Assessment & Additional Learning Support (ALS) Co-ordinator

Salary range: £41,580 – £45,399 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience 
Work location: WAES 219 Lisson Grove, London, NW8 8LW
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check  
Closing date: 20 July 2025
Interview date: 30 July 2025 

The Role:
As Assessment and Additional Learning Support (ALS) Co-ordinator, you too can make a powerful contribution. We are deeply committed to creating inclusive learning environments and supporting each learner to reach their full potential – whether that’s through gaining qualifications, employment, independence or confidence. Our work focuses on learners with dyslexia, autism, mental health conditions and other support needs. 

Working collaboratively across departments, you’ll ensure that there is a joined-up approach to ALS provision across the organisation. This is a great time to join as the previous postholder has been promoted but will be on-hand to offer comprehensive support. You’ll be continuing their excellent work and be part of shaping and embedding best practice with both internal teams and external partners. 

You’ll manage the Assessment cycle for learners with Additional Learning Needs, ensuring timely data entry, data analysis and feedback to Executive Board about progress and attainment of the cohort. This will include ensuring necessary funding is secured and that examination requirements for learners are assessed and delivered. You’ll play an active role in Educational Health Care Plans and annual review meetings. You’ll analyse assessment data to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning support, offering tailored support to accelerate progress when necessary. In all cases, you’ll ensure that quality assurance arrangements are implemented effectively, compliance systems are adhered to, and that key performance indicators are met.  

Learning-facing responsibilities will be significant too, and you will be the designated lead for learners with medical needs and those in care. On a day-to-day basis, you’ll coordinate SEND learners provision through close liaison with staff, parents and external agencies. For each learner, you’ll set realistic and inspirational expectations. Then, you’ll identify and adapt teaching strategies, techniques and resources to their needs.

You’ll be joining a dedicated team with backgrounds across social care, education and employment sectors, all now unified in a truly holistic approach to supporting our learners. Your expertise will help to propel the professional development of staff, enhancing their knowledge and skills in SEND, and ensuring these are clearly reflected in their Individual Learning Plans and Support Plans. You’ll also conduct staff appraisals and reviews. This is a chance to see the tangible impact of your work every day, which is both motivating and incredibly rewarding.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You’ll bring a superb knowledge of inclusive teaching, learning and support methods. Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of your work. You’ve delivered high-quality support to effectively improve student outcomes, in line with Education, Health and Care Plans and Additional Learning Support needs. You have an excellent understanding of aligning these with funding streams, methodologies and conditions. 

Plus, you’ve successfully motivated, trained and managed a team that has improved in performance. This is complemented by strong verbal and written communication skills. You’re well-organised and can efficiently handle the administrative side of the role, in relation to SEND, ALS assessment and support. For this, you’ll need to be comfortable with IT, including but not limited to Office 365 and associated applications. 

To be eligible, you’ll need hold Level 3 qualification or higher in a learning difficulties/disabilities related qualification. As well as Level 3 Award in Education and Training/equivalent and Level 2 English and maths/equivalent. It would be desirable if you held, or were willing to work towards, a Level 7 Proficiency in Assessment for Access Arrangements/ equivalent. 

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.
What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.