School Improvement Partner - Secondary


Company:	Denbighshire County Council
Salary:	£62,439 to £71,339 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Denbighshire
Working pattern:	Field-based
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	26 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job reference: EDSI00008E2CWE

Location: County Hall, Ruthin

Salary: (Soulbury 13 - 16), £62,439 - £66,967 per annum + 3 SPA Points, if eligible - £68,428 - £71,339

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent (Secondment will be considered)

Closing date: 26/10/2026

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced education professional with leadership experience and a secondary teaching background to broaden their professional expertise while working within Education & Children's Services.

Under the direction of Principal Education Managers, you will use both your strategic and operational leadership and management skills as part of a wider management team in the provision of local authority school improvement services in Denbighshire.

In addition to working with schools and within the local authority, the successful candidate will also have the skills required to work on a regional and national basis with our partner agencies and organisations.

This is permanent post however a secondment would be considered. For those wishing to apply for a secondment opportunity you must gain permission from your line manager before applying.

Appointment subject to Disclosure & Barring Service Check and satisfactory references.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the post, please call Geraint Davies, Head of Education on 01824 708064.

What makes Denbighshire County Council a great place to work?

We believe the hard work and commitment of our staff should be properly rewarded, so we offer a range of benefits to help our employees achieve a work/life balance, develop in their career, and we support them in their work.

• Flexible and agile working opportunities

• Generous annual leave entitlement

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Focus on Employee Wellbeing and access to EAP (Employee Assistance Programme)

• Lifestyle Savings via DCC Rewards Direct (high street shopping, holidays, days out etc)

• Car salary sacrifice scheme and car leasing scheme

• Family friendly policies

How to Apply?

To apply for this exciting vacancy, please complete our online application form via the website, where you can also view the full job description and personal specification:

www.denbighshire.gov.uk/work-for-us

Please outline on your application form how you meet all the essential criteria for this position within your supporting statement.

Candidates must complete an application form on our website to be considered. We regret that we are unable to reply to all applications. If you have not received a reply within three weeks of the closing date, you must assume that you have not been short listed for interview.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Denbighshire County Council is committed to Equal Opportunities and its Welsh Language Standards. We welcome applications in the Welsh Language and application forms received in the Welsh Language will not be treated less favourably than an application form submitted in English.

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