Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 21 October 2024
Closing Date: Thursday 17 October 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC10 £51,302.31 - £56,107.80
Working Pattern: 36 Hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
1. How you have modelled and promoted organisational values and professional commitment in your current and previous roles.
2. How have you demonstrated your knowledge, skills and understanding when leading or contributing to change?
3. How you have supported colleagues in achieving and sustaining a positive environment for all?
4. Ways in which you have built and developed approaches to increase and promote positive partnerships.
5. Ways in which you have used evaluation to determine and make changes at operational or strategic level.
Job Details
The Team Manager is one of three Team Managers within the Directorate Operations Team and will hold the strategic and operational lead on defined areas of responsibility: managing, developing, implementing, and monitoring services supporting the Primary, Nursery, Special, Secondary, Central Support sectors and teams within the Education Directorate.
The Team Manager for this post will lead on Compliance and Risk. The Team Manager will:
* Manage specialist officers responsible for the delivery of Compliance, Risk, Health and Safety and devolved Finance, quality management, and data management activities.
* Plan, anticipate and identify customer, directorate and corporate performance improvement requirements and priorities.
* Ensure appropriate financial procedures and audit control are implemented.
* Manage and lead on all aspects of school transportation, in partnership with Transportation Services.
* Identify and analyse the impact of developments in legislation, codes of practice and industry best practices in relation to compliance, risk, health and safety at work and financial management.
* Monitor service quality and performance in relation to risk, compliance, health and safety, financial and data management.
* Liaise with external regulatory agencies, including the Health and Safety Executive, Public Health, Audit Scotland, sharing best practices and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
Qualifications, Registration and Skill Requirements
* Educated to SCQF level 9, which includes a degree or equivalent.
* Experience of operational delivery within public sector, successful business change, resource management, performance management, and quality management.
* Experience of driving, managing and supporting organisational change and service improvement.
* Consultancy, facilitation and influencing skills.
* NEBOSH (or equivalent) General Certificate in Health and Safety (essential).
* NEBOSH Diploma in Health & Safety (desirable).
The Person
Will be able to:
* Work with the Service Manager, the Directorate Operations Team, Education Managers, Improvement Officers, School Leaders and practitioners to develop, plan and take forward the Directorate’s strategies relating to Compliance, Risk and Finance.
* Identify, plan and assess progress of projects and manage their interdependencies in support of specific outcomes.
* Report on progress to various Education forums, Councillors, Fife Council Committees, and to Scottish Government as required.
* Chair meetings/represent the Service in cross-service working groups and projects.
* Consistently model positive behaviours in dealings with others.
* Undertake research/benchmarking.
* Analyse complex issues and determine creative and practical solutions.
* Reconcile competing priorities and deal with ambiguity and complexity.
* Respond to customer needs, aligned with strong organisational and business awareness and provide constructive challenge where appropriate.
* Manage performance.
Further Information
* Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria.
* How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.
* Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.
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For more information, please contact: Kevin Funnell, kevin.funnell-ed@fife.gov.uk
We are currently shaping our future workstyles; however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
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