Senior Tribunal Officer

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

Closing Date:

13/09/2026

Job Category:

Children's Services

Service Area:

Children's Services
- Special Education Needs & Disabilities

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 access low‑cost leasing of electric and low‑emission vehicles.
• 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 Senior Tribunal Officer to join our SEND service at Milton Keynes City Council, where your work will help shape outcomes for children, young people and their families. The central Admin team are responsible for all the legal processes that sit behind EHC plans, and this dedicated role plays a vital part in ensuring those processes are robust, timely and effective.

The role of the Lead Tribunal Officer oversees the team around tribunal and mediation processes, as well as ombudsmans, upper tier tribunal and judicial reviews, ensuring that the Council is represented with professionalism and expertise. The role minimises risk to Milton Keynes City Council in terms of financial costs in fines but also through incorrect placement, and unwarranted provision within section F of EHC plans, helping protect both public resources and the quality of provision for children and young people.

The work ensures that evidence is robust, improving our position within hearings and reducing barristers costs, while strengthening confidence in our decision making.

They provide oversight of all appeals ensuring deadlines are kept to, supporting colleagues across services and maintaining a clear, coordinated approach. This reduces pressure across wider teams, enables a single point of contact for families and mitigates against financial and reputational risks to the Local Authority.

Working as part of a collaborative and supportive organisation, you’ll help us deliver better outcomes while living our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative in everything we do.

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 2 October 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…