Teaching Standards Education Officer

Role Information

Teaching Standards Education Officer

Responsible to

Head of Education and Standards

Role Purpose

The role of Teaching Standards Education Officer has a high profile and impact as a key teaching professional ambassador for GTC Scotland externally.

The role works to explore and engage with the teaching profession and partners, educate about our public policies and, in collaboration with the Accreditation Quality Officer, ensure we implement our standards and accreditation related policies, so that trust in the teaching profession and GTC Scotland is maintained and enhanced.

This role supports GTC Scotland to deliver our statutory functions and meet the needs of the teaching profession, our partners and the public.

Role Outline

Responsibilities of All GTC Scotland Employees

• Commit to GTC Scotland’s values and principles
• Understand that our communities improve through the provision of strong and effective education, and you have a role in helping that happen
• Take ownership and responsibility through your work
• Be self-aware, understanding your own strengths and areas for development
• Be a restless learner, seeking opportunities for your own growth
• Deliver work effectively to ensure impact
• Work collaboratively to share and develop expertise
• Ask for help when you need it
• Be flexible and adaptive to meet our needs and those of our registrants
• Actively find and develop solutions to issues

Responsibilities of All GTC Scotland Leaders and Managers

• Have high expectations of yourself, colleagues and the organisation
• Grow and empower others, scaffold the learning of others
• Effectively coach others, ensuring we deliver with impact
• Be a highly effective communicator
• Effectively monitor and manage performance
• Strive for continual improvement

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Proactively deliver the exploration, enactment, engagement and embedding of Professional Standards, showing awareness of our internal and external education offer to promote, value and support trust in the teaching profession.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate targeted education as part of onboarding new registration groups and attend and manage partnership groups as required, representing GTC Scotland’s role and functions.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate universal and targeted education, through partnership with others to ensure that GTC Scotland’s functions are understood, that the teaching profession’s professionalism is supported, enhanced and managed through employers and relevant bodies and trust in the teaching profession is maintained and grown by embedding our public policy (e.g. Professional Standards, COPAC, the framework for teacher competence, etc) through our field work, working in partnership with our Policy function to enhance and create policy in line with our policy making process.
• Plan, develop and evaluate meaningful and informed resources for the teaching profession, sourcing and procuring services when required, to ensure that effective gathering of information from partners and the teaching profession informs GTC Scotland’s work to continuously strive to achieve best practice.
• Educate and encourage commitment to ongoing learning so that standards for teaching are strengthened, using our voice to speak up for high standards, helping instill trust in the profession.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate external education work across all our functions acting as an ambassador for GTC Scotland ensuring our role and impact is understood through effective engagement with international partners, higher education institutes, employers such as local authorities, colleges and independent schools (and potential future employers), national bodies such as educational agencies, employers’ associations, professional associations and regional improvement collaboratives, including in relation to teacher workforce supply and promoting equality and diversity in the teaching profession.
• Continuously seek to evidence and improve our organisational performance and impact in the area of Teaching Standards and Accreditation Quality, influencing both internally and externally to make positive change happen.
• Deliver appropriate support to those seeking accreditation, act as servicing officer for Accreditation panels as required and take required action following accreditation, as coordinated by the Accreditation Quality Officer.
• Actively connect with other employees within GTC Scotland to ensure clear and cohesive plans, policy and operational performance that has impact, effectively collaborating with colleagues across functional areas to ensure effective decision-making in relation to matters requiring teaching subject expertise.
• Lead, manage and motivate temporary Education and Standards employees as required.
• Perform other duties that may be reasonably required within the scope of your role as assigned to you.

Person Specification

Criteria

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Qualified at SCQF level 9 (teaching qualification) aligning with registration with GTC Scotland

Evidence of ongoing professional learning

Desirable

Post-graduate qualification in education (minimum SCQF level 11)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Evidenced leadership experience in stakeholder engagement and educational partnership working

Leadership experience in building and maintaining effective working partnerships with internal and external users and partners

Evidence of delivering with impact

Evidence of effective decision-making that takes account of complex and/or difficult circumstances

Proven ability to balance operational detail and planning

Deep evidenced understanding of Scottish education and the impact on GTC Scotland registrants, partners and the public

High quality written skills

High quality analytical skills

Good digital literacy including competency with Microsoft 365 applications (including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Dynamics)

Desirable

An understanding of the political educational and wider context and the impact for GTC Scotland

An understanding of effective engagement and the impact on the system

Evidence of achieving excellent service delivery

Evidence of change leadership

Proven leadership experience involving educational management

Effective resource management

Personal Qualities

Essential

Excellent communication

Strong influencing skills

Ability to work with others to develop shared solutions to complex issues

Self-directed, excellent organiser

A commitment to excellence in self and others

The ability to maintain absolute confidentiality and discretion

Ability to motivate and inspire others

Desirable

Not applicable

Special Conditions

Essential

Full registration with GTC Scotland and not subject to currently or in the past to any Fitness to Teach disposal

Desirable

Not applicable

We don’t expect perfection. If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements but you share our values and you believe you have the potential to be successful in the role, we encourage you to still apply.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team where people can bring their whole selves to work. We want to hire the best person for the role, irrespective of their background. We use a recruitment platform which aims to reduce any unconscious bias.

Working Hours / Pattern

We see this role being based on full time working hours of 35 hours per week, however we would still like to hear from you if you are interested in the role but have alternative needs in relation to working hours or pattern.

Application and Selection Process

Apply via the Applied URL link provided (new window) by the closing date of 5.00pm on Monday 5 June 2023.

Invites to interview issued by Wednesday 14 June 2023.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 21 June 2023 at our office in Edinburgh. We advise you to hold this date in your diary.

If you have a medical condition or other individual need which you believe may affect our interview / assessment arrangements, or your ability to be at your best please, let us know so we can discuss how we can support you and make any adjustments that may be required. For any queries please contact recruitment@gtcs.org.uk

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £49,422.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edinburgh