Head Teacher

LOCATION: Dyce Academy, Aberdeen, AB21 7NF

SALARY: £77,124 per year

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

POSITION TYPE: Term Time Full Time

HOURS: 35 hours per week

Job Description

"Before applying for this job, it is important that you read the Applicant Guidance by clicking on this link  and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for".

Location: Dyce Academy

Duration: Permanent, Full Time

Please note Under Section 28 of the Education (Scotland) Act 2016, it is a pre-requisite for all teachers taking up their first permanent Head Teacher position to hold the Standard for Headship. If this is applicable to you, and you do not already hold this, you must be willing and able to achieve the Standard for Headship within 30 months of taking up the role.

About the Role:

To lead and manage the affairs of the school/service, enabling the delivery of quality education through the appropriate involvement of the pupils, staff, parents, multi-disciplinary agencies, and the community it serves. This will be done in accordance with the Authority’s Strategic Plan, the school’s/service’s Development Plan, National Priorities, Local Improvement Objectives, in accordance with current legislation, and within national and local agreements.

Requirements

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

• Full GTC Registration (Scotland)
• Evidence of career long professional learning and participation in professional update
• Evidence of experience in successfully leading and managing change and securing school improvement
• Demonstrable experience in a senior leadership post in an appropriate setting

Responsibilities

The post holder is expected to demonstrate:

Skills & Experience in:

• Experience of Senior Management responsibility in appropriate educational environment
• Knowledge of the cycle of development planning and resource allocation
• Knowledge of the operation of self-evaluation, quality assurance processes and procedures and the production of Standards & Quality reports
• clear working knowledge of current initiatives and priorities in education
• Knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2003
• effective management of human resourcing matters including industrial/employee relations and health and safety whilst continually improving performance of self and others in order to achieve excellence in service delivery and organisational capability
• strategic thinking, organisational and motivational skills
• high order interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication with colleagues, pupils, parents/carers and partners
• ability to promote and deliver equality of opportunity to staff and service users
• setting and securing high expectations and standards through the provision of professional advice, reviewing professional needs and performance and supporting career long professional learning of colleagues

An understanding of:

• leading and managing change to secure improvements in outcomes for young people
• effective leadership and commitment to effective employee communication and engagement; sound leadership skills
• effectively leading, developing and sustaining a range of curriculum provisions to meet the needs of all the young people
• an ability to undertake successful coaching, training and developing people
• working with others co-operatively (both internally and externally) in order to achieve better services and customer focused outcomes
• behaving in a consistent and reliable manner whist ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and with respect
• ensuring that organisational and performance objectives and standards are achieved
• drive and desire to improve performance and deliver better services
• accepting responsibility for own actions and able to deal with performance issues quickly and decisively
• planning and monitoring health and safety performance and motivating employees to work in a safe and healthy manner

Commitment to:

• successful management of staff
• setting and sustaining ambitious standards for all young people, overcoming disadvantage, removing barriers to learning and ensuring equity, equality and excellence
• improving and maximising the attainment and achievement of young people

The Individual

See Job Profile & Candidate Pack for further details

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact: Eleanor Sheppard, Chief Education Officer, by email on ESheppard@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Flexible Working

We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you consider yourself to have a disability and think you may require a reasonable adjustment to be made for this part of the selection process, or would like further information in relation to reasonable adjustments, please contact AskHR@aberdeencity.gov.uk.

Armed Forces

We are a forces-friendly employer, have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a silver award recipient in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We have a specific email address for those in the forces, those who have left the forces, as well as their partners / spouses / families: armedforces@aberdeencity.gov.uk. We are able to answer questions about jobs and our application / selection process, as well as about our employee support provisions.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our roles and who:

• have a disability
• are care-experienced and aged 16-29
• are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
• have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
• are New Scots aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships

Further information can be found at https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/jobs