SEND Reform Project Manager

Interim Project Manager – SEND Reform

3-month rolling contract | Somerset | Approx. 2 days per week on site

Summary

This project manager role will be central to the delivery of SEND Reform projects, with a focus on Somerset's Experts at Hand (EAH) model across education settings for children and young people aged 0-25, supporting the wider SEND Improvement Programme and SEND Reform Plan.

For more information about Experts at Hand and SEND Reforms see:

Experts at Hand: what those leading and working in mainstream settings need to know

Somerset’s SEND Reform Plan submitted to the Department for Education

Key responsibilities

As a project manager, enable the SEND Reform Partnership Board (Education Settings, Council Services, the NHS, Parent Carers and Children and Young People) to:

• Mobilise and deliver the SEND Reform Projects across Somerset

• Drive implementation of the EAH Locality Delivery Model.

• Manage programme plans, risks, milestones and governance reporting.

• Build strong relationships with education settings, health partners and SEND stakeholders.

• Coordinate programme communications, evaluation and performance reporting.

• Support recruitment, procurement and contract management activity linked to delivery.

Essential skills and experience:

• Project management and stakeholder engagement skills, experience and qualification (as per attached JDPS).

• SEND improvement project delivery.

• Experience of project delivery involving recruitment, commissioning/procurement and contract management.

Rate of Pay

Umbrella: £500 per day