Isle of Wight Council Hiring for Education Officer Job at Newport, Newport, Wales Full Time

County Hall, High Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD

Grade 11, £37,050.00 to £39,809.00 per annum

Contact: Telephone 01983 823134 or email [email protected] if you need further information about applying. Please note only applications completed and submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

Vacancy Reference: 50067214

Closing Date: 07/01/2022

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term for 12 months

Fixed Term Contract (one year to cover maternity leave)

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Virtual School for Children in Care is offering an exciting opportunity for an Education Officer. This post is to cover maternity leave and is being offered on a Fixed Term Contract for one year.

This is a key role which works to promote and improve the educational attainment, attendance and engagement of our children in care on the Isle of Wight. The post holder will need to work collaboratively with schools, social workers and foster carers to ensure every child has high-quality educational provision to meet their needs and an up-to-date Personal Education Plan to support their progress. The post holder has, with others, the responsibility for achieving targets set by the Virtual School and Children’s Services around the education and outcomes of children in care.

The Virtual School Education Officer will report directly to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Virtual School Headteacher. The post holder will primarily work on the Isle of Wight though agile working may be possible.

For further information or for an informal discussion, please contact Nicola Blake on 01962 835227

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.


The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

This role falls within the strategic partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire County Council. The employer will be the Isle of Wight Council and employment is on Isle of Wight terms and conditions. Hampshire County Council has delivered, on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council, all of its children’s services functions and will continue to do so until 2023. The original five-year partnership arrangement under direction of the Secretary of State finished in 2018 but has been extended voluntarily by both local authorities for a further five years.

The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through Hampshire County Council Children’s Services Director/Assistant Director and managers who take operational responsibility for children’s services.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. If unsuccessful, we actively encourage you to revisit our job pages and apply to alternate posts that may be suitable.