Specialist Advisor
NAHT
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Starting Salary £46,828
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 July 2016
Job overview
Starting Salary £46,828 plus 29 days holiday (including 3 day Christmas closure) plus bank holidays plus pension.
NAHT represents more than 29,000 school leaders in early years, primary, secondary and special schools, making us the largest association for school leaders in the UK. Our members are head teachers, deputies, assistants and school business managers. We provide representation, advice and training for school leaders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We use our voice at the highest levels of government to influence policy for the benefit of leaders and learners everywhere. Our new section, NAHT Edge, supports, develops and represents middle leaders in schools.
We currently have a variety of opportunities within NAHT which will help us to build on our growth agenda. If you would like the opportunity to work with the NAHT and help influence the future of our education system, one of these vacancies may be of interest to you.
Based in Haywards Heath, the role of Specialist Advisor is to ensure members and NAHT officials receive high quality professional and specialist advice in relation to educational management issues, general employment law, salaries, pensions and conditions of service to enable our members to better undertake the function of their leadership role and to enable them to represent members individually and collectively as necessary.
This role will have a particular focus on pay and conditions; a good working knowledge of pay and conditions is therefore desirable. The successful candidate will need to possess substantial experience of working at a senior level in education (particularly in schools or school related) or employment law or human resources, complemented by experience of handling a wide range of complex casework with a demonstrable record of successful conclusions. Experience of effectively representing and/or advising others in relation to a wide range of complex employment casework is essential.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to establish credibility with members of NAHT, local authorities, employers and other trade unions supported by excellent research and analytical skills with sound and balanced judgement and good attention to detail are essential for this role.
Interviews planned for - 11th August 2016
The Closing date for applications is: 26th July 2016
Applications from agencies will not be accepted.
About NAHT
1. General information
The NAHT represents 28,000 school leaders, including virtually every Special School head, 85% of all Primary School heads, and over 40% of all Secondary School heads. NAHT is the only professional association that provides individual support for school leaders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland across the 0 - 19 age range.
It offers:
* An effective voice in educational policy making;
* Unrivalled professional and legal support on matters affecting members’ employment;
* The support and stimulus of colleagues through a broad range of regional activities, national conferences and local * An extensive range of training programmes supporting induction for new school leaders, performance management, ICT skills and school and personal development;
* Widely respected publications and guidance documents, valuable discounted services and a world class website.
2. Internal staffing structure
There are offices in Haywards Heath, Cardiff and Belfast in addition to this throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland there are 17 Regional Officers who are home based.
NAHT headquarters at Haywards Heath, West Sussex consists of:
* The General Secretary’s Unit (dealing with policy, relations with Government and the Press);
* Departments that cover Professional Services, which are:
• Education Management
• Training and Development
• Salaries, Pensions Conditions
* The Legal Department (works closely with the Salaries, Pensions and Conditions and Education Management departments in support of the Trade Union function);
* General Office (providing support services to the organisation as a whole).
* Marketing, Information and Communications
* Membership Services
* Courses Consultancy and Conferences
3. The Regional Officer network
There are currently 17 full-time Regional Officers based in the regions, and line managed by two Senior Regional Officers. The regions they cover are Central North; North West; South West; Greater London (East); Greater London (West); North East; South and Mid Wales; Yorkshire; Central South; Central Midlands; Central West; West Midlands; Northern Ireland; South East; Eastern; North Wales and Cheshire; and East Midlands. Wales and Northern Ireland have staffed regional offices. All other Regional Officers work from home.
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