Job Description

You will play an important role in organizing information and providing business support within the Specialist Teaching Service.
You will be responsible for:

• Supporting the delivery of specialist processes and procedures within the Specialist Teaching Service.
• Providing clear information to schools/parents with regard to specific procedures, methods and options.
• Providing the main point of contact for senior members of staff/work area acting as a filter for issues/problems for Specialist Teaching Service
• Consolidating various sources of information to inform others.
• Entering, processing, analyzing and interpreting information on the ONE database for the specialist teachers' caseloads.
• Tracking the pupils Educational Health Care plans on the spread sheet database.
• Scheduling meetings and events.
• Booking and managing room bookings for 3 locations.
• Organizing and managing the home visit process on behalf of Specialist Teaching Staff - to ensure the procedure is adhered to for their safety.
• Authorizing payments and other financial transactions within authority levels.
• Complete financial transactions via the SAP financial system.
• Ordering, monitoring, and tracking of specialized equipment for pupils on behalf of the Specialist Teachers team including arrangement for repairs.
• Quality checking the specialized teachers reports to ensure they are produced to the required standards and timescales.
• These need to be accurate in line with Data Protection and recorded on database.
• Carrying out duties with an awareness and understanding of the safeguarding policies and procedures.

We are working on a hybrid basis where you will work remotely for 3-4 days per week and in the office 1-2 days per week.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Good Knowledge of service provided in Specialist Teaching Service and relevant processes, systems, policies and procedures.
• Financial processing at an appropriate level for the role.
• Good ICT skills including use of Microsoft Applications, SAP, and may include use of other specialist systems.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to priorities workloads and achieve deadlines.
• Numerate and accurate with attention to detail.
• Where the role is customer facing and the post holder is required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
• Relevant and practical experience acquired through a combination of training and on-the-job experience.
• Working knowledge of other areas of the authority relevant to the Specialist Teaching Service.
• Note taking skills.