SEND Contracts and Markets Officer

Stockport Council; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport Council seeks a SEND Contracts and Markets Officer to lead efforts in improving outcomes for children with SEND. This role involves collaborating with regional stakeholders, facilitating change within the SENDAP systems, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. The position is hybrid with a competitive salary, reflecting the council's commitment to inclusivity and wellbeing in the workplace.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Commitment to employee wellbeing

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or commissioning.
• Understanding of local authority challenges.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support development of regional systems for SEND.
• Engage multiple stakeholders across service areas.
• Quality assure provision for children and young people.

Skills

Facilitating change

Engagement

Inclusivity

Education

Experience in SENDAP or commissioning

Local authority experience

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02.07.2025

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Job Description:

SEND Contracts and Markets Officer
SO2 (£36,124 - £40,476)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary until 31st March 2026
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 17th July 2025 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 18th July 2025
Interview Date: 23rd and 25th July 2025
Interview Type: MS Teams

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Your Role

As the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision (SENDAP) Contracts and Markets lead, a regional post, you will be a key enabler for the North West authorities to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND. Your role will include supporting the development of regional systems to quality assure provision for children and young people and supporting the drive to improve sufficiency, outcomes and value for money for local authorities.

Working from within the regional team you will be working with a large number of stakeholders across the region including colleagues from a range of service areas including SEND, quality assurance and commissioning.

About You

You will be passionate about facilitating change and innovation in SENDAP systems and engaging others in your work. Your experience in SENDAP or commissioning and contracts will mean you are quickly able to get workstreams up and running. Having worked in a local authority environment before you will understand the challenges in a local authority environment and be able to build relationships with others to overcome these.

You will be committed to inclusivity, learning and ensuring high standards of delivery.

About Us

Our NWADCS vision is a regional that works for all children and those who support them. With funding from the Department of Education we will be delivering an extensive programme of work around SEND over the next 12 months. We will be working closely with the 24 North West authorities to build on the innovation and good practice within the region and support where there are challenges and opportunities for improvement.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Amy Lythgoe Children’s Sufficiency Programme Manager on [emailprotected] for an informal discussion about the role.

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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

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