Hearing Specialist Coordinator

Wirral Council is a place where you can genuinely make a difference guided by strong organisational values that shape everything we do. Our values ambitious professional residentfocused and accountable act as our organisational DNA influencing how we work lead and support one another every day. We take pride in delivering great services acting with integrity building positive relationships and always putting residents first creating a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone can be the best we can be. With our beautiful surroundings ambitious future plans and a commitment to empowering staff to #BeTheDifference Wirral Council offers an inspiring environment to grow your career and make a lasting impact.

Hearing Specialist Coordinator
UPS up to 3 SEN Allowance TLR2 (mid)

This role is established at 1.0 FTE of which 0.2 FTE is commission funded and will be reviewed annually.

Wirrals Sensory Service is seeking an experienced and passionate Hearing Specialist Coordinator to play a key leadership role in delivering highquality support to deaf children and young people aged 025.

About the Role
Working closely with the Head of Sensory Service you will help lead and develop the HI Service combining strategic responsibility with a 75% specialist teaching caseload. You will provide expert advice assessment and intervention across a range of educational settings promote inclusive practice support families and settings and contribute to service development training and planning. You will also deputise for the Head of Service when required and support the effective management of staff resources and pupil provision. Based at Clare Mount Sport College (but not part of) and working peripatetically in settings on the Wirral.

About the Candidate
You will be a qualified teacher with Qualified Teacher of the Deaf status substantial experience working as a Teacher of the Deaf and a strong understanding of language development audiology and assistive hearing technologies. You will be an effective communicator organised and solutionfocused with the ability to lead support and inspire others. Experience of team leadership and a commitment to inclusive education and partnership working are essential. Additional skills in British Sign Language or willing to learn is essential.

For an informal discussionab out the role please contact Peter Davies Sensory Support Service on

Interviews will be held Friday 22nd May 2026

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check including a check of the relevant Barred List(s). The Safer Recruitment & Employment Policy and the Disclosures for Recruitment Procedure can be found at : to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibilitycriteriafor a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration For details regarding the salary of a skilled worker visa please visit Home Office: is not legal advice and we advise you to seek your own independent legal advice tailored to your own personal circumstances

If youre already a Wirral Council employee and as part of our Talent Strategy were committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn grow progress and thrive. For many of you this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us and were passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing

If you are a Wirral resident are unemployed or out of work and require help with your application please contact Involve Northwests employment and skills team on or contact 0 or 0.

Working at Wirral

Youll also want to know what its like to work here so as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! Weve all played a role in developing these so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do what matters to us what inspires us and inform how we think approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after staff wellbeing is a priority for us. Were serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. Youll benefit from our track record of developing growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts enrolment into the local government pension scheme (an excellent defined benefit scheme) immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach hybrid working family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive engaged culture everyone has a voice everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If youd like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact

Please note that in accordance with the Councils policy employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Councils Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.

Applications can only be accepted through the Jobs page following registration. Forms received via the post will not be processed.

All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK. Details of required documents can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the Jobs page.

The job description and other supporting documents will not be accessible once the vacancy closing date has passed so if a copy is required you should download it now.

We do not accept applications or CVs from recruitment agencies unless otherwise stated. Therefore any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.