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Non-Executive Director /Audit and Risk Assurance Member

Non-Executive Director /Audit and Risk Assurance Member

Estyn - His Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales

Cardiff

  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
21 September 2014

Job overview

Estyn is the Education and Training Inspectorate for Wales and has a wide-ranging and important mission: to achieveexcellence for all in learners in Wales through providing independent inspection and advice.

We are seeking applications for three upcoming vacancies over the next 12 months in the dual role of Non-Executive Director / Audit and Risk Assurance Member. Applicants should have current or recent leadership and senior management experience, and a genuine interest in raising standards and quality in education. The appointment will be for a period of up to three years.

For further information on the role and how to apply, please visit www.estyn.gov.uk, or email recruitment@estyn.gov.uk

Closing date: 2pm on Monday, 22 September 2014

Estyn is committed to equal opportunities.

About Estyn - His Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales

+44 29 2044 6446

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Estyn is the office of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales.

Estyn’s aim is to raise standards and quality in education and training in Wales through the inspection of education and training providers in Wales and through the reporting of its findings. 

Estyn is responsible for inspecting: 

• Early years provision in the non-maintained sector;
• Primary schools;
• Secondary schools;
• Special schools (including independent special schools);
• Pupil referral units;
• Independent schools;
• Further education;
• Voluntary youth agencies;
• Local education authorities (LEAs);
• Teacher education and training;
• Work-Based Learning;
• Careers Wales companies;
• The education, guidance and training elements of Jobcentre Plus Programmes;
• Adult Community-Based Learning.

As well as our inspection work, Estyn provides evidence-based advice that contributes to the development of education and lifelong learning policy in Wales.

The advice includes work commissioned annually by the Welsh Assembly Government on specific aspects of education and training.

Estyn is independent of, but funded by, the Welsh Assembly Government under Section 104 of the Government of Wales Act 1998.

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector and her staff are civil servants. In addition to employed staff and secondees, Estyn contracts with a large number of organisations and independent inspectors to carry out its maintained school inspections and some other work.

Estyn’s main office is in Cardiff with a smaller office in Mold, North Wales.

You can find out more about Estyn’s work and read our reports on our website at www.estyn.gov.uk  

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Applications closed