Somerset County Council Hiring for Service Manager – Education Places Strategy Job at Taunton, England , UK Full Time

As a result of the Education Redesign restructure a new and exciting development opportunity has been created for a Service Manager role within the Education Places Service.

We have one position available, this role can be offered at 37 hours per week.

This new role will report to the Head of Education Places and will be instrumental in revitalising Somerset’s strategic approach to the delivery of sufficient early years and school places over the next 5-10 years.

Here’s what you can expect to be doing

Refreshing data modelling systems in order to develop and maintain evidence-based strategies for the delivery of early years and school places for 70,000 pupils.

Working with key stakeholders, including Academy Trust Chief Executives, Head Teachers, Executive Members, senior managers within the Council, and other external partners and organisations.

Providing advice and guidance on key strategic decisions to ensure sufficiency related matters are considered and addressed in a compliant and timely manner.

Leading and developing a team of Education Places Officers and overseeing the delivery of a range of place planning activities, specifically:

• Place planning duty
• Analysis and publication of area-based plans
• Formal and informal public consultation processes
• School transport commissioning and planning

A few things about you

First and foremost, you’ll be able to demonstrate a commitment to our four key values – Customer Focus, Can Do Attitude, Collaboration and Care and Respect.

You’ll also have experience of advising and guiding senior leaders and the ability to work across all phases of education, 0-19, based on strong sector knowledge.

In addition, you’ll have considerable leadership experience, a track record of strong client management and delivering continual service improvement.

Your eye for detail and ability to develop and analyse complex data model, alongside technical experts, will underpin the future strategies.

As an effective communicator, you’ll be able to lead challenging conversations, particularly in complex partnership situations.

Additional information

From 1 April 2023 the County and District councils in Somerset will be replaced by a new single unitary authority – Somerset Council. It’s a genuinely exciting time to join us as we work together with the four district councils to deliver the new council for Somerset.

If you would like to have an informal chat about this opportunity, please contact me via email: [email protected] and we can arrange a mutually convenient time to talk.

The salary for the role is Soulbury EIP 7-10, ranging from £44,758 to £48,849 per annum.

Why choose Somerset County Council

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset. We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a car or bicycle for work
• Staff benefit scheme offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits, holidays, gym membership and more.

Job Reference: SCC03777