Senior Education Adviser, Behaviour Hubs Full Time

Reading, Berkshire
Education Development Trust

Senior Education Adviser, Behaviour Hubs Salary: Circa £55,000 per annum (dependent on experience)Job type: Permanent, Full timeLocation: Reading with some flexibility for hybrid or remote working. Some travel to various locations throughout England.Benefits: We offer 30 days annual leave (+bank holidays), excellent training and development opportunities, and family friendly policies to support flexible working. We also offer a suite of voluntary benefits including a health cash plan, ride to work scheme, and retail discounts. We are recruiting for a Senior Education Adviser to provide technical expertise to the Department for Education’s Behaviour Hubs programme and oversee school coaching, quality assurance, programme improvement and the promotion of the programme across various stakeholder groups. The role will effectively work across internal and external stakeholder groups to ensure the successful delivery of the programme.Behaviour Hubs is a one-year programme for schools and a two-year programme for MATs, more information can be found here The programme is fully funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and provides schools with support, training, coaching and advice aimed at improving behaviour culture and generating sustainable, cultural change which is tailored to each individual school.The programme partners schools with a Lead School who has an exemplary track record in behaviour culture to provide senior leaders with bespoke support. There is also a stream for MATs who will be partnered in a similar way with a Lead MAT. The programme will run until December 2024.To join the team, you will be a qualified teacher and have experience working on large scale national initiatives. You will have excellent credentials in the design, delivery and evaluation/quality assurance of professional and/or whole school improvement programmes for teachers and school leaders. You will also have strong stakeholder management skills and experience coaching school leaders.We are particularly interested in the following areas of expertise:Awareness of different approaches to behaviour and associated current researchVery strong stakeholder managementLine management and matrix managementCoaching and supporting school leadersDeveloping CPD materialsExperience working on large scale national initiativesThe majority of our work will be supporting the effective delivery of the programme, so you will have the credibility, humility, coaching and communication skills to support experienced school leaders in a wide range of contexts. You will be joining a broader education team who work across a range of programmes supporting teachers and practitioners to improve, from school culture and behaviour to communication in pre-school settings. In addition to programme work, you’ll get the chance to refine our methodologies, develop research and thought leadership publications, represent the organisation externally and work with a brilliant, multidisciplinary UK team who are completely committed to transforming life chances through education.Closing date: 2 January 2023Interview Date: 10 January 2023 Application process: Once you click apply you will be required to complete a short online application form and upload your CV.We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close our vacancies early.

About the organisation.

Education Development Trust is an education charity that exists to transform lives by improving education around the world. We work collaboratively with national and local governments, schools and other partners to design and deliver sustainable solutions to improve education.

At Education Development Trust, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and knows they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Education Development Trust an inclusive place to work. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.