Director of SEND & Education London, England
Job description
About Hillingdon
At Hillingdon we pride ourselves on ensuring our services improve the lives of all our residents, businesses & partners. Embarking on a journey of continuous improvement, we’re committed to delivering; safer communities, a thriving local economy, and a greener more sustainable environment, while increasing our digital capabilities throughout the borough.
Putting our residents first is at the heart of everything we do, and we’re keen to attract talented individuals like you, to share our aspirations, vision, and values - supporting our aims to deliver exceptional services across Hillingdon.
As a Corporate Parent, we have a particular focus on safeguarding children and young people, ensuring they have the right opportunities, whilst supporting them to unlock their full potential. Driving forward our commitment to delivering better outcomes for children and young people, we’re hiring for a Director of SEND & Education.
What does the Director of SEND & Inclusion do at Hillingdon?
The Director delivers a coordinated approach to ensuring SEND and Educational improvements/ outcomes are achieved across the borough, whilst providing strategic direction and leadership that encourages an environment of continuous improvement.
Working in collaboration with internal and external partners, this role will seek to forge long-term effective relationships that focus on putting residents at the heart of what we do. Raising standards and establishing quality benchmarks across the service, the Director fosters a culture of prevention and early intervention to mitigate future risks to the council, in accordance with our policies and strategic objectives.
About you
We’re looking for a thought leader who can evidence ‘hands on’ experience of guiding, motivating, and driving improvements across a SEND and/or Education function. With a successful track record of delivery within a senior management role, you’ll be able to demonstrate examples of embedding safeguarding practices and standards.
Displaying the knowledge and understanding of local and national policies, you'll have an overview of the ongoing changes across the SEND landscape, exhibiting a full understanding of the key challenges facing education, health, and social care for individuals with SEND.
Ultimately, you'll lead and manage change within the service working collaboratively with partners and providers to ensure education provision for children and young people with SEND meets the needs and demands of the borough.
What can we offer you?
In addition to a salary in the range of £88,826 - £106,208 we have a huge range of benefits, and whilst these are role dependant they typically include –
- Local government average salary pension scheme
- Free on-site parking
- A 36-hour week for all full-time staff
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Career breaks
- Hybrid working and flexible working hours
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a credit union
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Discount on a variety of adult education courses run by the council
- Payment of professional fees where these are required
- Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
- Cycle purchase scheme
- Car sharing scheme
- 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses
Please take a read through the role profile at the end of this advert to gain a more detailed understanding of the role.
Additional Information
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
Due to an expected high volume of applications, we could close this role early, we therefore recommend you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If your application has been rejected for this role in the last 6 months, we won't be able to consider you application on this occasion.
