A children's charity based in London are looking for a Senior Development Officer. To manage and develop key elements of delivery of children and young people's engagement with a particular focus on children and young people with SEND, ensuring youth voice is at the heart of our work and reflects the organisation's vision and values.

Key responsibilities

• To lead on the delivery of the NHS England Learning Disability and Autism and DfE Making Participation work contracts ensuring that all elements of the contracts are delivered to a high quality, on budget and on time.
• Lead the development and delivery of new areas of work as agreed, including exploring, proposing and developing project ideas and funding bids to maximise opportunities for children and young people.
• Develop strategies to increase the diversity of young people that can access participation opportunities to ensure that DfE and NHS England get feedback from a wide range of young people including those whose voices are less-often heard.
• Develop resources and tools that promote good practice in children and young people's participation, including Rights based practice, and to support key organisations in their delivery.
• Working with the Principal Officer and key communications staff, develop communications activity to raise the profile of children and young people's participation both internally and externally with a wide range of stakeholders; including overseeing the Making Ourselves Heard forum.
• Plan and deliver focus groups, training sessions and other opportunities for children and young people with SEND to engage using a range of face-to-face, digital, and blended methods of engagement.

Person specification

• Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of working with vulnerable children and young people, particularly disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs.
• An awareness of relevant current national policy initiatives relating to Children and Young People, with a particular focus on SEND.
• Able to communicate with children and young people with SEND and ensure their needs are met
• Demonstrable experience of managing a range of projects and of partnership working
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and ability to represent the work of the charity to range of stakeholders including parliamentarians and key decision makers and the media
• Proven experience of monitoring and reporting on project data, including achievements, project activities and measurement of outcomes for young people's interventions.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills and able to evidence ability to set and meet targets

 
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