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SEN Strategic Development Manager

Employer
Kent County Council
Location
Kent
Salary
Up to £61,029 plus relocation support
Closing date
9 May 2021

Job Details

Kent is an ambitious and highly influential county and a key part of the UK economy.  With the largest population of the English counties, over 450,000 of the 1.5 million people living in Kent are under 25.

In line with our commitments to give Kent’s children the best start in life; ensure that families get the right help and support when they need it; and to ensure every young person in Kent gets the education, skills, and experiences they need for a successful future, we are looking for a SEN Strategic Development Manager to join our leadership team.

The role

In this exciting new role, you will help drive our improvement and innovation programmes across our services. You will ensure that children, young people, and their families are at the heart of everything we do by leading on family engagement, committed to ensuring our provision matches and exceeds the needs of those who require them.

You will provide expert advice and guidance on all SEN legislative and statutory matters, ensuring the service level changes respond to regional and national policy. You will work closely with both our quality and management information functions to guide best practice delivery, ready for scrutiny by external inspection bodies.

You will ensure children, young people and their families are at the centre of what we do.

About you

You will have demonstrable experience of turning policy into positive projects and programmes of innovation. You will be able to positively engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders in improvement. Reviewing the impact of improvements, you will be able to evidence the use of qualitative and qualitative indicators to measure the performance of services, devising appropriate improvement strategies.

Inspiring innovation and partnership working you will benefit from a collaborative management style, with the ability to engage, develop and drive services to achieve operational excellence, increasing efficiency and improving outcomes for residents and communities.

Ultimately, we are looking for you to embrace change, seize opportunities and disrupt what is normal, to deliver positive outcomes for those living and working within Kent.

For more information, please click apply below, or talk to our recruitment partners Frazer Thouard (07384 810 743), Delicia Coutinho (07741 264 892) or Rachel Cox (0113 205 6068) at GatenbySanderson.

Company

In East Kent, tourism is a major industry and the attractions include world famous Canterbury and seaside resorts like Broadstairs and Margate. The landscape is ideal for cycling, horse riding and walking, there are many footpaths and bridleways including the North Downs Way. The county thrives on its reputation as the Gateway to Europe and its use as the United Kingdom's principal access to the continent through ports like Dover, Folkestone, Ramsgate, Dartford and Sheerness is increasing rapidly. Major development has taken place on the coast and inland associated with the construction of the Channel Tunnel. One of the largest business parks in Europe is being developed jointly with American developer Rouse (Kent), and is known as Kings Hill. Kent has also traditionally been regarded as the Garden of England, deriving from the quality of its agriculture and in particular the intensive fruit, vegetable and hop production. Traditional Kentish industries like papermaking and cement manufacture are located in North and Mid-Kent, particularly along the banks of the Rivers Thames and Medway. The ease of access to neighbouring London and the lure of a decent house in pleasant surroundings have attracted many new residents from the capital.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0845 824 7247
Location
Sessions House
County Hall
Kent
GB

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