SEND Funding Technician

Suffolk County Council; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Suffolk County Council seeks a SEND Funding Hub Technician to support budget management within the Inclusion Service. This permanent role offers flexibility and the opportunity to contribute to vital processes that assist children with special educational needs. You'll gain skills in financial management while working in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata)

Local Government Pension Scheme membership

Travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits

Performance-related annual pay progression

Training and career development opportunities

Flexible working options

Two paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience working with budgets, processing invoices and purchase orders.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, especially Excel, is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Budget Managers in forecasting spends across the Inclusion Service.
• Maintain meticulous financial records and raise Purchase Orders.
• Interrogate data to help reconcile budgets.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

• Suffolk County Council - Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX - Hybrid
• £27,711 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• 37 hours per week -Flexible working options available
• Permanent

As a modern, flexible and effective organisation, we're driven to make a positive difference to the environment, the communities we serve and the careers of our people. That's why, when you join us as a SEND Funding Hub Technician in the Inclusion Service Funding Hub, you'll be encouraged to share your fresh thinking and empowered to explore new ideas that will shape and improve our services as well as your career.

Reimagine the possibilities.

Your role and responsibilities

Working in a small team, you will

• be liaising with Budget Managers and supporting them to forecast spends across the Inclusion Service
• raise Purchase Orders and general debts, whilst maintaining meticulous financial records
• be responsible for interrogating large amounts of data to help reconcile a variety of budgets and identify where spend belongs
• meet regularly with budget managers to support financial management of different areas of expenditure
• use a range of systems to gather information to monitor and reconcile budgets
• will support the SEND Policy and Funding Manager in improving our policies and practice in relation to SEND
• be required to meet set deadlines and ensure a high level of accuracy in your work when reconciling monthly budgets amongst other tasks.

You will need

• excellent numeracy skills as well as attention to detail
• experience working with budgets, processing invoices and purchase orders
• great interpersonal skills to communicate with managers and external customers
• a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Excel is essential as well as a willingness to learn new IT or web-based systems.

The team

The Funding Hub is a central function of the Inclusion Service and sits within the Strategy & Operations Team. They are responsible for ensuring that budgets are kept up to date and payments made on time to a range of providers.

We will offer you

An opportunity to support a variety of services within Suffolk's Inclusion Service and the successful candidate will gain a greater understanding of the wider services that support Suffolk Children with SEND to help inform your future career progression. A variety of e-learning courses will be available to help you familiarise with the work of the authority as well as on the job team shadowing to learn the role.

For more information

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact April Oliver (she/her). You can reach her by emailing [e-mail] or calling [phone].

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (docx).

Step 2 - Click Apply Now' to start your online application.

Step 3 - Upload asupporting statementanswering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template .

1. Provide an example of when you had to consider conflicting workloads, when planning a task or project.
2. Provide an example of when you have had to quickly adapt to a new system or new way of working?
3. Provide an example of when you have used your communication skills to effectively manage a difficult conversation.
4. Provide an example of when you have analysed data and presented findings to a manager? What did you do and what skills did you use?

Step 4 - Upload a CV (without name and personal details).

Please note: Without a supporting statement and CV, your interest will not be progressed. Any supporting documents must be in either PDF or MS Word format.

We value authentic applications that showcase your genuine skills and experiences. Applications suspected of being generated by AI may be rejected. We ask you to present your own work and ideas throughout the application process.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process before the next selection stage, please contact our Recruitment Team by emailing [e-mail] or calling 03456 014412. If you are invited to the next stage of selection, you will have another opportunity to request adjustments for the next stages of the process.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 06 July 2025

Interview date: Week commencing 21 July 2025

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.

In return, you'll enjoy:

• up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
• membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
• performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
• training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
• a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
• diverse and active staff networks
• flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Plus lots more!

If you want to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk) .