The West Midland Teaching Partnership is one of 23 accredited social work teaching partnerships funded by the Department for Education to strengthen the quality of education and training for social work students and practitioners across the West Midlands.

Our partnership includes Local Authorities, Children’s Trusts, NHS trusts and Universities. The partnership reflects the strategic priorities of the West Midlands Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and the West Midlands Association of Adult Social Services (ADASS). The partnership is led by Principal Social Workers, Workforce Development Leads and Senior Academics across Children’s and Adult Services. We bring together practitioners, senior managers, academics, researchers and experts by experience to support us in our work.

Our vision is to achieve excellence in social work education and professional practice through a research-led and evidence based approach.

We are looking for a Programme Support Officer to join our supportive and enthusiastic team on a fixed term contract basis, until 31st March 2021, to provide high quality programme support to the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership.

Your key duties and responsibilities will include: 

• Supporting the Partnership Programme Manager to ensure that project planning, development and activity across allocated projects are co-ordinated so that outcomes are timely and effective.
• Leading on the development and implementation of the partnership communications activity, including overseeing the website and social media sites, to ensure continued engagement with students, practitioners and those with lived experience.
• Monitoring project spend, analysing budgets and reporting on variations to project spend.
• Undertake data collection and data analysis draw conclusions and prepare written reports to further the delivery of project objectives across the West Midlands Social Work Teaching Partnership.
• Ensuring the timely completion of project reports, including the preparation of agendas, minutes and other relevant documents to the highest possible standards within agreed deadlines.
• Providing line management support and coaching to an Operational Support Officer.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We are looking for an individual who is proactive in their approach to work, thrives in having a variety of work activities and will be confident in forging relationships with a wide range of people at all levels within our partnership. You will need to have an ability to work flexibly and respond to changing priorities.

You will have experience of coordinating and administering multiple, simultaneous activities/ projects on time and within budget and leading on communication and promotion campaigns. You’ll also have experience of managing, supporting and motivating staff whilst dealing with change.

You will have a good working knowledge of programme and project management methodologies and an understanding of the current context for social work.

This post is fixed term until 31 March 2021.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

All attachments for the job can be found here

Interview date: Friday 2 October 2020

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