Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Permanent, Full Time, Education Access Officer to join Southampton City Council (SCC) in the Children and Learning Team.
About the team:
You'll be joining a dedicated Education Access Team that works closely with schools, families, and partner agencies to ensure every child receives appropriate educational provision. Reporting to the Team Manager and supporting Senior Admissions Officers, you'll play a key role in managing admissions processes, handling appeals, and supporting children missing education or electively home educated. This is a collaborative environment where your contribution helps uphold statutory responsibilities and safeguard children through effective education access.
About the role:
The Education Access Officer will manage and deliver statutory duties on behalf of the local authority. They will implement operational policies, ensuring effective consultation with education settings, children, and families, and communicate these with appropriate guidance.
They will support the delivery of the service area, including policies and processes such as:

• School Admissions and appeals
• Children Missing Education (including enforcement)
• Elective Home Education
• Part-time timetables and flexi-school arrangements
• Delivery on traded Service Level Agreements (as necessary)

For further information about this role please view the job description.
About you:
Essential Skills:

• Evidence of Significant CPD
• Demonstrate an understanding of equality issues and how they affect the workplace and individual behaviours.
• Excellent level of IT literacy to be able to use self-service, digital user platforms and applications and MS Office.
• Demonstrate an understanding and evidence of working practices to equality of opportunity, diversity, anti-discrimination and social inclusion.
• Ability to take personal accountability, whilst also utilising the skills to hold others to account.
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate self-confidence and work effectively in a team and own initiative.

Desirable Skills:

• Relevant experience with the education, schools and/or working with children and families or willingness to undertake professional development.

If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.
What we can offer you:
Salary: The salary band for this role is 32,061 - 36,362. The starting salary is 32,061 with annual progression through the salary bands.
Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent

with 16.8% employer contribution * Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)

• Generous holiday 25-31 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit:
Contact details for informal discussion:
For further information and details regarding the role, please contact Eliza Johnson at:
Recruitment contact details:
Email:
Tel: 023 8083 4033
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Service Area
Education
Job Location
Civic Centre
Contract Length
Permanent
Work Hours
Full time - 37 hours per week
Salary
32,061 - 36,362 per annum
Special Requirements
Enhanced DBS required for this role
Closing Date
04/12/2025
Job Reference
16189
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