Local Inclusion Support Offer (LISO) Navigator

About the job

Salary: £47,181 – £50,269 a year plus £3,203 car benefit allowance
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term/Secondment till August 2026

This position is available as a secondment opportunity until August 2026. You must have written approval from your manager prior to applying. An email will suffice.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Local Inclusion Support Offer (LISO) Navigator to join our team. This pivotal role will coordinate and facilitate access to the Partnership’s Local Inclusion Support Offer, ensuring that schools and settings receive timely, targeted, and effective support to strengthen inclusive practice across a local partnership area.

As a LISO Navigator, you’ll work at the heart of our collective efforts to build an inclusive education system where every child and young person can thrive. You’ll act as a bridge between schools, services, and partners - helping to identify needs early, connect the right people, and ensure the support provided truly makes a difference.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and oversee access to the Local Inclusion Support Offer for schools and early years settings.
• Ensure support is delivered in a timely and targeted way to promote inclusion and positive outcomes for all learners.
• Work collaboratively with partners to embed the aims of the SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Change Programme, with a focus on:
• Early intervention and prevention
• Workforce development and capacity building
• Co-production with children, young people, families, and professionals
• Support schools and settings to strengthen inclusive practice and reduce the need for escalation to statutory processes.
• Gather feedback and share learning to continuously improve the offer.

About you

You’ll have experience in SEND, inclusion, or school improvement, with a strong understanding of inclusive education and multi-agency working. A skilled communicator, you can convey complex information clearly and sensitively to parents, schools, and professionals across education, health, and social care.

You build trusted relationships that promote collaboration, trust, and shared purpose, and you’re confident in coordinating support and managing competing priorities effectively. Creative and solution-focused, you apply sound judgement and initiative to achieve inclusive outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

You’ll bring experience in interpreting and presenting complex information, a reflective and evidence-informed approach to practice, and a solid understanding of the local SEND and Inclusion Framework. Educated to degree level or equivalent, your adept at facilitating and brokering effective solutions that deliver positive, lasting impact.

About us

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough

Application process

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

Additional information

We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

• From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
• Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
• Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
• Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
• Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
• Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
• Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
• Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
• Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
• Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
• Friday Funday Socials - One Friday every 2 months where we encourage our staff to get together to socialise after work

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: Luton_Values_Flyer.pdf
• download: M3 Local Inclusion Support Offer (LISO) Navigator - Final JD.pdf