday, 4 November 2024.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

 

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

 

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.