Strategic Team N/A. Enhanced. Ty Dysgu

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1 Welsh Language Standards and Policy Officer. Group Education and Lifelong Learning Division Central South Consortium Joint Education Service Section Sub Section Post Title School Improvement Service Strategic Team Welsh Language, Standards and Policy Officer Vision Post Number Grade Responsible to Post Reporting to this Post Team DBS Required Level Location Soulbury (plus 3 SPAs) Senior Strategic Lead N/A School Improvement Service Enhanced Ty Dysgu Date of Description April 2016 PURPOSE OF THE ROLE To work within the region to promote and support the development of standards, provision and leadership for Welsh language and literacy across all schools. To work with hub schools to provide a service for schools that will raise standards of Welsh and contribute to reducing the impact of poverty on educational attainment. To provide school-based interventions and programmes justified by the impact they are intended to have on regional needs, participants and learners. The ability to undertake the role through the medium of Welsh is essential. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

2 1. To contribute to the strategic development of the hubs and to take responsibility for development in key aspects Welsh where required. 2. To line manage and review the effectiveness of the Welsh in Education Team and ensure that is able to deliver work to a high standard. 3. To work with schools and local authorities to ensure that the Central South region becomes an outstanding place for teaching, school leadership and pupils achievement. 4. To work collaboratively with hub schools and challenge advisers to plan and provide support of high quality, including classroom-based support, programmes that meet regional needs and peer mentoring, to improve in response to the commissioning of intensive support for schools where the need to improve standards is greatest by the strategic adviser. 5. To strengthen school-to-school support through the regional consortia and in partnership with other stakeholders with the requisite expertise. 6. To support the delivery of intensive Welsh-language training to practitioners through the Sabbatical Scheme. 7. To work with Estyn and identify best practice in the teaching and learning of Welsh second language and determine how schools are performing at key stages 2 and To work with the Education Workforce Council to determine the Welshlanguage skills of the current workforce. 9. To promote Welsh as a subject and as a skill for the workplace. 10.To promote the Welsh Language Act and ensure compliance with the act for the CSC. 11.To support the work of hub schools and challenge advisers by contributing to the diagnosis of need and furnishing evidence of the impact of support and intervention in individual schools. 12.To work with hub school to the plan and implement programmes of professional development for teachers and teaching assistants in line with the vision of the business plan to build outstanding capacity, taking responsibility for specific aspects where required. 13.To provide an innovative and leading-edge support and networking service in order to improve standards. 14.To lead areas to the development of school-led school-to-school support by working closely with challenge advisers, strategic advisers, hub schools and other agreed specialists to identify and disseminate effective practice.

3 15.To secure the effective engagement of hub schools in the design, delivery and evaluation of services. 16.To monitor the delivery, quality and efficiency of aspects of the hub schools for which the postholder has responsibility and to make suitable arrangements for the evaluation of impact. 17.To write reports to a high quality and in a timely fashion in line with the policies and procedures of the Central South Consortium. 18.To participate in programmes of agreed personal professional development and so contribute to the provision of a service of the highest quality. 19.To be accountable for personal performance through agree performance management procedures. 20.To carry out health and safety responsibilities in accordance with the Division s Health & Safety Responsibilities document. 21.To undertake such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade, as may be reasonably required by the Service Director, or as a mutually agreed development opportunity. THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT WILL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW FROM TIME TO TIME IN CONSULTATION WITH THE POST HOLDER. JOB DESCRIPTIONS MAY BE AMENDED TO REFLECT AND RECORD SUCH CHANGES. Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults is a core responsibility of all staff. Staff are expected to alert their line manager to any concerns they may have regarding the abuse or inappropriate treatment of a Child or Young Person, or Vulnerable Adults.

4 PERSON SPECIFICATION This Person Specification sets out the knowledge and / or qualifications, past experience and personal competencies that would be ideal for this particular post. The Knowledge / Qualifications and Experience sections describe what is required in terms of the technical ability that is needed to do this job successfully. The Competencies section describes the kinds of non-technical skills, abilities and personal characteristics that the ideal person for this particular role would have. The competencies describe how that person would ideally work with other people and how they would approach their responsibilities. The Special Conditions and Professional Requirements section describes any other qualities appropriate to the particular circumstances associated with this role. ATTRIBUTE ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE KNOWLEDGE /EDUCATION Qualified teacher status Ability to work through the medium of Welsh A proven record of raising standards of literacy and/or numeracy and delivering approaches that have led to high quality learning for all pupils. A commitment to and evidence of professional development. A good understanding of the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework. EXPERIENCE Experience of leading the provision of successful support and intervention strategies that address key developmental areas of the service and hub schools Experience of the facilitation and delivery of support, intervention

5 COMPETENCIES Working in Partnerships and Teams Communicating Effectively Professional Expertise and Development and networking services for schools. Experience of working with school leaders and practitioners to coordinate and facilitate the sharing of good practice. Aware of national, CSC, local authority and school priorities and what these imply for developing the workforce in schools at all levels. Experience of providing advice, guidance and support to senior leaders, teachers and learning support assistants. Technical/professional competency framework Builds lasting, positive & supportive relationships with a wide variety of people Will go over and above what s normal to contribute to the team s effectiveness. Communicates clearly and concisely. Listens to others, is receptive and actively checks they ve understood the message. Demonstrates excellent practice and an extensive knowledge base in their own professional area. Proactively keeps up-to-date with changes to legislation, policy, procedure and best practice. Managing Resources Plans well in advance to meet deadlines Reviews resources regularly to meet changing demands. Looks at the bigger picture in terms of resources. Prioritises workloads according to needs and risk; uses service plans as a point of reference. Achieving Results Takes pride in delivering high quality work for the benefits of Service Users. Meets or exceeds targets. Sets objectives and targets based on the team and service Strategy and plans.

6 Focusing on Service Users Uses professional knowledge and expertise to raise standards of service for customers. Is very approachable and encouraging to customers whilst remaining professional. Creating and responding to Uses own creative and innovative skills to achieve best results change Responds quickly and effectively to both internal and external changes. Being Accountable Takes full responsibility for delivery of tasks Demonstrates good knowledge of how their role fits into the hubs schools programme and bigger Consortium picture. Takes a positive attitude towards delivering work. SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND Ability to travel throughout the regional areas to meet the requirements of the post. PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS