Assistant Director Quality and Engagement
This advert is for one full time, remote Assistant Director Quality and Engagement (with site visits as required)
The salary for this role is £95,000 per annum
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Who we are:
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.
We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.
We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.
We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.
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What we can offer you:
- Auto-enrolled pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
- Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits (cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, shopping discounts etc)
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Assurance
- A portfolio of salary sacrifice and other flexible benefits at reduced costs
- Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme & a Headspace App
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
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Who we are looking for:
To view the job description please click here
The Assistant Director Quality and Engagement will provide senior leadership for the quality of education, regulatory and pupil outcomes across all of our schools.
This role is jointly responsible for ensuring pupils in our schools receive high quality, sector leading education.
The role will involve developing bespoke quality evaluation frameworks and supporting school principals.
This newly created post will be responsible for developing internal cross-charity partnerships and, with the Head of Therapy, contribute to the development of an external training offer utilising the expertise and cutting-edge practice in our schools. Together with the education senior team, you will help raise the impact, best value and quality of our education offer.
You will be expected to have the experience and understanding needed to oversee the quality of curriculum and pupil outcome elements of a portfolio of independent schools as well as contribute to the quality assurance and development of other areas of the charity’s education support work.
You will have significant experience of senior leadership in schools, ideally in the specialist sector.
You will be required to monitor, assure and support the compliance of our schools. You will have an excellent understanding of the Ofsted framework as it applies to an independent special school, and be confident in the implementation of the independent school standards.
You will be supporting our headteachers directly and will have some responsibility for direct line management of heads as well as other directorate colleagues and will report in to the Director for Education and Children’s Services.
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Where you will be working:
Home based with site visits as required
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How to apply:
- To apply for this role please click the Apply button below.
- When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer. INDEDU
