Organisation Information

Corporate Programme Office

From: Department of Education
Published on: 12 September 2019
Last updated on: 26 November 2024

Who we are

The department takes a system-wide approach through coordinated and integrated strategies across education. To manage this, the Corporate Programme Office was established, and its role has expanded to oversee a broad range of activities within the department and the sector.

Our role

provide strategic oversight of the implementation and delivery of the department’s objectives, primarily through annual work programmes and quarterly progress reporting
manage initiatives, including Better Public Services 2030 and the development and implementation of an innovation strategy for the sector
coordination of the department’s response to the education needs of children arriving from Ukraine and children seeking International Protection

What we do

drive, develop and support the high-level work programme for the department through the annual work programme to help co-ordinate priority actions for the department
oversee the department’s business planning framework which sets out the main goals, objectives and targets for each division for the year
manage the department’s submission to the Evaluation of the Response to Covid-19
lead on the department’s input to implementation of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact
support Regional Education and Language Teams (REALT) in their response to the arrival of children and young people from Ukraine and also those seeking international protection