Job Title: Education Funding Team Manager Location: One Angel Square Office and WFH - Flexible Hybrid Rate of Pay: £270 per day Umbrella / £209.60 per day PAYE Working Hours: Full Time - 37 hours Type: Temporary Role - 12 Weeks Opus People Solutions are working with West Northamptonshire Council to recruit for an Education Funding Team Manager. Responsibilities: To ensure the Education Funding Team meets payment deadlines and maintains payment processes so that all agreed payments are completed for all of Children and Young People's Services and ongoing development of systems and processes. Lead on business continuity and risk management processes, funding and payment processes for CYP Services, ensuring escalations to WNC Leadership Team are made, identifying risks with directorate performance to the Children and Young People's Service Senior Management Team and ensuring mitigations are put in place to address these risks. To manage the Education Team to implement the Authorities agreed processes to devolve High Needs funding to a wide variety of education providers Liaise with Schools Finance Business Partners as required, who oversee the total DSG budget to ensure that the LA realises the maximum DSG funding it can from the EFA, and agrees its' distribution via schools forum. Responding to FOI, benchmarking and other requests within relevant timescales and deadlines. Attendance and support at mana...