Pupil Place Planning Manager

The successful candidate would join the Admissions & Education Sufficiency Team and work closely with schools that are being expanded to provide additional school places for Walsall children.

• To provide strategic guidance on place requirement by providing up-to-date specialist advice on all matters related to the council's statutory responsibilities for school admissions, appeals, children missing education, school organisation and related attendance processes including pupil place planning for EY, SENDI and mainstream pupils
• To manage, monitor and evaluate associated resources to ensure they are well used and represent value for money, in line with local policy and procedure
• Lead and maintain effective procedures and practices in all aspects of service provision including professional supervision arrangements, safe working practices and employment procedures.
• To liase with Ofsted, DfE and Regional Partners to ensure sufficiency is delivered within expected timeframes and meets statutory requirements, Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.
  
  We are looking for someone who has experience of working with schools and education settings, understands the delivery of school places and has an awareness of pupil place numbers and the statutory requirements of the Local Authority to ensure the delivery of suitable school places.
  
  Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development., Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
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