Project Support Officer - Home to School Transport (SEND)
- Durham County Council
- Full Time
- Durham
Job Description
An opportunity has arisen in our Home to School Transport Service!
This is an exciting position with the Council for someone who possesses the ambition and commitment to make a difference. If this is you, then we would really like to hear from you.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?
Durham County Council has developed a transformation programme for its Home to School Transport Service. This is critical to our ambition to support children and families to have independent, healthy, and fulfilling lives, whilst ensuring that our services are effective and financially sustainable.
The transformation programme is intended to ensure that our Home to School Transport Services are:
- Sustainable and support the Council's Environmental policies
- Safe for providers and users of the Service
- Aligned to the identified needs of Children and Young People
- Support the Independence of Children and Young People where appropriate
- Efficient and deliver value for money
- Degree or significant relevant experience supported by professional qualification.
- Experience of working in a Special Educational Needs environment and who understand the needs of young people.
- Awareness of the importance of Home to School Transport Services and how this can impact on teaching and learning for children and young people with SEND.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with experience of working with a broad range of stakeholders to drive forward project delivery. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, proactive and enthusiastic. They will also be resilient, able to manage competing priorities and highly organised.
- Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
- Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
- Hybrid working (home and office working).
- Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
- Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
- Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
- Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
- Discounted DCC gym membership.
- Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers, Menopause.
- Trade Union membership.
- A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.
