Education Access Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Education Access team as an Education Access Manager, working across Suffolk to strengthen our system wide response to children and young people who are at risk, or already experiencing a reduced access to education.
- Are you an experienced educational professional looking for an opportunity to lead a team to work with children and young people, families, education settings and other partners in a different way?
- Would you like to work within a dynamic and creative leadership team, where your individual flair and integrity is valued?
- Are you passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people in Suffolk?

Your role and responsibilities

Line manage and provide casework supervision to your team who contribute to the support for individual children and young people and their families through their education pathway and/or SEND journey.
Ensure that advice and guidance are of high quality and delivered efficiency and with clarity..
Contribute to the Local Authorities' response to support children and young people who have been permanently excluded or who are at risk of exclusion.
Provide appropriate challenge and support to education providers to ensure provision meets the needs of individual children and young people

You will:
- model and embody the attributes of 'The Ideal Worker'
- lead the team to work in a solution orientated way, with children, young people and their families at the heart
- promote inclusive practice across the education system and our partners
- establish and maintain good working relationships with other professionals within your work and with parents/carers and Local Authority staff
- lead the team to respond to the issues that may be affecting the young people's ability to access education and support them appropriately.
- monitor, and evaluate the work of the team, maintaining an accurate evidence base to inform ongoing developments and improvements, within your own team and beyond
- be a member of the Inclusion Strategic Management Team, which contributes to service wide developments., Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template.
1. Give an example of how you've improved service performance and quality. What metrics or indicators did you use to measure success?
2. How do you create a learning culture within your team?
3. Tell me about a time you constructively challenged partners to improve service delivery.
4. Give an example of an innovative approach you've used to address a persistent challenge in children's services.
Step 4 - Upload a CV (without name and personal details).
Please note: Without a supporting statement and CV, your interest will not be progressed. Any supporting documents must be in either PDF or MS Word format.
We value authentic applications that showcase your genuine skills and experiences. Applications suspected of being generated by AI may be rejected. We encourage you to present your own work and ideas throughout the application process.

Qualified Teacher Status (or equivalent) and a strong track record of effectively leading and manging a team
- experience of working within an education setting (or equivalent), and evidence of leading inclusive practice to bring about positive outcomes for children and young people
- experience of successfully working with children, young people and families
- a strong commitment to social inclusion, equality and diversity
- excellent communication skills and be confident when communicating with a wide range of stakeholders
- to inspire your team and those you work with to achieve their full potential and be resilient, self-motivated, creative and flexible.

£46,670 per annum (pro rata if part time)
- 37 hours per week - Flexible working options available
- Permanent, As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.
In return, you'll enjoy:

up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
diverse and active staff networks
flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Plus lots more!