SEND Senior Data Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to come work within the Special Educational Needs team at Tameside MBC.

Currently based at Tameside One with hybrid working, this newly created role will support in delivering a range of performance management projects.

In this role you will be providing data analysis and supporting the use of performance and intelligence data to support processes and service improvement activity across the SEND Service. You will work closely with the SEND Finance and Place Planning Manager and the Education Data Lead to ensure completion of statutory returns and all aspects of data within SEND. We are looking for someone with data analysis experience, who is self-motivated and committed to our improvement plan.

We're looking for candidates with:

• Excellent IT Skills (Excel, Word)


• Be self-motivated and work on own initiative.


• Good judgement and problem-solving skills.


• Be organised, flexible and enthusiastic.


• Experience of Data Management.


You will need to be able to communicate effectively with colleagues, the public, and outside agencies, and have good persuasive and interpersonal skills. You must be able to prioritise and manage deadlines and organise work on your own initiative whilst working well within your immediate and wider team., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.