Overview
Head of Inclusion and Attendance – 0
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
Are you an experienced leader with a passion for inclusion and improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people? Do you have the drive to lead strategic change and build collaborative partnerships across education, health, and social care?
North Northamptonshire Council is seeking for a skilled and committed Head of Inclusion and Attendance to lead our efforts in ensuring every child receives their statutory entitlements and the support they need to succeed in education.
About you
You will:
- Be educated to degree level of equivalent • Teacher, Social Worker, or Youth Worker Professional Qualification.
- Have substantial and sustained experience of working with children and young people particularly vulnerable children.
- Have up to date knowledge of current national policy in respect of CSE, Trafficked and those vulnerable to radicalisation and FGM
- Have proven leadership skills in order to raise standards of achievement through planning, co-operative working, target setting, and analysis of performance data.
If you’re ready to take on a pivotal role that shapes the future of inclusive education in Northamptonshire, we want to hear from you.
Shortlisting w/c 8th December 2025.
Interviews w/c 5th & 12th January 2026.
Should you have any queries, please contact us via email at recruitment@northnorthants.gov.uk.
We kindly ask that you include a brief description of your enquiry to enable us to respond promptly and appropriately.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
