31 Charity / Voluntary jobs in Ryde, Isle Of Wight

School Effectiveness Officer We wish to appoint two experienced senior leaders to help us deliver educational excellence and effectiveness across the 155 Church of England schools and academies that belong to the household of faith in the Diocese of Chichester. As a result of the retirement of two members of the Education team we have a full time and a part time role (0.8) available from September. We are seeking candidates who can support the development of school improvement and Christian distinctiveness provision across our Church of England schools and academies. Our vision for Education is to be "Deeply Christian, serving the common good." Based at Church House in Hove, we seek to live out our vision to "Know, love and follow Jesus"., The principal duties include:

• Providing advice and support to school leaders on strategies for improvement and raising standards in church schools
• Developing effective processes for school improvement based on monitoring, review and evaluation principles.
• Supporting church schools and academies in their preparation for and response to Ofsted and SIAMS inspections.
• Advising school leaders on the development of the distinctive Christian character and the promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development in the life of their schools and academies.
  
  Be an experienced Headteacher with experience of delivering school improvement and educational excellence.
• Have the ability to build strong professional relationships, have challenging conversations and hold senior school leaders to account with sensitivity and understanding.
• Show evidence of good leadership and organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise tasks, risks and opportunities.
• Be a Christian and committed to the role that church schools play in the formal education and raising of standards.
  
  We are recruiting for two roles. For the full-time post we offer a salary of £55,000-£58,000 for 37.5 hours per week. For the part time post we offer a pro-rata salary of £44,000 - 46,400 per annum role for 30 hours per week, with flexibility as to how and when the hours are spread within the working week
• Flexi-time and the opportunity to apply to use the DBF's remote working policy to work from home for part of the week.
• The full time role is offered with 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and two privilege days per year and the part time role is offered with a 0.8 pro-rata equivalent.
• Membership of the Church Worker's Pension Scheme with a 15.1% employer contribution and an employee contribution between 0-6%.
• Free parking, and the ride to work scheme and development opportunities
As an employer, and as a Church House team, our mutual values at work are to be Respectful, Professional, Flexible and Supportive. Chichester DBF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment and to comply with the relevant safeguarding policy. Our full safeguarding policy can be found This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and completion of the Church of England Confidential Declaration Form. To understand how the information you supply in your Confidential Declaration Form is used and your rights with respect to that data please read our . The post will involve travelling around the Diocese, some evening work and occasional work at weekends. Please note this is post to which a Genuine Occupational Requirement under paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act applies, the requirement being that the post holder is a practising Christian., Brighton & Hove City Council is advertising on behalf of the school and is not the employer in this case. Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.