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 roll at the earliest opportunity.

The post holder 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. 
• be the presenting officer for school admissions at independent appeals panel.
• 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.

While the position is based in Session House, County Hall; the post holder will be required to visit Kent schools, local offices and facilitate pre-admission meetings for Children & Young people across Kent.

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.

Contact Details

For further information on this vacancy, please contact Hilary Alford on 03000 415769

About the Company

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