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Trust Engagement Officer - Forward Education Trust

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Forward Education Trust Head Office, Leycroft Avenue, Tile Cross, Birmingham, B33 9UF
Salary
Actual Salary: £19,279 to £24,939
Closing date
2 Sep 2022

Job Details

Hours per week: 36.5 per week, term time only + 2 weeks

Contract Type: Permanent

Forward Education Trust Head Office

Leycroft Avenue

Tile Cross

Birmingham

B33 9UF

Telephone Number: 0330 010 2667

Email Address: FET@hays.com

Job Start Date: As soon as possible

Forward Education Trust is a growing Multi Academy Trust established in 2017 serving

special schools across the West Midlands area. An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Trust during a period of organisational change and continued growth. We now have 6 schools in Birmingham and Sandwell, with a new school due to open in Solihull in September 2023.

This new role is being created to improve communication and engagement across the Trust, both internally and externally.

We are looking for someone who cares about education and in particular for someone who can tell our story about working with children with special educational needs. Working across the Trust with the CEO and Central team, as well as our school leaders and teams, you will help us to celebrate successes, shine a light on our individual schools and what makes them special and have a positive impact on Forward Education Trust.

The successful candidate will be digitally savvy, with exceptional communication skills with a mix of confidence and creativity. Internal communication with all of our staff is as important as communication with our children and their families, as well as a wide variety of external stakeholders.

This is a pivotal development role for our Trust, and we are looking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced candidate, who can raise our profile. This is an active and visible role requiring excellent relationship skills. In return we will provide them with a competitive salary, a supportive executive and school team, and ongoing professional development.

We also offer sector competitive pay, a 24/7 employee support helpline, access to Forward Fusion - our rewards and wellbeing platform, as well as working with a supportive team in a friendly and inclusive working environment. Some flexibility around working arrangements available.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: 2 September 2022, 12 midday

For more information, and to request an application pack including job description and person specification, please contact Jodie Massie at Hays education on 0330 010 2667 or email: FET@hays.com

Please also see our recruitment site for more information.

Interview Date: Week commencing 5 September 2022

* We reserve the right to close this vacancy sooner if necessary. Candidates are encouraged to return their application as soon as possible.

Please note that only standard Forward Education Trust Application forms will

be accepted, we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV).

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

 

 

 

 

 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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