Assistant SEND Transformation Manager
- Tabby Summerfield
- Lead Practice Director
Assistant Transformation Manager – SEND Improvement
Location: South East England (hybrid working, 1 day per week onsite)
Contract: Interim, initially until 31 March 2027
Day Rate: £400 per day
Start: ASAP
The Opportunity
A South East local authority is looking to appoint two Assistant Transformation Managers to support the delivery of improvement and transformation projects across its SEND services.
These roles will form part of the wider transformation programme, supporting the implementation of projects aimed at improving service delivery, processes and outcomes.
The successful candidates will work closely with transformation colleagues and service stakeholders, helping to coordinate and progress defined workstreams within a complex local government environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the planning, coordination and delivery of transformation and service improvement projects.
- Take responsibility for agreed project activities and workstreams, ensuring actions and deliverables progress to agreed timescales.
- Develop and maintain project documentation, plans, action logs and progress reports.
- Liaise with colleagues and stakeholders across different services to coordinate activity and resolve issues.
- Track milestones, risks, dependencies and outstanding actions.
- Support the review and improvement of existing processes and working practices.
- Help prepare project updates, reports and information for senior managers.
- Contribute to improvement projects potentially covering co-production, complaints processes and SEND improvement priorities.
Experience Required
We are particularly interested in candidates with:
- Previous experience supporting or coordinating transformation, change or improvement projects.
- Experience working within local government.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple activities and deadlines.
- Confidence working with stakeholders across different teams and levels of seniority.
- Experience maintaining project plans, tracking progress and supporting delivery against milestones.
- A proactive approach and the ability to take ownership of allocated work.
Additional Information
These are initially interim opportunities running until the end of March 2027, supporting specific areas of the authority’s wider SEND improvement and transformation programme. There may be potential for further opportunities beyond the initial assignment depending on programme requirements.
