Inclusion Manager

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Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 months

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £53,630 rising to £56,840 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The post-holder will work in partnership with families, education providers, early years settings, local authority officers and other partners and key stakeholders to develop an Inclusion Strategy that enables services and settings to effectively meet the needs of young people with an aim of reducing exclusions and suspensions from schools.

The post-holder will contribute to the oversight and development of the Vulnerable Support Pathway and will be responsible for the oversight and management of the Behaviour Support team and the Routes to Inclusion Team.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working in the education sector, specifically secondary, and ideally in a disadvantaged urban area.
• Experience as a service leader in a complex organisation, with experience of delivering against outcomes and creating a culture of continuous improvement
• Experience of successfully leading teams, with experience of motivating people and creating high performing services, empowering others to take decisions and successfully managing wellbeing and resilience.
• Ability to lead services through change, with experience of leading change programmes, bringing others on the journey with you and identifying and delivering innovative service delivery models.
• Understanding of the barriers and challenges faced by vulnerable young people, and how this relates to their educational outcomes and experiences.
• Understanding of the challenges in Nottingham and the Education Landscape.

• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Jasmin Howell, Virtual School Head by telephone on 07534912208 or by email at jasmin.howell@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 3rd October 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: Thursday 10th October 2024.

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.