Corporate Services Division

The Corporate Services Division is responsible for a range of functions including the following: 

• Policy development and review
• Strategic planning, including business and financial planning and business continuity planning
• Research, development and progression of primary and secondary legislation

• Collation and presentation of the Department's revenue and capital estimates
• Financial control, including the production of management information reports for, schools and external divisions of the Department, monitoring expenditure against budgets and ensuring compliance with financial regulations
• Managing and processing grants for students in higher education;
• Leading the Department’s re-structuring, redeployment and redundancy programme
• Leading the Department’s work with unions
• Provision of advice on DEC legislation, policies and procedures
• Advice and supervision on financial administration within schools, the College of Further and Higher Education and external divisions of the Department
• School Governor and Education Council support
• Working with schools, children and their families to improve pupil attendance
• Licensing children appearing in entertainments
• Monitoring the employment of children and ensuring compliance with the Employment of Children Regulations
• Administration of endowment funds
• Providing transport for children with special needs
• Modern foreign language support for schools
• Managing the Department’s work experience programme
• Arts development
• Arts Council support
• Handling official complaints
• Project work
• Secretarial, counter and postal services
• Events organisation
• Insurance matters
• Letting of Primary schools