County Hall, Matlock. Derbyshire is a beautiful place to work and we are justly proud of our schools and our Children and Younger Adults Services. Derbyshire County Council employees are our most valuable asset. More than 35,000 people work for us spread out across 60 miles and we have a great team working hard to do great things. We invite you to join this team.

Following the appointment of our new Strategic Director we are now seeking an exceptional person to join our senior management team to lead our Journey to Excellence, our new strategy to improve teaching and learning across the county.

You will have strategic leadership for our Education Improvement Services including Early Years, Schools and Adult Education, promoting a culture of lifelong learning and achievement. You will also lead services with highly committed teams who support our vulnerable learners across SEN, Access and Inclusion, Education Psychology, Behaviour Support and Alternative Provision.

Our integrated approach to Schools and Learning enables us to work in partnership with all children's services, schools, settings and centres to make Derbyshire an outstanding county of learning. If you share our ambition to achieve outstanding provision for all learners, we invite you to join us on our journey.

You will need to have exemplary leadership skills, a political awareness and significant experience of working with partners in order to develop and lead strategies for the Education Improvement Services.

All interviews will be at County Hall, Matlock.

For all Derbyshire County Council vacancies see the council website. Application packs for all vacancies are available online at the site jobs page or from Call Derbyshire on 08 456 058 058

Closing date: 1 July 2012.

We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from everyone.