As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team, Chief Officers are responsible for working flexibly and collaboratively with the Chief Executive and other members to provide strategic leadership to the Education Authority (EA), particularly in regard to progressing EA’s improvement journey and ensuring strategic alignment across the organisation.
In this context, the roles have responsibility for the following:
* Collectively as part of the Corporate Leadership Team, optimising business structures, harnessing strengths and making EA a great place to work.
* Leading a functional review of each Directorate to ensure clarity and focus on the statutory responsibilities and strategic priorities EA is responsible for delivering.
* Working collectively with other Chief Officers to align and agree functions under the new leadership structure.
* Considering the resourcing profile and organisational changes required to deliver the optimum structure for EA.
* Focusing on strategic leadership duties, offering overarching leadership that empowers individuals managing services to focus more on operational excellence.
* Leading detailed reviews of EA’s core functions and current challenges to inform a more balanced structure.
* Working towards EA’s long-term, improvement ambitions, ensuring that the future structure is aligned with its vision, purpose, and strategic goals.
* Ensuring focus on the core purpose of the organisation to ensure clarity of mission and objectives.
* Leading prioritisation of EA activities to determine which are essential and which may need to be discontinued.
* Aligning functions under a new structure, as well as consideration of the resourcing profile and organisation changes required in support of any future change agenda.
* Ensuring that EA lives within its annual Budget allocation from the Department of Education.
* Working in partnership with staff and stakeholders including partners across the education sector, governing bodies, school leaders, trade unions, elected representatives, other related agencies, the media and the public.
* Maximising opportunities for improvements while promoting innovation and ambition.
* Providing strategic leadership for all programmes and projects relating to improvements to service delivery models while ensuring that EA adheres relevant legislation and standards.
* Ensuring that service delivery is shaped by service user input.
* Advising the Department of Education on policy issues and contribute to policy reviews.
Key Areas of Focus
The Chief Education Officer is responsible for overseeing the education and support services to ensure high-quality and equitable access across Northern Ireland, and the key point of contact to engage with stakeholder groups regarding education services and overseeing strategic focus areas such as inclusion.
Budget: £343 million
Staff: 1,911
This Chief Education Officer role includes the delivery of the following three high level responsibilities along with providing overall leadership to the directorate, fostering a culture of improvement and engagement.
Strategic Leadership and Planning: Formulate and execute strategic plans for education services, ensuring a joined-up approach across regions and education stages, and targeting key areas such as early intervention, inclusion and transition.
Championing Educational Excellence and Innovation: Drive initiatives for continuous improvement in teaching and learning, promote inclusivity and address the needs of diverse populations. Work to improve education outcomes for all.
Stakeholder Engagement and Public Relations: Engage with key stakeholder groups on education-related matters, and act as a spokesperson for these services.
* Developing and articulating a clear vision for the role of EA in the future of education in Northern Ireland.
* Provide leadership on the development and implementation of strategies which drive improvements to educational outcomes, support for leadership teams and performance reviews in controlled schools.
* Provide strategic leadership in the development and implementation EA’s EdIS Programme (Educational Digital, Information and Communications Technology including hardware, curriculum applications and schools’ management software with associated security, access etc. to ensure effective support for management and teaching and learning in schools).
* Provide strategic leadership in the development and implementation of all aspects of sustainable schools, community planning and school governance.
* Responsible for the delivery of early years, pupil wellbeing and children protection services.
* Responsible for relationship-building with schools and parents.
Other
* Any other duties related to the role which may be required from time-to-time by the Chief Executive and the Board.
* In accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), be expected to promote Good Relations, Equality of Opportunity and pay due regard for Equality Legislation at all times.
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