Scottish Government Hiring for Education Officer (Digital Skills) Job at Glasgow, Scotland , UK Full Time

Overview:

Education Scotland is Scotland’s national improvement agency for education. Our role is to provide assurance and promote improvement, from the early years to adult learning. We are committed to embedding our values of excellence, creativity, integrity and respect in everything we do.

We are currently seeking applications for an Education Officer based in either Glasgow, Livingston, Dundee or Aberdeen.

The Digital Skills Education Officers will be part of a well-established Digital Skills team who support a range of sectors from early years to senior phase. They will play a significant role both at a regional and national level in supporting Local Authorities and Regional Improvement Collaborative to improve the quality of digital learning and teaching as well as ensuring Local Authorities and schools see the importance of this area as part of the bigger national digital agenda. They will work directly with colleagues in Scottish Governments Learning Directorate Digital Learning and teaching unit to support the implementation of policies areas including technology, devices and infrastructure, people (leadership, teacher, parents and safe guarding), data, content digital transformation, curriculum (skills, digital literacy, computing science). The Digital Skills Education Officers will play a significant role at a national, regional and local level by providing advice, guidance and support, including developing and delivering appropriate professional learning to practitioners, to develop a better understanding of Digital learning and teaching, Digital literacy and Computing Science. This will include delivering online and face to face across all local authorities in Scotland.

This post has a salary range of £49,861 up to £62,167, with the expectation that all new entrants to the Scottish Government would come in on the entry level salary. There are annual increments (eligibility after probation period and thereafter meeting performance criteria) that will allow for salary to incrementally increase up to the maximum amount for that band.

This role provides:

• Flexible working and currently within a hybrid model, providing excellent work-life balance
• Competitive salary ranges
• Minimum 5 weeks annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service in addition to 11.5 public and privilege holidays
• Learning and development opportunities as well as career progression
• Civil Service pension
• Workplace adjustments as required to enable individuals to work safely and comfortably within their role
• Range of health and wellbeing support available to all staff

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert knowledge and advice within the field of Digital skills, in particular digital literacy, computing science and digital learning and teaching to promote cultural change and improvement in line with current educational policy.

• Work with Senior Education Officers and Lead Officers to provide support for external networks and stakeholders.

• Effectively plan, manage and deliver national/local priorities in line with business requirements, leading and coordinating activities across one or more sectors of education.

• Provide input to education policy relating to Digital Skills, in particular digital literacy, computing science and digital learning and teaching by working in close partnership with local authorities, stakeholder groups and national bodies and agencies to identify and prioritise areas of need

• Develop and deliver ongoing support which meets identified needs and priorities of targeted groups and stakeholders eg. planning and delivery of conferences, webinars/seminars, programmes and courses, support to educational settings, Education Authorities or other stakeholder organisations and groups.

• Contribute to and promote effective collaboration and cross team working within the directorate and across Education Scotland to encourage and achieve innovative, creative thinking and effective service delivery.

• Contribute to the development, and manage the implementation of business plans to support improvement, with a particular focus on Digital skills, in particular digital literacy, computing science and digital learning and teaching.

• Manage the quality assurance of work within digital skills team, monitoring and reporting on work undertaken to ensure agreed standards of delivery and outcomes are achieved

• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge and high-level awareness of current issues in education and contribute to recommendations on future strategic developments.

• Perform a leadership role across the organisation in relation to digital skills, providing guidance and direction as necessary and promoting the culture and values of the organisation.

Competencies:

People Management

Leading others

Communications and Engagement

Improving Performance

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:

Qualifications required for this role:

Qualified to degree level in Education and registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland or SCCC is required for this role.

Essential Criteria

• Proven track record in managing the progress, delivery and evaluation of key education projects at a local, regional or national level within the education.

• Experience in delivering professional learning to a wide range of education professionals.

• Excellent partnership working and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain strong and effective working relationships, with confidence in dealing with a range of stakeholders.

• The ability to demonstrate expert knowledge within the area of digital skills, in particular digital literacy, computing science and digital learning and teaching.

Location:

The Optima, 58 Robertson Street Glasgow G2 8DU United Kingdom

Alternative locations:

Almondvale Business Park, Livingston EH54 6GA United Kingdom

And

Endeavour House,1 Greenmarket, Dundee DD1 4QB United Kingdom

And

Johnstone House, Aberdeen AB10 1UD

This post will be full time.

Interview and Assessment: Dates to be confirmed.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend interview or assessment.

Minimum time in post:

You will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of three years unless successful at gaining promotion to a higher Band or Grade.

In the event that further posts are required, a reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for up to 12 months.

Additional Information:

To apply please fully complete the application and submit evidence based examples to demonstrate your knowledge/skills (300 words). Remember, your answers should be clear, concise and reflect what actions you undertook. You may want to use the STAR(R) approach to respond to each criterion.

Band C Person Specification

Internal applicants must discuss the intention to apply with their current line manager to help ensure early release.

Important Information regarding Interviews:

In recognition of ongoing measures and guidance in response to Covid-19, a decision has been taken that all interviews will be conducted in a virtual/remote setting. This is open to change.

All applicants must ensure that they have a suitable space to complete the virtual interview via MS Teams and ensure that Wi-Fi/Broadband capacity will be sufficient to carry both audio and video feeds to undertake the interview.

For information regarding this post please contact:

Hiring Manager: Emma King

Email: [email protected]

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