Workforce Development Service Manager

Workforce Development Service Manager

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Salary information: L10 to L14, £62,703 - £68,749 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: Flexible - The successful candidate can be based at one of the Trust schools either in the southern or northern hub

Required for Summer Term 2024

A new opportunity has arisen in the Eden Academy Trust to recruit a Workforce Development Service Manager who will be central to the Trust ambition of becoming an employer of choice and putting our people first.

The Eden Academy Trust is a growing multi-academy trust currently comprising 10 schools and settings who specialise in meeting the educational needs of children and young adults with a range of learning disabilities.  

The Workforce Development Service Manager will be responsible for developing the skills and knowledge of our workforce as our primary resource and creating a Trust wide workforce development strategy. This will be achieved by collaborative working with Directors, Heads and professional development coordinators across all schools and creating high-quality development pathways including opportunities to engage in professional networks, coaching and research.

The Workforce Development Service Manager will effectively manage and lead a team of school based professional development co-ordinators who will have delegated responsibilities for developing the efficiency and effectiveness of the service. The post holder will also act, in liaison with the Teacher Development Lead, as a link to external institutions (for example NIoT, SCITT) in order to maintain knowledge of the sector and identify opportunities both to deliver and take up training opportunities.

We are looking for a manager who has teaching experience, preferably within a specialist setting or with significant knowledge of pupils with SEND and an up to date knowledge of the latest sources of evidence-based research to inform professional development.  

This position offers a significant opportunity to play an important role in supporting the pupils and staff of a MAT that is going through a period of dynamic growth.

For more information about the schools please visit https://theedenacademy.co.uk/our-schools/. 

If you have any further questions please contact Paul Van Walwyk, Director for Schools and Education Services via his PA: colette.haugh@theedenacademy.co.uk

If you are interested in applying for this role and would like more information, please use the following link https://www.theedenacademy.co.uk

Closing date: Monday 29 January 2024, 11:59am

Interviews: The week of the 5th February 2024

CVs will not be accepted

The Eden Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks.

The Eden Academy Trust may, from time to time, require an employee to be relocated temporarily or permanently to one of its other schools. Any proposal to relocate will be carried out with due consultation and reasonable notice.