Job Description Job Profile – Education Directorate Work package Programme Lead- Specialist Provision Contract end Date: 31st March 2026 Date created: May 2025 About the Job To lead on the design, development and delivery of a range of service workstreams for families or children and young people which will secure good outcomes for all Gloucestershire residents and ensure services provide excellent value for money. These workstreams will be driven by both local priorities and national policy reforms through the DfE SEND and Alternative Provision Change Programme The postholder will be allocated a specific set of assignments as outline at the end of this profile. It is expected that some flexibility will be required as local and nation priorities evolve. The post holder is required to be able to demonstrate the behaviours defined in the Council’s competency framework for leaders and senior managers. This is what we need you to do 1. Provide credible leadership and proactively remove barriers to effective working across the directorate. 2. Communicate and influence by acting as a role model for effective communication, developing and maintaining a strong customer focus culture. 3. Build relationships by promoting the Council and its policies positively through partnership working and through any contact with external media. 4. Realise potential by ensuring that systems and policies are in place to create a culture of learning and sharing of knowledge across the directorate and its partners. 5. Provide clear vision, direction and innovation for the relevant assignments in order to shape current and future strategies for service delivery. 6. Champion and respond to the need for change by inspiring and developing an environment which thrives on challenge of the status quo and effectively leading change in direction and thinking 7. Harness diversity by recognising the importance of fully understanding the diverse community of employees within the Council and also within the communities they service 8. Make effective decisions, taking in wider perspectives and looking longer-term to formulate strategies that guide the organisational vision, being skilled in political and stakeholder consultative decision-making. 9. Achieve results by identifying the key areas of development required to achieve the assignment objectives and to resolve potential barriers and conflict. 10. Achieve results through effective monitoring and evaluation of assignment progress towards milestones and objectives, ensuring everyone has clear performance standards, encouraging excellent performance and tackling poor performance. 11. Managing resources by ensuring quality and value for money in delivering the assignment objectives. Special Conditions · The post will involve working out of normal office hours at times, · The post may involve travel in the county. Monitoring and ongoing development of outcomes Outcome based targets for the assignments will supplement this job profile. The job profile will be subject to regular review and the council reserves its right to amend or add to the accountabilities listed above. The ideal candidate will have Experience · Leadership experience in sectors which have lead to positive outcomes for children, young people and families with SEND. · Experience of effective working across organisational boundaries and use of influence within multi-agency settings which has led to improved outcomes for children, young people and families · Experience of implementing strategies for service development which has led to quality improvement · Experience or developing/leading changes in services and/or policies that have lead to service improvements · Experience of managing high performing and creative teams and services and successful experience of managing the range of personnel issues · Experience of substantial successful financial management · Experience of effective partnership work with parents, children, young people and families or institutions to develop and improve service provision · Experience of working within a political framework and briefing elected members Knowledge, Skills and Understanding · Wide knowledge and understanding of national policies and the legislative framework affecting children, young people and families, and the wider local government and how these apply to local service developments · Good knowledge and understanding of local needs and priorities of children, young people and families and how the organisation needs to respond · Specific knowledge and experience of strategic and operational working in the area of accountability for the role · Knowledge of Project/Programme management · Negotiation skills · Political sensitivity · Ability to influence corporate strategies and plans Behavioural attributes · Demonstrates Gloucestershire Leader/Employee Behaviours. Education & Qualifications Essential · Relevant management qualification or training · Educated to degree level · Relevant professional qualification in service to Children and Young People There are also a number of generic requirements that are applicable to all employees within the Council. There can be found at the following link: Review Gloucestershire’s Universal banding system. · To work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders and schools to successfully deliver a reviewed Universal banding system · Work with the Head of SEND, Specialist Commissioner, schools; finance and wider partnership stakeholders to:. · Review the progress of implementation of the Universal Banding model within the EHCP casework service · Review the process of use of banding descriptors in schools and within the EHCP casework service · Review the financial impact of changing from the resource allocation model to the Universal banding system, and project forward the financial impact · Review the banding descriptors, adapt as needed · Make recommendations for consideration at Schools Forum Maintained special school place planning To ensure maintained special schools in the county have commissioning briefs appropriate to their current population, the needs of the county for 2025 and onwards · Work with the Head of SEND, Specialist commissioner, Head of Service planning and infrastructure and Gloucestershire Association of Special School Heads to. · Review current commissioning briefs · Determine current special school place population needs · Develop up to date commission briefs in line with current school population needs the current population needs · Forward plan for commissioning briefs from 2027 to 2033, in line with changing population needs, increased sufficiency and government policy