Salary: GBP 46,731.00 - 48,710.00 per year
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Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
For further information about this post please contact Gwern Rhisiart on 01286 679958.
Application forms and further details available from, Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH.
CLOSING DATE: 24/03/2025
Interview date: 07/04/2025.
If you are successful in being shortlisted for an interview, you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Person Specification
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
ESSENTIAL
Appreciate the central importance of the learner in education.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
Educated up to graduate level.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
Experience of middle/higher management at secondary school or college.
Experience of budget and staff management.
Experience of organizing and co-ordinating courses/curriculum in an educational establishment.
Experience of being a successful team member.
Experience of higher level administration.
SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL
A thorough grasp of the post-16 field.
Sound understanding of school and post-16 funding arrangements.
Knowledgeable on how to collaborate with partners, agencies and support services. Contribute towards improving educational provision and learners experience.
Able to interpret data.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Listening and Speaking
Able to deal with all aspects of the job verbally in a confident manner in both English and Welsh.
Reading and Understanding
Able to use and interpret correctly any information in both English and Welsh from a wide variety of sources in order to deal with all aspects of the post.
Writing
Able to present written information in both English and Welsh with complete confidence using the most appropriate language and style to meet the needs of the reader.
Job Description
Purpose of the Post:
• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd and Anglesey are at the heart of everything we do.
• Manage the work of the Post-16 Education Consortium for Gwynedd and Anglesey.
• Co-ordinate post-16 and 14-19 partnership courses in Gwynedd and Anglesey schools, including Grŵp Llandrillo Menai courses.
• Be responsible for completing the Welsh Government's statutory documents in relation to the field.
Responsibility for Resources:
• Act as line manager for two members of staff.
• Be responsible for the Gwynedd and Anglesey 14-19 Network grant and the Seren Network grant.
Main Duties:
Manage the work of the Post-16 Education Consortium
• Jointly plan the Consortium's business plan with the Senior Education Managers of both counties and Colleges and ensure its implementation, monitoring its outcomes.
• Report on the quality of provision in the 14-19 and post-16 fields to the County Quality Board (CQB) of both counties as required.
• Be responsible for making applications for grants relevant to the post-16 and 14-19 sectors.
• Ensure effective use of the Consortium's data system and travel system and website and agree on terms with providers.
• Co-ordinate with colleges and other agencies to nurture and develop meaningful relationships with local/regional businesses and with other partners to support a better understanding of local requirements, and increase the opportunities for apprenticeships and access to higher education.
• Establish and maintain productive links with the North Wales Ambition Board and Medr.
• Prepare reports and undertake research work in accordance with the instruction of members of the learning partnership and Leadership Board.
• Be responsible for the Gwynedd and Anglesey 14-19 Network grant.
• Review the Consortium's Seren Network, addressing the outcomes of activities in particular.
• Co-ordinate post-16 and 14-19 partnership courses between Gwynedd, Anglesey and Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
• Promote and facilitate collaboration between the partnership's schools and colleges.
• Be responsible for setting the agenda and administering the meetings of the Consortium's area partnership groups and learning partnership meeting.
• Co-ordinate the partnership groups' activities.
• Co-ordinate the 14-19 curriculum within the rules of the grant.
• Ensure that open evenings and taster sessions for learners are organised as required, and find ways of giving the learner a voice through the areas of responsibility.
• Ensure a self-evaluation system and data and information sharing protocols for the partnership courses.
Be responsible for completing the Welsh Government's statutory documents in relation to the field:
• Assist in the work of gathering information and reporting on pupils' destinations.
• Complete the statutory documents in relation to the field and report to the Government and Medr on the learning programmes as needed.
• Report on post-16 performance measures (as needed).
• A responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
• A responsibility for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines and standards. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• A commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's carbon footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• A responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special Circumstances:
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