Senior Access to Education Officer

Role Responsibility

Working throughout the County, you will be responsible in consultation with schools, colleagues and other professionals to ensure that children identified without a school place are placed on a school's admissions register at the earliest opportunity.

You will:

• be the presenting officer at locality ‘In Year Fair Access’ meetings,
• be able to deliver clear evidence and advice to Headteacher colleagues in relation to the educational needs of learners.
• oversee the proper delivery of In Year admissions on an area basis ensuring that schools comply with agreed admissions arrangements. 
• to be the conduit that enables all children to access education. 
• Facilitate & attend pre-admission meetings for Hard to Place children and children in care.

You will possess excellent interpersonal, negotiating skills and a resilient tenacious nature, along with the ability to manage challenging situations.  

You will have experience of working independently as well as working as part of a larger team and have relevant experience and knowledge of education learning opportunities.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

While the position is based in Sessions House, County Hall, currently as a hybrid model; you will be required to visit Kent schools, local offices and facilitate pre-admission meetings for Children & Young people across Kent.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion contact: Jesse Reis at jesse.reis@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.