Service Manager - Post 16
Service Manager - Post 16
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 61071 - 67191 per annum
Working Hours:37 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 7th July 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
We are seeking an inspiring strategic leader to take on the new role of Post 16 Service Manager. This post will be pivotal in leading and be accountablefor all matters relating to the commissioning and provision of support for children and young people aged 16 25 across Leicestershire developing embedding and integrating the preparation for adulthood agenda across education employment health and care. Our aim in Leicestershire is to ensure all young people in our communities have access to an inclusive and appropriate education so they can achieve positive outcomes enabling them to lead successful adult lives.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with key stakeholders including schools and post-16 providers establishing and maintaining relationships
- Understand what the gaps are for post 16 opportunities and develop key strategies working with providers to fill these gaps
- Monitor and report on the Key Performance Indicators focussing on how many post-16 young people are not in Education Employment or Training and track improvements over time
- Establish multi-agency forums focussing on post-16
- Work with colleagues and professionals to develop strategies/pathways for helping young people 16-25 with additional needs and EHCPs
- Oversee and direct the co-ordination of monitoring processes of post-16 SEN funding to ensure that post-16 providers are held to account for meeting their responsibilities towards learners.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
Please refer to the 7 point criteria giving examples of how you meet the criteria below
You will be a visionary and credible leader with a strong track record in working at management level in an Education related field e.g. Local Authority School or Post-16 provider. You will also have experience and/or knowledge of:
- Leading a service working with vulnerable families or individuals in an education context.
- Developing and delivering projects and influencing and managing service improvements
- Effective delivery of service plans to meet performance targets.
- Collaborative multi-agency partnership working and delivery change across agencies.
- Working in an organisational environment which requires extensive engagement and consultation with senior managers where the skills of influence and persuasion are necessary tools to achieve successful outcomes.
- Managing and understanding general financial and budget information in the context of an organisations financial strategy efficiency and savings plan.
- Connecting with communities and localities through listening dialogue and understanding community needs
- Leading and delivering sustainable collective high performance through inspirational leadership the setting of clear priorities and a strong approach to performance management.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Olivia Dale - Head of Service Education Strategy & Transformation
Telephone:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Employee Service Centre by raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Part-Time
