Tribunal Officer

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

Closing Date:

16/08/2026

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 Tribunal Officer to join our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service at Milton Keynes City Council. Our SEND team works closely with children and young people, families, schools and partners across health and social care to make sure the right support is in place and that every voice is heard.

The central Admin team oversee the legal processes that sit behind EHC plans. As Tribunal officer, there is responsibility to ensure that legal deadlines are adhered to in terms of mediations, tribunal appeals, judicial reviews, upper tier tribunals and ombudsman’s complaints.

All of this while ensuring that the individual child / young person is kept at the heart of any dispute. They work directly with children / young people, families, schools settings and across health and social care navigating all parties through legal processes while maintaining the MKCC position on individual cases. They collate information to present to senior leaders to support with decision making.

This work protects the integrity of Milton Keynes City Council, reduces the risk of damage to the organisation and ensures a fair and transparent use of public funds. In this role, you’ll play an important part in supporting fair outcomes for children and young people while helping us act as one council, working collaboratively and respectfully with partners to make a real difference.

We’re dedicated to doing the right thing for our communities, respectful in how we work with others and collaborative in everything we do, and this role reflects those values every day.

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 9th September 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.

• Deliver high-quality support to the Senior Tribunal Officer by preparing written responses, case statements and legal submissions within statutory deadlines.
• Support the coordination of tribunal activity by organising meetings, maintaining action trackers and helping build strong relationships with education, health and care partners.
• Ensure effective preparation…