Head of Access to Education

Salary: Up to £81,194 pa

Permanent Contract

“I come to work every day to try to make sense of the challenges facing our residents and to provide good quality public services to meet their needs and have a positive impact on their lives. With the right leadership and support, and by building partnerships with staff, our service users and our partners, we will achieve the best outcomes for our service users. Join us on our journey to excellence!”

Ade Adetosoye OBE, Chief Executive

The London Borough of Bromley is looking for a Head of Service to lead and manage the teams within Access to Education and to contribute to strategic leadership as a member of the Education Department Senior Leadership Team.

This is an exciting time to be taking on this key role, with responsibility for implementing a change programme, following a comprehensive external review of alternative provision and support for social, emotional and mental health needs. Working with schools and other key partners, you will ensure that we have high quality, sustainable services and early support for those at risk of exclusion or missing education.

You will be a strategic leader with a proven track record in the education sector.  You will have a passion for championing equitable access to education for vulnerable children and young people and have an unrelenting focus on improving outcomes for all children and young people.

You will have effective interpersonal skills to engage with, support and challenge a wide range of stakeholders across education, our partners and commissioned services.

You will provide strong management and leadership, to motivate and develop staff teams in making a difference, promoting effective practice, conveying clear and consistent messages to parents and professional partners, including schools and settings.

Your strong leadership skills will develop and deliver strategies and working practices that promote Bromley’s shared vision of ‘inclusion’, ensuring that Bromley children and young people can access and remain in provision appropriate to their needs.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to make a real and lasting difference for our children and young people. Please download the full job description and person specification for more information.

You will be joining an ambitious senior leadership team led by Jared Nehra, Director of Education. He would be happy to have an informal discussion about the role and can be contacted on 020 8313 4804 or jared.nehra@bromley.gov.uk

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.  

We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.