Job Description

About us

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Children's Services have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced project officer/assistant wanting to expand their knowledge and experiences or perhaps make a step to the next level in their career. We are offering a brand new, permanent Senior Project Officer role within the Service Development Team for Children's Services. This role brings an opportunity to support innovation and projects across the service and to support in the development of systems and processes that will support Children's Services performance with a specific lean into SEND support.

The role

What will you be doing?

Providing a professional, high quality project support service within the Service Development Function. This will include support for of a range of strategic and operational projects and being involved in a range of innovation work across the service as well as supporting the Service Development Project Manager with regular reports and submissions for external bodies and being involved in the preparation for any internal/external visits and inspections. There will be a particular focus on our Education Service with providing support for responding to Subject Access Requests, being responsible for the SEND Local Offer, Supporting our joint Local Authority/Heath Graduated Response and updating internal web pages for the use of internal colleagues.



You will work as a key part of the team, using initiative and problem-solving to support the service to achieve its objectives, including the taking of formal notes of meetings where required. As the team expands, there will be some management of project officer colleagues required in the near future, which is built into the JD/PS.



This will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to put their own stamp on the role and to help successfully complete innovation projects, represent the service in various ways and to support in the development of new processes and ways of working for the service, that improve and demonstrate outcomes for the very valuable and important work our teams do.



Please see the job description for more detail on the role and the person specification to see if your skills and experience match what the role requires. This is a really exciting time to join us and we look forward to hearing about the skills and experience you have to bring to the role.

What's needed?

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with the following experience and qualities:




Excellent IT skills (particularly MS Excel) with experience in a range of software plus basic data management/analysis Knowledge of Children's Services - ideally some knowledge/experience of SEND Services (but not essential) High drive and enthusiasm for learning new things Someone who loves to be challenged in their work and do something different each week Experience of managing a successful team Experience of supporting projects and/or organising events Experience of improving and updating media platforms - such as websites Excellent team-working skills Attention to detail and a passion for accuracy Ability to multi-task and prioritise and organise workload despite interruptions High-level of communication skills with confidence to communicate with colleagues and partners at all levels Flexible and able to work under pressure Committed to improving outcomes for children & families

Hours of Work:

Monday - Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm (30 mins unpaid lunch break)



The role will be hybrid with some working from home balanced with working in our offices at Time Square, Warrington. Office days will vary depending on what work is on hand. During the induction period, working from the office full time may be required.

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:



26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata) Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme Flexible working

Key Dates & Further Information

If you have any further questions or for an informal chat then please contact (via email in the first instance) - Tania Young: [email protected]


The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.



In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of?employment. Sponsorship is

not

available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.



Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer