Responsibilities: To ensure the Education Funding Team meets payment deadlines and maintains payment processes so that all agreed payments are completed for all of Children and Young Peoples Services and ongoing development of systems and processes. Lead on business continuity and risk management processes, funding and payment processes for CYP Services, ensuring escalations to WNC Leadership Team are made, identifying risks with directorate performance to the Children and Young Peoples Service Senior Management Team and ensuring mitigations are put in place to address these risks. To manage the Education Team to implement the Authorities agreed processes to devolve High Needs funding to a wide variety of education providers Liaise with Schools Finance Business Partners as required, who oversee the total DSG budget to ensure that the LA realises the maximum DSG funding it can from the EFA, and agrees its distribution via schools forum. Responding to FOI, benchmarking and other requests within relevant timescales and deadlines. Attendance and support at management meetings as required provide information, develop strategies, new processes, contribute to group projects etc Provide advice/research information to understand the complexities of High Needs funding and so enable the team and wider colleagues to keep abreast of developments locally, regionally and nationally.