Full job descriptionSummary SEND Reform Project Manager
This project manager role will be central to the delivery of SEND Reform projects, with a focus on Somerset’s Experts at Hand (EAH) model across education settings for children and young people aged 0-25, supporting the wider SEND Improvement Programme and SEND Reform Plan.


For more information about Experts at Hand and SEND Reforms see:
Experts at Hand: what those leading and working in mainstream settings need to know - GOV.UK
Somerset’s SEND Reform Plan submitted to the Department for Education


Key responsibilities: SEND Reform Project Manager
As a project manager, enable the SEND Reform Partnership Board (Education Settings, Council Services, the NHS, Parent Carers and Children and Young People) to:
*Mobilise and deliver the SEND Reform Projects across Somerset
*Drive implementation of the EAH Locality Delivery Model.
*Manage programme plans, risks, milestones and governance reporting.
*Build strong relationships with education settings, health partners and SEND stakeholders.
*Coordinate programme communications, evaluation and performance reporting.
*Support recruitment, procurement and contract management activity linked to delivery.


Essential skills and experience: SEND Reform Project Manager
*Project management and stakeholder engagement skills, experience and qualification (as per attached JDPS).
*SEND improvement project delivery.
*Experience of project delivery involving recruitment, commissioning/procurement and contract management.