Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Walsall, is currently looking to recruit a Pupil Place Planning Manager for a 3 month contract on a rate of up to £26.70 per hour PAYE or up to £34.71 per hour Umbrella. This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.
 
Responsibilities:
 
– The post holder will comply with and promote the organisation’s Health, Wellbeing and Safety at Work policies and ensure these are implemented effectively.
– The post-holder will promote and engage with organisation’s responsibility to safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and adults, and protect their right to be safe from harm. 
– The post-holder will promote the organisation’s employment policies.  To support/develop a working culture within these services that reflects the corporate vision.
– Ensure that the services provided aligned to the organisation’s strategy, vision, aims, objectives, priorities, and continuous improvement programme and play their part in achieving these. 
– To be responsible for the effective administration of the school organisation and early year processes on behalf of the Local Authority.
– To be responsible for the correct information, guidance and support to schools, staff and governors is accurate, accessible, and well communicated in line with the current legislation.
– To link and maintain the effectiveness of the Local Authority’s midyear admission process, in line with future projections and pupil place planning.
– To be accountable for determining policy and quality assurance of all matters relating to school organisation and early years
– To lead on the strategic input of all pupil place planning provision for organisation.
– To support the integrated approach to service delivery, aligned to the strategic direction of Right for Children by ensuring all aspects of school organisation are high quality service, responsive and flexible.
– Evidence ability to deliver effective programmes to ensure sufficiency of school places.
– Experience of translating national data to successful local policy.
– Experience of managing and supervising staff and volunteers, including recruitment, induction, supervision, and training.
– Knowledge and understanding of national and local early years, school age and post-16 data.
– Experience of working in partnership with other services.
– Experience of working strategically within an organisation with the ability to achieve affective and productive partnerships.
– To ensure stakeholders clearly understand the national agenda, legislation and guidance for the sufficiency of early learning and childcare.
– To consult with stakeholders, collate and analyse data and develop delivery plans to ensure sufficiency and quality of places for each age group of children.
– To have financial accountability for associated grants and funding streams and to follow Local Authority financial and reporting procedures.
– To chair or participate in multi-agency meetings, complete and record agreed actions and report appropriately as required.
 
Essential Skills:
 
– Professionalism – Actively seek ways to prevent over-complication or confusion of service delivery through innovation, being open to change and the removal of barriers including challenging negative behaviours.
– Leadership – Leads by example, optimising those resources allocated, communicates clearly taking account and welcoming feedback. Takes a positive and resilient approach to change understanding the longer-term vision of the organisation.
– Accountability – Adopt a ‘can do’ attitude in the work that I deliver taking accountability for my own performance and development and responsibility for my actions and decisions. I will demonstrate inclusivity and promote the values of diversity and equality.
– Transparency – Work with others to reach a common goal; sharing information, supporting colleagues, and searching out expertise and solutions from relevant partners and/or communities we serve.
– Ethical – Aware of own impact on others through valuing openness, treating everyone with respect and listening carefully to understand the views of others to build trust.
– Evidence ability to deliver effective programmes to ensure sufficiency in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Post-16 & Special Schools
– Experience of translating national early years policy to successful local procedure
– Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance, notably the School Admissions Code, Establishing Schools & Making significant changes, understanding of national legislation and local policies/procedures in Education, Health, Early Years and Family Support
– Able to evidence the ability to use data to plan for improved outcomes for children and families through place creation at all education levels
– Experience of leading multi- agency working leading resulting in outcomes for children and families
– Ability to negotiate, consult and communicate effectively with staff, stakeholders, professionals, and agencies
– Ability to demonstrate the skills of investigating, problem solving, conflict resolution and decision making
– Evidence of ability to respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns
– Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
– Able to prioritise workload to ensure statutory deadlines are met
– Able to produce and interpret data to ensure activities meet the needs of the locality and are value for money
– Knowledge and understanding of national and local data and key policies
– Experience of assessing need and making appropriate referrals to other agencies
– Experience of working in partnership with other services and agencies
– Experience of working in a solution focused approach and be able to develop the skills of staff in this way of working
– Experience of managing a delegated budget, identifying priorities, and allocating resources
– Experience of identifying the quality of provision and give advice or make referrals
– Experience of interpreting and forecasting from raw data
– Experience of working strategically within an organisation with the ability to achieve affective and productive partnerships
– Demonstrate communication skills both written and verbal to include the ability to write reports and produce documents for a range of audiences
– Experience of using GIS Software, MapInfo Software, Collect database, Capita One & Microsoft Packages
– Post graduate qualification relevant to the management post
 
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