Childrens Services Specialist

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Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Closing Date:

08/11/2026

Job Category:

Children's Services

Service Area:

Children's Services
- Group Head – Children and Families

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32days after five  addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension - everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme - eligible employees can lease an electric or low-emission vehicle at a reduced cost through salary sacrifice, subject to National Minimum Wage and other eligibility requirements.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Roles are either ‘site based’ or ‘home based’.

Site based roles are mainly based at the workplace, with the option to work from home for up to two days a week, depending on service needs.

Home based roles are mainly based at home, with the expectation of attending the workplace up to one day a week.

The working arrangement for each role is set by the manager, based on service requirements.

We’re recruiting a Children’s Services Specialist to provide vital business support within the Business Support Hub across the Education Outcomes service.

The team supports frontline education services and helps ensure schools and other stakeholders receive timely and effective support.

In this varied role, you’ll co-ordinate statutory processes and manage detailed work across several systems, alongside supporting the timely financial processing of income from our traded services.

This work plays an important part in helping Milton Keynes City Council meet its statutory responsibilities for maintained schools and generate income through the services we provide.

Working closely with colleagues across Children’s Services, you’ll provide a professional first point of contact and contribute to improvements in the way we work.

The role requires specialist knowledge in at least one area of Children’s Services, with the flexibility to provide cover in another specialist area and share guidance with colleagues when needed.

Site-Based role

This is a Site-Based role, and you’ll be expected to work from the designated workplace.

Interviews for this role will be held on 23rd November 2026

At Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.

• Provide high-level administrative support and manage detailed processes across several databases, helping the service meet its performance measures.
• Act as a polite and professional first point of contact for service users, colleagues, partners and other professionals.
• Maintain specialist information, support projects and service improvements, and provide guidance to Children’s Services Support Assistants.
• Process…