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City Observatory Lead

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Birmingham
Closing date
8 Aug 2022
Reference
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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Policy
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Working Pattern
Standard
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

City Observatory Lead

Salary £45,648 - £57,056 

If you could drive positive change, where would you start?

Birmingham is a city of change. People come, people go, ideas are born, communities grow.  And as we change, new doors open. We learn from our past. We shape our future. We’re a city full of life and opportunity. Why not be part of it?

About the City Observatory Team

Acting as the publishing house for the council, our focus is on building and maintaining a comprehensive body of published research and other data-rich sources.  It’s the go to place for the ‘single version of the truth’ about Birmingham and its inequalities.   Encouraging external researchers to make use of this insight, we’ll grow strong relationships with universities and government bodies. We’ll promote greater public understanding of policy issues. And we’ll support strategic planning, policy development and decision-making.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of City Observatory, we’d like your focus to be on providing technical and professional expertise to support the capacity of other functions and disciplines across the division.

Managing and continually developing the team, your remit will include procuring and matrix-managing resources across the division. We’ll look to you to make sure that City Observatory programmes and projects deliver value for money, by commissioning the right goods and services at the right time. Supporting a complex programme of work across a wide range of issues, you get to play a vital role in delivering a best in-class service for our customers.

To be successful in this role it’s likely that you’ll bring:

  • A degree-level qualification undertaking research and insight methods or policy analysis and development with a quantitative component or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience in using data sets from different sources, particularly in social science/social policy research, to analyse, challenge and create insight
  • Skills in managing the production of insightful analysis, with an understanding of data management industry standards and the ability to build a user-friendly data-repository
  • Experience of team planning and performance management to deliver personal and team objectives, with the ability to horizon scan over the next 2 years
  • Well-developed skills in influencing and negotiating with a variety of stakeholders

What we offer in return

We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing and balance. We’ll empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.  

We’re also proud to offer:

  • Family friendly policies.
  • A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential employee assistance programme.
  • 29 days’ annual leave increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days.

Birmingham is a city on the move. Be part of it.

Please see our microsite for further information and how to apply - www.cityonthemove-ips.co.uk 

You must upload a CV and Supporting Statement via the miscellaneous attachment on to your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered.

All roles will close at midday on Monday 8th August, and we will be shortlisting on a rolling basis, because we know how important it is to keep you informed on the progress of your application. Don’t be surprised if you hear back from us prior to the closing date to let you know you’ve been shortlisted.

  • Interviews will commence from wc. 15th August, and we can be flexible with regards to logistics.

For informal enquires please contact Lysanne Eddy via email at Lysanne.Eddy@birmingham.gov.uk 

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Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) may need to apply for a visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and may require a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council for a skilled worker visa (if the job is eligible).

Job Description and Person Specification

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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