Education Funding Officer

Newcastle City Council; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government pension scheme

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounted travel pass

Union membership

Job summary

Newcastle City Council is seeking an Education Funding Officer to join the Education Funding Team within the Children & Families Directorate. The role focuses on financial administration and the distribution of the High Needs Block and other education-related funding.

You will manage IT-based systems and spreadsheets for monitoring costs and provide guidance and training to SEND teams, schools and other providers. Agile working and generous leave are among the benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong IT skills and ability to gather and analyse information to support decision making.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage and prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative team player committed to learning new skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive financial support for administration and distribution of the High Needs Block.
• Manage and maintain IT-based systems/spreadsheets for monitoring and forecasting DSG High Needs Block cost centres.
• Provide advice, guidance and training to SEND Teams, schools and other education providers.

Skills

Data analysis

IT skills

Communication

Project management

Organisation

Tools

Excel

Spreadsheets

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Education FundingOfficer to be part of the Education Funding Team within theChildren & Families Directorate.

Do you want to make a real difference to the education of ourchildren and young people with SEND?

We are looking for people who:

• Are passionate about supporting services to improve outcomes for children and young people
• Are highly organised, can work on their own initiative and be able to manage and prioritise their workload within a fast-paced working environment
• Have excellent IT skills and are confident in gathering and analysing information to support decision making and project management
• Have a collaborative approach to working
• Have excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Are committed to learning new skills

If you want to be a part of an amazing team delivering excellent services to schools, SEND colleagues & managers and other partners, we’d love to hear from you.

Our team looks after the Schools and High Needs Blocks of the Dedicated Schools Grant and provides various financial services to our maintained schools.

Your role will provide comprehensive financial support for the administration and distribution of the High Needs Block and other Education-related funding. You will manage and maintain IT-based systems / spreadsheets for the monitoring and forecasting of all DSG High Needs Block cost centres. You will use your excellent communication skills when providing advice, guidance and training to the SEND Teams, schools and other education providers.

Newcastle City Council offers:

• A competitive salary
• Access to Local Government pension scheme.
• Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
• Agile working, enabling both home working and office based working
• A generous Flexi Scheme.
• Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives.
• Access to various salary sacrifice schemes – covering cars, white electrical goods and tax efficient saving contributions towards your pension.
• Discounted travel pass.
• Access to union membership

Thisroleis beingofferedonafixedterm/secondment opportunityto31stAugust 2027. Fora secondment,youmust gainyour manager’sapprovalpriorto applying.

If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Sarah Lawton at [e-mail]