Education Partnership Officer | Education Improvement Service

Salary £47,665 - £53,051 | Full time, 37 hours per week | Permanent | Education Improvement Service | Preston

Please note, that sponsorship is currently unavailable for this role.

Join Lancashire County Council and make a difference

Lancashire County Council is looking to for an Education Partnership Officers to join our Education Improvement Service at an exciting time in the development of our locality-based approach to supporting schools, settings, children and families.

This is a key partnership role, working across allocated localities to bring together schools, early years settings, colleges, council services, health partners and voluntary, community and faith sector organisations. Through Lancashire’s Team Around the School and Setting (TASS) approach, you will help partners identify local priorities, understand the root causes of challenges and develop collaborative solutions that improve outcomes for children and young people.

A significant part of the role will be supporting the local delivery of Experts at Hand, providing schools and settings with a clear district route to advice, specialist expertise and appropriate support. You will help schools navigate available services, connect them with the right expertise and support effective triage, signposting and escalation where required.

This is a varied and outward-facing role. You will build strong relationships across education, SEND, health, children’s services and community partners, using data, local intelligence and feedback to identify gaps in provision, barriers to access and emerging issues. You will work alongside partners to develop practical, sustainable responses to challenges affecting children and young people.

You will also play an important role in ensuring that learning from individual schools and localities informs wider service development. By monitoring demand, recurring needs and access difficulties, you will provide valuable intelligence to support district and countywide priorities and contribute to the ongoing development of Lancashire’s locality and Experts at Hand arrangements.

• Leading and chairing Locality Groups and SEND Clusters, bringing schools, settings and partners together to agree shared priorities, actions and outcomes.
• Supporting the delivery of the Team Around the School and Setting (TASS) approach within allocated localities.
• Acting as a named district contact for Experts at Hand, helping schools and settings access appropriate advice, support and specialist expertise.
• Using data, consultation and local intelligence to identify needs, gaps, emerging risks and barriers affecting children and young people.
• Building strong relationships across education, health, SEND, children’s services and voluntary, community and faith sector organisations.
• Supporting partners to develop collaborative and preventative solutions to complex local issues.
• Monitoring demand, outcomes and emerging themes and using this intelligence to inform service improvement and wider strategic priorities.
• Delivering briefings, training and development activity and contributing to the continued development of locality-based ways of working across Lancashire.

We are looking for someone who is confident working across organisational boundaries and can bring people together around a shared purpose. You will have experience of partnership or multi-agency working and an understanding of education, SEND, inclusion, early help or related children’s services. You will need excellent communication, influencing and problem-solving skills, alongside the ability to navigate complex systems and turn local intelligence into practical action.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a central role…