Posted 04/11/2024
Salary starting from £63,396 per annum
Salary: Salary starting from £63,396
Location: Homebased (Wales)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week)
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) is the leading professional association and trade union for all school and college leaders. We are proud to support and represent more than 25,000 members throughout the UK in primary, secondary and post-16 education who lead their schools and colleges to help to shape the future of the national education system and provide high quality professional development opportunities.
ASCL is seeking to appoint a National Officer for ASCL Cymru to undertake casework supporting ASCL Cymru members. The post will cover Wales, supporting the recently appointed Director of ASCL Cymru.
The post requires up-to-date knowledge and experience of the issues facing the senior leadership teams of schools and colleges and the ability to deal with individuals at a senior level. The post will suit applicants with recent experience as leaders of educational institutions or administrators with good experience of school or college management and a strong interest in professional issues.
With a background in educational leadership and proven experience of writing position and policy statements pertaining to Welsh Education, you will play a crucial role supporting the Director to inform on national strategy and policy. With training provided, you will deliver meaningful guidance and support to our Welsh members through the management of the local representatives and provide on-going support and training after their accreditation.
Wales will be the main location of work. The post-holder will be home based although the role involves frequent travel. There will be occasional contact with and visits to ASCL HQ in Leicester plus regular training sessions that may involve overnight stays. IT and telephone equipment will be provided. This full time role is paid on a five-point incremental range from £63,396 – £70,072 per annum.
ASCL is an equal opportunities employer and offers a very generous package of benefits, including 33 days holiday plus bank holidays and a pension scheme to which the association contributes 9%. Reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses are also covered, including a working from home allowance. We encourage applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Interested?
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Monday 18 November.
Interviews will be held in Cardiff on Tuesday 26th November 2024.
Start date: As soon as possible.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) is the leading professional association and trade union for all school, college and trust leaders. We are proud to support and represent more than 22,000 leaders of primary, secondary and post-16 education from across the UK.
Our members are responsible for the education of more than four million young people and children. We work to shape national education policy, provides advice and support to our members and deliver first-class professional development. We have no political affiliation.
We represent school and college leaders with a wide range of roles including Executive Headteachers, CEOs of multi-academy trusts, Principals, Headteacher, Heads of School, School Business Managers/Business Leaders ans Finance Directors and CFOs.
ASCL Professional Development (ASCL PD), a limited company affiliated to ASCL, provides first-class CPD including courses, conferences, accredited qualifications, tailor-made training and much more.
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