Education, Communities and Organisational Dev
Denise Whitworth, Depute Chief Exec (ECOD)
Denise Whitworth, Depute Chief Exec (ECOD)
Remit:
- Secondary Schools
- Primary Schools
- SEN Schools
- Early Years Establishments
- Curriculum Development & Attainment
- Community Learning & Development
- Lifelong Learning
- Sports & Leisure
- Libraries & Culture
- Legal Services & Democratic Services
- Customer Services; Internal Audit
- Community Planning & Engagement
- Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP)
- Corporate Policy & Performance
- Organisational Development
- Human Resources & ICT
- Business Systems & Processes
- Corporate Communications
- Additional Support Needs (ASN)
- Corporate Transformation & Modernisation (Project Co-ordination)
Responsible for:
- Head of Education (Chief Education Officer)
- Head of Education (Resources & Communities)
- Head of HR, ICT & Organisational Development
- Head of Governance
- Strategy & Performance (Monitoring Officer)
- Chief Officer(School Estate)
- Head of Transformation, Head of ICS (ASN)
Reports to:
Chief Executive
Vivienne Cross , Head of Education (Chief Education Officer)
Remit:
- Education leadership & professional standards
- Management of Secondary Schools
- Management of Primary Schools
- Management of Early Years Establishments and Childcare
- Education Quality & Performance Improvement
- GIRFEC Strategic Implementation
- Attainment improvement
- Curriculum Development
- Teaching Staff CLPL
- Supported Study; Pupil, Parent and Schools Support
- Pupil Health & Wellbeing
- ICT & Digital Future
- National Improvement Framework Plan
- Educational Strategy & Policy
- Educational Psychology Services
- Additional Support Needs (ASN)
- SEBN, EAL, Sensory Education, Autism Service
Responsible for:
- Quality Improvement Manager (East)
- Quality Improvement Manager (West)
- Secondary Schools; Primary Schools
- Senior Project Manager (Early Years & Childcare Expansion)
- Early Years Service Manager; Education Officer (Pastoral Care)
- Principal Educational Psychologist
- Head Teacher SEBN
Reports to:
- Depute Chief Executive Education
- Communities & Organisational Development
Staff
Stewart McLauchlan, Quality Improvement Manager
Remit:
- Raising Attainment including Scottish Attainment Challenge
- Self-evaluation for self-improvement
- Performance management and information including SQA, SNSA, ACEL and Insight Education partnerships – including college, SDS, DYW, regional groups; Education – 5-18
- Strategic overview of leadership
- Strategic overview of supporting all learners
- Line Management of QIOs
- Strategic overview of Curriculum
- Strategic overview of Learning, Teaching and Assessment
- School support and challenge
- Senior Leader recruitment
- Education Scotland Inspection
- Link officer Secondary Improvement Groups
Hazel Sly, Early Years' Service Manager
Remit:
- Management of Local Authority Nurseries
- Commissioning of Partner provider services (nurseries and childminders)
- Early Years Quality Assurance
- Early Years Strategy and Policies
- Working in Partnership (Children’s Services Plan)
- Early Years budget management
- Line management for Early Years Officers & Nursery Managers
Audrey Buchanan, Quality Improvement Officer
Remit:
- Secondary Improvement Groups
- BGE Curriculum Progressions development and overview
- Learning for sustainability
- Interdisciplinary learning overview
- BGE assessment and moderation
- Profiling and Reporting
- School support and challenge
- Link officer Primary Family Group 3;
Lynne Riddoch, Quality Improvement Officer
Remit:
- GIRFEC lead officer secondary
- Child Protection Guidance and Policy
- Secondary Lead Officer – Pupil Support and Pastoral Care
- Social Work Link Officer
- Career Ready programme
- School support and challenge
- Link officer Primary Family Improvement Group 1
Susanne Campbell, Quality Improvement Officer
Remit:
- GIRFEC Lead officer primary
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Poverty/cost of the school day
- Child’s planning
- Children’s Rights
- Pupil Voice and Participation
- Parental Engagement and Involvement
- School support and challenge
- Link Officer Primary Family Improvement Group 4
Diane Douglas, Quality Improvement Officer
Remit:
- ASN strategic lead
- ASN Quality Assurance
- ASN Change Management and Resource Allocation
- ASN Annual Moderation overview
- ASN Forecasting Tool overview
- ASG Governance, policy and guidance
- School support and challenge
- Link officer Primary Family Improvement Group 5
Willem Smit, Quality Improvement Officer
Remit:
- Professional Leadership and learning programmes and support
- Initial Teacher education including placements
- Professional standards including Professional Review and Development
- Professional research and enquiry
- Partner links including Education Scotland, GTCS and universities
- Outdoor Learning and Evovle
- 1+2 Link plus Gaelic
- School Support and challenge
- Link Officer Primary Family Improvement Group 2
Louise Ssozi, Virtual HT Care Experienced Children and Young People
Remit:
- Overview of all Looked After and Care Experienced Children and Young People
- Corporate Parenting Strategic Group
- CECYP self -evaluation and review including data oversight
- Promise lead for Education
- Corporate parenting self-evaluation tooklit; Keeping the Promise Award; Unaccompanied minors education link;
Craig Fowler, Principal Educational Psychologist
Remit:
- Management of Educational Psychology Service
Jackie Stevenson, Head Teacher SEBN
Remit:
- ASN Teacher Trainers
- East End Annexe – Moray Adapted Curriculum
- Pinefield Education Centre
- Flexible Learning Provision
- English as an Additional language Team
- Sensory Services Team
Vacant, Head of Education Resources & Communities
Remit:
Schools:
- Estate Strategy; Forward Planning & Capacity (including rolls & placing)
- ICT & Digital Future
- Business Support
- Workforce Relations & Planning
- Financial Planning & Strategy (including Devolved School Management)
- Music Instruction Service.
Communities:
- Sports & Leisure
- Library and Heritage Services
- Community Learning & Development
- Community Support & Engagement
- Participatory Budgeting
- Records Management
Responsible for:
- Business Support Team Manager
- Education Resources Manager
- Head of Music Instruction
- Principal Librarian, Communities Services Manager and Senior Project Manager (Learning Estate)
Reports to:
- Depute Chief Exec Education
- Communities & Orginisational Development
Staff
Lindsey Stanley, Business Support Team Manager
Remit:
- Staffing Matters for all Primary and Secondary Schools including absence management, resignations and retirements, adverts and appointments, compulsory transfers, career breaks, supply teachers and disciplinary investigations
- Newly qualified teachers annual allocation; school capacities
- School roll projections
- Reserved spaces and placing requests
- Joint Secretary of LNCT and job sizing co-ordinator
- Services Liaison Officer for Education with RAF Lossiemouth and 39 Engineers Kinloss
- Manager of the Business Support Team
Kim Slater, Sport & Culture Service Manager
Remit:
- Sport & Leisure, Active Schools & Community Sport
- Music Instruction
- Performance and Libraries, Learning Centres and Heritage
Kevin McDermott, Communities Service Manager
Remit:
- Adult & Family Learning
- Youth Work
- Outdoor Learning
- Duke of Edinburgh Scheme
- Essential Skills
- ESOL
- Participatory Budgeting
- Community Support & Engagement
- Community Asset Transfer (CAT)
Andy Hall, Programme Manager (Learning Estate)
Remit:
- Development and management of Learning Estate Strategy and delivery of improvement programme
- Learning estates review
- Project management for new build and school refurbishments
- Schools capacity planning
- Learning estate public engagement and consultations
- Management of PPI and DBFM school contracts
- Education lead for asset management planning
- School H&S, security and accessibility planning;
Alasdair McEachan, Head of Governance, Strategy & Performance
Remit:
Governance
- Legal Services
- Civic Services & Members Support
- Licensing; Committee & Democratic Services
- Internal Audit & Fraud
- Risk Management & Business Continuity
- Equalities; Information Management (Freedom of Information & Data Protection)
- Corporate Complaints
- Records Management
Strategy & Performance
- Community Planning
- Corporate Planning
- Local Outcome Improvement Plan
- Research & Development
- Performance Management & Improvement
Customer Services
- Customer Contact Centre
- Revenues & Benefits
- Print Room (including Corporate Stationery)
Responsible for:
- Customer Service Manager
- Legal Services Manager (Prop. & Contracts)
- Internal Audit Manager
- Democratic Services Manager
- Strategy & Performance Manager
Reports to:
- Depute Chief Executive
- Education
- Communities & Organisational Development
Staff
David Nicholson, Customer Services Development Manager
Remit:
- Development & operation of the Telephone Contact Centre
- Access Points
- Mail Handling
- Print room
Aileen Scott, Legal Services Manager
Remit:
- Property & Contracts
- Legal advice to Council, Committees, Members & Officers
- Comprehensive commercial & conveyancing service
- Environmental Health & Contaminated Land advice
- Education Law
- Housing Law
- Human Rights & Equalities Law
- Data Protection & Freedom
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Norma Matheson, Benefits & Money Advice Manager
Remit:
- Benefits & Money Advice
- Council Tax Reduction
- Discretionary Housing Payments
- Educational Maintenance Allowance
- Flexible Food Fund
- Free School Meals
- Housing Benefit
- Income Maximisation
- Money Advice
- School Clothing Grants
- Scottish Welfare Fund
- Welfare Benefits Appeals
- Moray CAB liaison
Dafydd Lewis, Audit & Risk Manager
Remit:
- Management, development & delivery of internal audit services
- Meeting Corporate Governance Objectives
- Risk Management & Internal Control
- Performance Review Committee
- Co-ordinating participation in the National Fraud Initiative
- Business Continuity
Tracey Sutherland, Democratic Services Manager
Remit:
- Brief, advise & support Committee members
- Organisation & management of matters relating to management of council business
- Enable Committees to function effectively
- Manage & oversee the Moray Registration Service
- Parliamentary, Referendum, Local Government, European, Community Council & School Board Elections
Louise Marshall, Strategy and Performance Manager
Remit:
- Corporate strategy (community planning and corporate plan) reporting
- Service plan reporting
- Complaints; Equalities
Alison Morris, Information governance Manager
Remit:
- Data protection office
- Freedom of information
- Data protection
- Records management
- Archives oversight;
Frances Garrow, Head of HR, ICT & Organisational Development
Remit:
- Organisational Development
- Human Resources Policy
- Strategy & Practice
- Employee Relations
- Trade Unions Negotiations & Liaison
- Workforce Planning & Culture
- Succession Planning
- Talent Development
- Corporate Training
- Corporate Health & Safety
- Payroll; Corporate ICT Infrastructure
- ICT Service Desk
- Corporate Information Systems
- Business Systems & Processes
- Employee Communications
- Corporate Communications / Media Management
Responsible for:
- Human Resources Manager
- Organisational Development Manager
- ICT Infrastructure Manager
- ICT Application Manager
- Communications, Payroll
Reports to:
- Depute Chief Executive
- Education
- Communities & Organisational Development
Staff
Katrina McGillivray, Organisational Development Manager
Remit:
- strategic workforce planning
- leadership development
- organisation development advice
- professional training and certification
- support for the ongoing development of the Council's workforce
- to lead the culture and engagement work
- comprehensive communications service
Grant Cruickshank, Human Resources Manager
Remit:
- To provide and supervise a comprehensive personnel support and advisory service, including the development and implementation of local conditions of service, policies and good practice
- To contribute to our forward planning processes specifically in relation to staffing implications
- To contribute to and lead consultations with staff and trade unions on employment related matter and relevant organizational change situations
Graham Cooper, ICT Infrastructure Manager
Remit:
- Management, development and support of the ICT Infrastructure for all Council services
- Specific responsibility for the ICT Servicedesk, desktop, network and server teams
Chris Leonard, ICT Information Systems Manager
Remit:
- Management of the corporate Information and Communications Technology applications team to develop, support and advise on the use of application systems within the council ensuring the business applications and website meet our operational needs and those of service users.