Admissions and Transport Service Manager

About UsOxfordshire County Council is on an exciting journey towards Delivering the FutureTogether, ourambitioustransformation programme which will enable us to be an employer, partner, and place shaper of choice. We'reseeking the right people who can help us get there while embracing our value of 'daring to do it differently', as we continue to strive to do better.In our Children, Education, & Families Directorate, we want everychildto have the best possible education and with this goal in mind, we've set out to improve and transform our services.As part of this, we are currently in the process of re-evaluating and restructuring our Specialist Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services, with theobjectiveof advancing the educational outcomes for children and young people. We've been consistently rated as "good" by Ofsted, but we are not content with that; we areambitiousand want to do even better! Oxfordshire County Council is a financially stable local authority which
iscommittedto investing in Children, Education, and Families, to ensure that we have the resources we need to make a real difference to the children, young people, and families we work with.About the RoleThis role is a keycomponentof the education service that holds strategic oversight and responsibility for admissions and home to school transport policy. An extensive part of the role will involve working closely with the County Council'sSupportedTransport Service, utilising a service level agreement and ensuring eligible children have timely, safe and cost-efficient home to school transport. In school admissions there will be management and oversight of the processes that ensure Fair Access to places and services that are statutorily compliant. The postholder will liaise with multi-academy trusts, diocesan boards, governing bodies and senior leaders in schools to ensure processes work efficiently and children can access school places without delay. Effective budget oversight will
be critical, especially on home to school transport where demand and unit costs are growing significantly.About youYou will be an experienced manager, who can work collaboratively and successfully across agencies, engaging with service user groups and families to deliver improved outcomes. You will have credibility when working with schools and partners and established ability to quickly develop andmaintainpositive working relationships with external colleagues and across the organisation at all levels, including elected members.You will have the ability to undertake and manage complex and diverse tasks applying knowledge and skills at an advanced level from specialist disciplines such as education, law, finance,managementand procedural matters. Also you will have a detailed understanding of the legislative framework for both admissions and home to school transport and quickly establish yourself as the Council's subject matter expert for these areas. Pleaseclick hereto View the