Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £43,421 to Scale 37 - £45,441

 

Hours: 36 hours per week

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

 

Closing Date: 18th April 2024 

 

Assessment Date: To be confirmed 

 

The role

Applications are invited for the post of Scrutiny Manager, a crucial role overseeing a statutory function of the Council to support Elected Members to hold the executive to account and review key areas of work in the Council.

 

Taking ideas of Members, colleagues and the Community, the post-holder will develop practical and specific scoping documents to support an effective scrutiny review, which will be delivered using evidence that is turned into sound, clear reports with recommendations that can lead to real improvements in how the Council delivers to its community.

 

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 should be able to give sound, clear advice on complex issues with a high degree of political sensitivity. You should be able to act at pace and work effectively with elected members, senior officers within the Council and external stakeholders.

 

You will be able to spot key issues, develop and deliver reviews using project management skills, analyse both quantitative and qualitative evidence and present reasoned findings in a clear and well-structured way.

 

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.

 

This is a politically restricted post.

 

For further information or informal discussion, please contact Tom Hoghton on tom.hoghton@tameside.gov.uk

 

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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