Whole School SEND (WSS) Head of Programmes

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Job description

Job vacancy: Whole School SEND Head of Programmes

Location: London (Office and Home Working)

Currently working remotely due to Pandemic

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (including 10% London weighting)

Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Fixed term contract 12-month maternity cover, starting 4th January 2022

About nasen

nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs) is a membership charity organisation that supports all education practitioners. We provide: Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their pupils.

About Whole School SEND Consortium

The Whole School SEND (WSS) Consortium is part of a growing member community committed to improving provision and outcomes for children and young people with SEND. The work of the consortium is based on the principle that the knowledge and expertise needed to develop the workforce already exists in the system and that knowledge exchange can occur through effective collaboration.

From 2016 to 2022, the Department for Education has funded the Whole School SEND Consortium to build capacity in the system through a strategic, school-led, review-based approach. The consortium has supported schools and settings to be able to identify and meet needs with a view to improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND. Importantly, the community of practice is fully inclusive and remains open to all who wish to be part of it, with the vast majority of resources made freely available.

Since its inception in 2016, the WSS member community has grown to more than 15,000 schools, practitioners, policy influencers, charitable organisations, parents, children and young people. It has brought together key stakeholder organisations from across the SEND community and encouraged collaboration between them.

About the role

nasen is looking to recruit an individual to lead and manage the Whole School SEND (WSS) team in delivering the Consortium contract, on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). They will be responsible for effective contract management across multiple projects and supporting stakeholders made up of third sector organisations, schools and our Whole School Send (WSS) member community of over 20k members.

The individual will represent Whole School SEND with external stakeholders across the education and third sector, develop and report on the performance of contract delivery in relation to the Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and risk management. The Head of Programmes will be responsible for managing budgets and working closely with nasen's finance team to ensure all project and staffing costs are in line with contractual arrangements.

Please see job description for full details of the role.

Application process

To apply for the role, please send your CV along with a statement that explains why you are interested in the role and your suitability.

Due to the immediate need for a person to start in this role all applications will be reviewed as they are received and as such we have no formal closure date but will close the role when we have received sufficient experienced candidates.