SEND Tribunal Officer
Kent County CouncilMaidstone, South East
Overview
This is a local council role (full time) with Kent County Council based in Maidstone. The advertised salary is £32,140 to £35,035 per year. Applications close on 10 September 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
What will you be doing?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an SEN Tribunal Officer in the SEN Tribunal Team. You will be joining a team with multiple priorities where work needs to be carried out efficiently, precisely and at a fast pace.
You will represent the LA at SEND Tribunals and defend appropriateness of the proposed service provision for an individual child/young person and case-manage SEN appeals.
This will involve evidence gathering, the drafting of responses and responding to judicial orders for SEN appeal related cases to ensure that the Council discharges its responsibilities effectively in relation to statutory appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST), which is part of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS).
The post holder must work collaboratively and cooperatively within the Kent SEN Team and other agencies.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.
For further information on this role, please contact Dan French, SEND Tribunal Manager, via dan.french@kent.gov.uk
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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.
How this role compares
We hold 194 council vacancies in South East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £34,660. This role pays less than about 61% of them.
There are 4,945 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 332 of them in South East.
You have 11 days left to apply. Council adverts we hold typically run for around 26 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Kent County Council has 77 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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