Education Effectiveness Partner in Leicester

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Leicester Rd, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA

Salary: Leadership scale: 4 £55,747 - £58,569 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award Pending)

Working Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed term contract one year; secondment arrangements supported

Closing Date: Sunday 28th June 2026

Interview Date(s): Monday 6th July 2026 or Tuesday 7th July 2026

About the Role

Leicestershire County Council are committed to making a real difference to the lives of our children and young people. To achieve this, we need a team of resolute and outstanding staff who will contribute to our exceptional learning community. An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and committed Education Effectiveness Partner to join the team in a continued development strategy working with schools on joint strategies for inclusion, use of alternative provision and promoting positive outcomes for Leicestershire’s most vulnerable children and young people.

This role involves being the point of contact for all schools, academies, colleges, and educational settings in a geographical area of Leicestershire, fostering good working relationships to ensure the best possible education for children and young people. Knowledge and an understanding of the current agendas within education, particularly regarding inclusion, use and development of internal alternative provision arrangements and SEN would be beneficial. Additionally, strategic experience in these areas and involvement in the secondary phase would be advantageous.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective Education Effectiveness Partner who will:

• Champion and develop practice that promotes inclusive strategies in schools, central services and other educational settings (e.g., Further Education Colleges).
• Provide advice and support to schools to inform practice that promotes the prevention of, and tackles the leading causes for, suspensions, permanent exclusions and long-term absenteeism.
• Manage national and local initiatives to improve teaching and learning outcomes for all children and young people.
• Gather, interpret, and apply performance data to identify areas of high or underperformance.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, demonstrated through experience of successful management of significant programmes or projects which include the planning, managing, and delivering of transformation strategies and influencing partners to deliver within a programme framework.
• Have an awareness of local authority statutory duties and national/local initiatives and can demonstrate they can adapt their Qualified Teacher Status and knowledge of the 5-16 education sectors and performance management systems to support the requirements on both the local authority and state-funded schools.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to deliver complex information to non-specialist staff.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post. This role is a “safety critical post” and, consequently, subject to random drug and alcohol testing in accordance with our policies and procedures.

About You

The Education Effectiveness Partner will play an integral role, as part of the Education Effectiveness Team, to successfully implement national and local initiatives to promote and embed school improvement strategies within educational settings where Leicestershire children are educated; to secure the best start in life for all our children, particularly the most vulnerable. The successful candidate will:

• Have Qualified Teacher Status with DfE number and extensive experience of working with schools, including evaluating and developing whole-school practice with sound understanding of the issues facing schools and how schools operate.
• Have recent, successful management of significant programmes or projects and can demonstrate experience of strategic thinking at a senior level.
• Have experience of developing and maintaining initiatives, and quality assuring their effectiveness.
• Be able to work independently and with initiative.
• Be able to deal with sensitive issues with diplomacy and tact.
• Have some understanding of the legislative, regulatory and statutory duties in Education relating to the right of children and young people to access a good quality education.
• Have effective communication skills, be well-motivated and flexible, have a professional manner and plenty of common sense.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working? We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected.

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