Senior Specialist Teacher for Assistive Technology Specialist Teaching Service

Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RF

Salary: Leadership Scale 4-6 (dependent on experience)

Working Hours: 32.5 hours a week, Teachers’ Leadership Terms and Conditions

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31st March 2029

Closing Date: 4th October 2026

Interview Date(s): W/C 12th October 2026 in person

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Specialist Teacher for Assistive Technology to join Leicestershire's Specialist Teaching Service. This new leadership post within will play a central role in delivering SEND reforms and the Experts at Hand programme, helping schools build capacity and improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND across the 5–19 age range.

We are seeking an innovative teacher with significant experience of SEND and assistive technology to lead the strategic development, implementation and evaluation of assistive technology provision, including relevant ICT and inclusive technology solutions, across Leicestershire. This is a unique opportunity to influence inclusive practice across educational settings and improve outcomes for children and young people with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities.

About the Team

The Assistive Technology for Education Support Team (ATfEST) is part of Leicestershire’s Specialist Teaching Service. The team works collaboratively with colleagues across Hearing Support, Vision Support and Learning, Communication and Autism Teams to promote opportunities, outcomes and experiences for children and young people with SEND. The service supports children and young people from early years through to post-16 education, working in partnership with families, educational settings and professionals through specialist assessment, consultation, training and advice.

About the Role

We welcome applications from experienced SEND teachers who wish to take on a strategic leadership role and work alongside team and service managers to shape and develop assistive technology provision across the county. The role has a strong strategic leadership focus whilst retaining service delivery responsibilities, including development and delivery of professional training, providing expert advice at school, cohort and individual levels and oversight of resource management.

Working across the Specialist Teaching Service, you will:

Lead the strategic development, quality assurance, and continuous improvement of assistive technology and ICT provision for learners with SEND across Leicestershire, promoting innovative and evidence-informed practice aligned with national developments and research. It provides expert advice to the Local Authority on policy, practice, and resource allocation for assistive and inclusive technology, while leading training and professional learning opportunities to enhance workforce capability. The role also builds strong partnerships with schools, families, and multi-agency professionals, ensuring that children, young people, and parents/carers contribute to service development and decision-making. In addition, it coordinates and quality assures specialist assistive technology assessments, advice, and interventions, including contributions to statutory processes and reports, and oversees the procurement, management, and evaluation of assistive technology resources and ICT equipment to ensure their effective, equitable, and cost-efficient use across educational settings.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

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About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Degree level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with evidence of further professional training and development in SEND and assistive technology or ICT.
• Substantial experience of working directly with school age children and young people with SEND, including demonstrable expertise in applying assistive technology or ICT to improve learning, communication, independence, access, inclusion and attainment outcomes.
• Experience of leading service development, strategic projects or quality assurance activities, using data to evaluate impact, drive service improvement and support the effective management of specialist resources and budgets
• Proven ability to work in partnership with schools, families, other support services and agencies to improve outcomes for pupils, contributing effectively within a multi-agency context, and supporting service development, strategic partnerships and continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Experience of delivering training, consultation and professional development to educational settings and other partners, supporting inclusive practice and effective provision for children and young people with SEND.
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide professional supervision, lead and develop others, delegate appropriately, manage competing priorities, solve problems and resolve conflict sensitively and decisively
• Clear knowledge of statutory and local SEND legislation, policies and procedures, together with the ability to carry out duties in line with safeguarding responsibilities and procedures while actively demonstrating the values of the authority: Positivity, Trust and Respect, Flexibility, and Openness and Transparency.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer..

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Vanessa Foulds, Specialist Teaching Service Manager

Email: vanessa.foulds@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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About us

About Leicestershire County Council

At Leicestershire County Council, we're committed to making a real difference in people's lives. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone.

Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. Whether you're starting your career or looking for your next challenge, you'll find a place with us where your ideas are valued, and your work has purpose.

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