Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade G SCP 23 £32,076 – SCP 28 £36,648

 

Hours: 36 hours per week

 

Base Location: Tameside One, Wellington Road, Ashton. OL6 6BH / Work From Home

 

Closing Date: 29th April 2024 

Assessment Date: To be Confirmed 

 

The role

 

Applications are invited for the post of Policy Officer, an interesting and varied role that sits at the forefront of delivering on the Council’s key corporate ambitions. The role sits in the broader Policy team which has responsibilities around Resident Engagement and the Equalities agenda as well as supporting Departments across the Council in developing key Policy ideas.

 

Key pieces of work for the team recently have included developing an Anti-Poverty Strategy, supporting Children’s Services with their Improvement journey and writing a new Corporate Plan for the borough.

 

The role involves both undertaking research that will facilitate the design of evidence-based strategy and policy. You will be confident and adept at employing consultation and engagement methods to engage a diverse range of stakeholders, professionals and residents. The post holder will prepare high-quality reports, briefing papers, project documentation and monitor regional and national policy developments.

 

About you

 

You will be a strong self-starter, able to work alone, with a good understanding of local government and current issues in Tameside. You will be educated to degree level with previous experience in policy and/or project delivery roles, as well as experience of developing and maintaining external partnerships across a variety of public, voluntary and private sector agencies. As a self-motivated and engaging team member, you will be willing to take the initiative and will have the confidence to influence decision making.

 

About Us 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

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