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Staffordshire County Council
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Change Manager to play a pivotal role in delivering Staffordshire’s ambitious SEND Improvement Programme, including the SEND Reforms.
You will project manage one of the priority projects within the SEND improvement plan to deliver the SEND Reforms.
You will also offer project support to all projects within the improvement programme, supporting project leads with project plans, risk logs, and performance measures.
Working across education, health, and care, you will provide project management to ensure this transformational model is co-designed, mobilized, and embedded effectively across the local area partnership.
The roles are fixed term until the end of March 2028.
Main Responsibilities
You will:
- Provide project management for your allocated area within the SEND Improvement Plan
- Provide project management capacity across the wider SEND Improvement Plan overseeing planning, milestones, risks, and performance, ensuring delivery against the Improvement Plan and national SEND reform expectations
- Drive system-wide change through strong partnership working, governance, and co-production with children, young people, and families
The Ideal Candidate
You will bring:
- Experience of delivering change or transformation projects within complex, multi-agency environments
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver at pace
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across organisational boundaries
- A commitment to inclusive practice and improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND
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Interviews
Expect to be held w/c 7th September
Interview guarantees: the above minimum criteria are required for our 3 interview guarantee schemes.
Don’t feel you meet all the requirements of the person specification? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Jacqui Baxter, SEND Programme Lead, at: jacqui.baxter@staffordshire.gov.uk
Our Recruitment Process
We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. Please note: The minimum essential criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes, detailed below.
Please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team’s ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.
About Staffordshire County Council
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Our Values
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
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Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
- We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
- We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
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