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Project Officer

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House
Salary
£30,984-£32,798
Closing date
9 Aug 2022
Reference
TWC000005861

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Project management
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract
Working Pattern
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Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

Project Officer: Recruitment & Retention

37 hours per week

Fixed term 12 months 

SO2 - £30,984-£32,798

Would you like to work for an ‘Outstanding’ local authority – one with an established management team, committed to developing excellent practice and ensuring that our staff receive the best support we can offer?

Here in Telford and Wrekin’s Children and Family Services, we are on a very exciting journey!

We recognise that to achieve our ambitions, we need the best, most talented, experienced, innovative and committed people to join us. In doing so, you will join a passionate and vibrant team who are outcomes focused and who operate with a strong team ethos.

We value our staff and offer favourable benefits and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

  • Free parking
  • Flexible and mobile working policy
  • Robust caseload monitoring
  • Private lettings are available from ‘Nuplace’ who give priority to social work professionals.

This is an important position to support the Council's Children's Services Directorate. We have an exciting opportunity to work as a Project Officer within Service Improvement and Efficiency.

We are looking for an experienced Project Officer with responsibilities to scope, manage and successfully deliver a range of projects as required.

Working across the whole of the service this role will have a broad focus and requires the post holder to have experience of delivering successful improvement projects from inception to close.

Interaction and liaison with internal and external partners will be key in order to build relationships and support specific pieces of work.

If you require any further information at all, please email laura.moore@telford.gov.uk

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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