SEND Business Support Officer
Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving one of London’s best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.
Hackney Education’s key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person and learner: making Hackney the most forward looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop and achieve – and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system.
Job title SEND Business Support Officer
Salary Scale 6, (£29,544 - £30,618)
Terms and Conditions Part time (3 days, 21.6 hrs per week), Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
The SEND Service in the London Borough of Hackney is recruiting a part-time SEND Business Support Officer.
Brief Description of the role of the SEND Business Support Officer
The SEND Business Support Officer role is part of the SEND Business Support Team. The purpose of the team is to coordinate and provide comprehensive and professional administrative and operational support for teams across the SEND Service. The role is multi-skilled to provide excellent customer service, acting as the first point of contact to enquiries to SEND Services and delivering effective and efficient operational support. The SEND Business Support Team supports SEND Service teams to perform their duties effectively and efficiently. The role may support service area projects and key statutory processes and activity such as Education, Health and Care Planning and SEND legal compliance and tribunals.
Please refer to attached job description for more information on the post.
SEND Service
For information on our SEND Service please visit our Local Offer website at http://www.hackneylocaloffer.co.uk
Should you wish to discuss this post, please contact: Louise Carpenter at Louise.Carpenter@hackney.gov.uk or Bron Roberts at Bron.Roberts@hackney.gov.uk.
Interested?
Please apply by clicking the link below.
Closing date: 2nd May 2021
Interview date: w/c 10th May 2021
We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and ethnic minority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.