Proposed Interview Date: Friday 5 June 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 31 May 2026
Contract Type: Temporary for 2 years
Salary: Q01 - Q03 £76,218 - £85,047 (subject to salary increase in August 2026)
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to apply | Job Fife section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles.
(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others.)
How you have used your knowledge, skills and understanding of leading strategic change to bring about improvement.
Your ability to build capacity, through inspiring and motivating others to be leaders of learning.
Partnership working which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for learners.
(School, local, regional and national levels, if appropriate).
How you have used self-evaluation to inform decisions and improvements across a school community or the local authority.
(Consider the following: how have you promoted the professional learning of others through your strategic leadership, how have you ensured all stakeholders are involved in decision-making around school improvement priorities and how have you made best use of resources to support the development of the curriculum, pedagogy, people and teams.)
Improving Learning & Teaching.
Meeting Learners’ Needs.
Strengthening Curriculum Pathways.
You will be required to:
Shared responsibility for quality assurance and quality improvement of schools across cluster areas.
Oversee the development and implementation of the identified strategic priority area(s), focusing on improved performance, innovation, sharing of learning, and continuous improvement.
To promote a culture of collaboration across the Directorate through the Self-Improving Networked Learning System. Plan, co-ordinate and evaluate professional learning and networking opportunities (working with local and national partners) to support continuous improvement across early years, primary, special and secondary sectors.
Engage with and influence partners and stakeholders on key strategic issues; broker and share knowledge to improve outcomes for children and young people, and represent the directorate as required.
Ensure robust systems and processes are in place to support quality assurance processes within the directorate, ensuring the highest quality of performance and management information, specifically in relation to strategic areas of responsibility.
Provide high-quality strategic analysis of key evidence to strengthen the evidence base for decision-making and to support and challenge services and establishments to improve within strategic areas of responsibility.
Qualifications, Registration and Skill Requirements
High levels of interpersonal and leadership skills.
Experience of leading and managing self-evaluation and quality improvement.
Experience of leading strategic change within educational settings.
Degree or appropriate equivalent qualification (post-graduate qualification desirable).
Full registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS).
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. While the significant part of the role can and will be carried out remotely, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required.
For further information please contact: Angela Logue - Angela.Logue@fife.gov.uk
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy.
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