SEND Reform Manager - Somerset

SEND Reform Project Manager
Location: Somerset
Rate: £500 per day
Contract: 3-month rolling contract
Working Pattern: Approximately 2 days per week onsite

Pertemps are currently recruiting for an experienced SEND Reform Project Manager to support a major SEND Improvement Programme in Somerset.

This role will be central to the delivery of SEND Reform projects, with a particular focus on implementing and embedding Somerset’s Experts at Hand (EAH) model across education settings for children and young people aged 0–25.
The successful candidate will play a key role in driving the wider SEND Reform Plan, working collaboratively across education, local authority services, health partners, parent carers and children and young people.

Key Responsibilities

• Mobilise and deliver key SEND Reform projects across Somerset
• Drive the implementation of the Experts at Hand (EAH) Locality Delivery Model
• Develop and manage programme plans, milestones, risks and dependencies
• Provide governance, progress and performance reporting to relevant boards and stakeholders
• Build strong and effective relationships with education settings, health partners and wider SEND stakeholders
• Coordinate programme communications, evaluation and performance activity
• Support recruitment activity linked to programme delivery
• Lead and support commissioning, procurement and contract management activity
• Ensure projects are delivered in line with agreed timescales, objectives and outcomes

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong project management experience, ideally supported by a recognised project management qualification
• Proven experience delivering SEND improvement or transformation projects
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
• Experience of working collaboratively across local authorities, education settings, health partners and other SEND stakeholders
• Experience supporting projects involving recruitment, commissioning, procurement and contract management
• Strong programme planning, risk management and governance reporting experience
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver complex projects to agreed deadlines

Why work through Pertemps?
By applying through Pertemps, you’ll benefit from:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles nationwide and available whenever you need support
• A simple online registration process
• Attractive referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance fully managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• …and much more!

📞 To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Freya Joseph on [phone removed] or email [email removed].