Principal Service Lead - Education

Salary:Grade 16 - £79,125 - £84,055 Location: Dudley, West Midlands - hybrid Contract: Permanent, full time Are you an inspirational, values-driven professional with a passion for improving the life chances for children and young people? Dudley Council is embarking on a bold and ambitious transformation journey, and we are seeking an exceptional and visionary Principal Lead - Education to play a vital role in driving outstanding outcomes and shaping the future of education and inclusion across our borough. This is a pivotal position at the heart of our Children and Young People service. It is an opportunity for a strategic leader with a passion for education, inclusion and partnership working to influence educational excellence. With your Associate Director and colleagues, you will drive Dudley's strategic approach to education, providing high-quality leadership across the portfolio alongside inclusion and SEND, ensuring the delivery of statutory education functions while ensuring
that every childand young person, whatever their needs or background can access high-quality education, support and opportunity. In this strategic leadership role, you will: Provide high quality strategic and operational leadership and management across a broad portfolio of education functions, ensuring high-quality, inclusive and compliant services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families through the Education Strategy. Lead and manage inclusive teams fostering high performance and ensuring services are compliant, meet legal, statutory and governance requirements, including Safeguarding. Translate strategic intent into effective operational delivery across a diverse education system, working collaboratively with schools, partners, and stakeholders. To support the development and delivery of the Children & Young People Services Improvement Plan embedding a culture of financial responsibility, a children and family focus and service excellence. Whowe arelooking for