Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade F. SCP 17 £28,770 to SCP 22 £31,364 

 

Hours: 36 Hours per Week 

 

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton under Lyne, OL6 6BH

 

Closing Date: Sunday 7th April 2024

 

Assessment Date: Friday 19th April 2024

 

 

The People & Workforce Development Service is at the heart of Tameside Council; designing, attracting and developing the workforce to deliver high quality services for Tameside residents.  

 

If you are looking for a challenging but rewarding workforce development role in a proactive team that makes a real difference, then look no further.  You will need to have a passion for excellence and a real commitment to achieving workforce solutions to improve Council services and outcomes for residents.

 

 

To be successful in the Workforce Development Officer role, you will be passionate about Learning and Development and keen to make a difference in supporting the organisation by designing and delivering corporate training initiatives.  You will support the delivery of the People Plan by developing and implementing workforce learning and development opportunities for all colleagues to enhance the effective delivery of our services.

 

You will have experience of designing and delivering learning and development sessions to a variety of employee groups at different levels across the organisation, as well as facilitating focus groups and bespoke team sessions.  You will also have the ability to support others in developing creative solutions to problems whilst developing and reviewing workforce development processes to improve service delivery and contribute to an improved employee experience.

 

As a member of the People & Workforce Development Team, you can expect to be part of an experienced team with excellent peer support and career development opportunities, including support towards achieving a CIPD qualification. 

 

 

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

 

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

For an informal discussion please contact Rachel Buczynski, Workforce Development Manager, on 0161 342 2910. 

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.