Senior Education Effectiveness Advisor

Position: Senior Education Effectiveness Advisor (Permanent)
The starting salary for this position is £53,713 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

The Education, Access, Quality and Improvement (EAQI) service are delighted to offer an opportunity to join our fantastic Educational Effectiveness team, based in Weybridge, as a Senior Educational Effectiveness Advisor.

Our Offer to You

26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents

About

The Role

Are you looking to develop in a role where you can use your experience to work with providers and help them strengthen practice and improve outcomes for learners, including those with diverse and complex needs?

Are you confident using your skills to collaborate with schools, alternative provisions, and partners to review and improve the quality of provision for children and young people in Surrey?

EAQI are leading on the implementation of a quality assurance framework from January 2026 which is resulting in the expansion of the Educational Effectiveness team. You will use the framework to organise and conduct the visits, either independently or as the coordinator of a group of professionals, to work collaboratively with partners to review and evaluate provision. You can expect to work with a range of provisions across the county, other local authorities and partners.

Your key responsibilities as a Senior Educational Effectiveness Advisor will include:

Planning and conducting quality assurance visits across a range of settings, including selected independent special schools and alternative provisions
Producing clear reports with key findings and recommendations
Supporting the delivery of the county's quality assurance framework
Participating in on-line or in-person meetings with key professionals from the sector including providers, commissioning, education safeguarding and EAQI to review evaluations of provisions and provide recommendations for any necessary action.
Writing and distributing records of visits and supporting the creation of action plans

We are looking for a passionate, experienced educator to join us; we will provide the necessary training, support and supervision to ensure you feel confident and competent.

This role offers a pathway to develop expertise in QA and leadership within the EAQI service.

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and experience of leadership in an education provision or service
Demonstrable understanding of the key aspects in delivering a safe, inclusive and high quality of education, particularly for vulnerable groups
Sound understanding of what an outcomes-focused approach for all learners looks like in practice
Confident and skilled communicator with a natural relational approach to working with others and providing advice and support to providers and colleagues
Ability to use your knowledge, skills and initiative to lead visits after induction, following agreed protocols and priorities
Ability to analyse and interpret educational data and write concise reports and documents for use in collaborative, multi-disciplinary meetings which can be used within a monitoring schedule

To apply , we request that you submit a CV and you will be asked the following 5 questions:

Please tell us about, and provide examples of, your experience in undertaking impactful quality assurance and evaluative work in education.
Please provide examples of how you work with colleagues in the education sector to ensure practice aligns with current legislation and both statutory and non-statutory guidance.
Please describe, using examples linked to the 'Surrey Way' behaviours, how you work constructively and collaboratively to challenge practice.
Please provide examples of where you have used evaluation tools and data to identify priorities and create an action plans
Please give examples of how you have led initiatives to improve outcomes for vulnerable groups

The job advert closes at 23:59 onwith interviews planned from 2nd February 2026

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

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