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Recruitment Pack Managing Director Central South Consortium 1 CONTENTS Section Content 1.0 Welcome Letter to Candidates 2.0 Central South Consortium 3.0 The Role of the Managing Director 3.1 Advert 3.2 Job Description & Person Specification 3.3 Equality and Diversity 4.0 Outline Recruitment Timetable 4.1 Living in the Consortium Boundaries 2 1.0 WELCOME LETTER TO CANDIDATES Dear Applicant, RE: Central South Consortium – Joint Education Service I am pleased you have asked for more information about this key role in the Central South Consortium. The Central South Consortium works on behalf of five local authorities in the South Wales region and with 400 schools to deliver school improvement services. The region is the fastest growing region in Wales covering the capital city and economic heartland of Wales. Schools in the region serve a third of school aged children in Wales as well as both the most diverse and deprived communities of Wales. The region includes many outstanding schools as well as small numbers who still require intensive support and intervention. Nothing is more critical to the people who live in this region than the quality of education that young people receive. The region is on the up. From the lowest performing, Central South is now the second highest achieving region in Wales and has seen the fastest improvement in results, particularly for the most vulnerable, across Wales in the last three years. Our mission is to enable schools to lead improvement, through the ‘Central South Wales Challenge’. Our approach is based on the premise that great practice exists in schools and our job is to find effective structures and systems for sharing and growing practice within and across schools. We can go further. We want to be highest performing region in Wales and to work with the highest performing internationally. We want to be a region known for the quality of professional learning for teachers and leaders. Above all, we want to be a region where every school delivers great teaching and learning benefitting the most vulnerable children first and most. I very much hope that you will want to come and work with us to deliver the best education for the young people of the Consortium. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, ROB THOMAS, LEAD MANAGING DIRECTOR 3 2.0 CENTRAL SOUTH CONSORTIUM The Central South Consortium (CSC) is a school improvement service which operates on behalf of five local authorities: Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan. This region is the most populous in Wales. It includes over 400 schools and serves 135,000 learners - a third of the country’s school-age children. The region is home to the highest number and the largest proportion of children living in poverty; it is also home to the capital city and the economic, financial, creative and media industries of Wales. Historically the region has underperformed against schools elsewhere in Wales. Since 2012 it has seen a steep and sustained improvement in learner outcomes at every level and in every local authority area but there is further to go. Our ambition as a region is that, by 2018: our learners achieve the best educational outcomes in Wales, rivalling similar parts of the United Kingdom; the poverty-related attainment gap is closing faster here than anywhere else in Wales; that the region is known and recognised for its high-quality school-led professional learning. Our aim: to improve educational outcomes for all pupils, and the outcomes for vulnerable learners fastest. The success of schools in this region is the key to the future economic and social success of Wales. We are improving. We need to do more. See more at: http://www.cscjes.org.uk/About-Us.aspx#sthash.8XxlPhJ6.dpuf 4 3.0 THE ROLE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR 3.1 ADVERT CENTRAL SOUTH CONSORTIUM JOINT EDUCATION SERVICE MANAGING DIRECTOR POST Salary £103,000 (Secondments will also be considered) ‘Overall performance in this region has improved at a faster rate than in the other regions over the last three years... ‘The consortium has a clear vision and strategy to improve schools ... ‘The consortium has developed into a reflective organisation that is committed to evaluating and improving its own performance and practice’ Estyn report into Central South Consortium February 2016. What are we looking for? We are seeking a strategic leader to take school improvement across South Wales on the next stage of its journey. Whilst this is a permanent role we would also welcome the option of a secondment for up to two years. Please note that any successful secondment arrangement would be at the candidate’s current salary if higher than the salary stated above. We are looking for an outstanding candidate who can develop further our vision of a school led system; who understands the drive to place control and resources in the hands of schools to lead improvement across all schools and minimise the role of government in building capacity for improvement. We want a candidate with a strong background in school improvement, either in a school or across an area, who works well to influence and lead partners within a political system to transform educational outcomes for the most vulnerable children and young people in the region’s schools. Who are we? The Central South Consortium (CSC) works on behalf of five local authorities in the South Wales region and with 400 schools to deliver school improvement services. The region is the fastest growing region in Wales covering the capital city and economic heartland of Wales. Schools in the region serve a third of school aged children in Wales as well as both the most diverse and deprived communities of Wales. The region includes many outstanding schools as well as small numbers who still require intensive support and intervention. Nothing is more critical to the people who live in this region than the quality of education that young people receive. The region is on the up. From the lowest performing, Central South is now the second highest achieving region in Wales and has seen the fastest improvement in results, particularly for the most vulnerable, across Wales in the last three years. We have confidence in our school leaders and teachers. Our mission is to enable schools to lead improvement, through the ‘Central South Wales Challenge’. Our approach is based on the premise that great practice exists in schools and our job is to find effective structures and systems for sharing and growing practice within and across schools. We can go further. We want to be highest performing region in Wales and to work with the highest performing internationally. We want to be a region known for the quality of professional learning for teachers and leaders. Above all, we want to be a region where every school delivers great teaching and learning benefitting the most vulnerable children first and most. What is Central South Consortium? The consortium is a joint partnership delivery model, governed by a Joint Committee of the five authorities. Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and the Vale of Glamorgan councils have put together resources for school improvement into one organisation. As a result, the consortium brings scale and strategy across a wider group of schools, and a focus on improvement strategies to our engagement with school leaders. The consortium delivers challenge and support to all schools, distributes grants on an equitable basis and leads with school leaders on the development of evidence based school to school strategies. At the same time, the consortium works with other consortia across Wales, research institutions and the Welsh government to lead policy development and delivery in the region. It is an innovative model, focused on improvement, efficiency and delivery at all levels of the system. The scope for further development is huge. 5 What do we want? We are looking for a creative and committed Managing Director to lead our service to its next stage of delivery. We are looking for someone who: has experience and a strong track record of making an impact in leading a school improvement organisation to significantly improve educational outcomes; is innovative about strategic sustained school improvement, committed to a school led model of improvement, creative and positive about working with heads, teachers and students; demands high standards, recognises the importance of accountability to local democracy and is unequivocal about the fight against complacency; is able to galvanise a collective leadership team working with Local Authority leaders and politicians, and is committed to leading an organisation to work in partnership with national and regional partners to get behind the efforts of schools and leaders to improve learning in Central South Wales. For an informal conversation contact Rob Thomas, CSC Lead Chief Executive on 01446 709202 or Hannah Woodhouse, the current Managing Director on 01443 827565. For further details please visit http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/jobs. You can apply via the on-line recruitment system or by contacting Nathan Meredith, HR Assistant on 01443 444520 or [email protected] 3.2 JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION JOB DESCRIPTION Unit: Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Post Title: Managing Director - Permanent with secondments also welcomed Salary: £103,000 Responsible to: Central South Consortium Joint Commissioning Board Date of Description: January 2017 Last Updated January 2017 Functional Areas of Responsibility 1. Leadership of School Improvement Services The strategic leadership and delivery of our school led model of challenge and support for schools. This includes leading an experienced team to work alongside school leaders and teachers in the rigorous challenge and support for improvement activity based on strong analysis of data and evidence in inverse proportion to need.