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It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Access and Entitlement Team is a specialist team providing a Free School Meals Traded Service to schools and monitoring the finance associated with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We work with parents both in responding to their queries and supporting them through the processes associated with entitlement to home to school transport and free school meals. Your New Role: You will assist with the administration and promotion of the Free School Meal service, and with the administration of financial contributions and recoupment for home to school transport and with SEN funding to schools and other local authorities. You will provide front line advice and assistance to parents/carers and schools who may visit main reception and via telephone, email and posted correspondence in relation to applications for home to school transport. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have successful experience of working in a high-level administrative role. You have excellent written, oral, interpersonal communication and networking skills, and excellent numeracy and literacy skills with an understanding of finance and budgets. You have a customer-focussed approach and excellent attention to detail; you are accurate, proactive, and can work flexibly individually and as part of a team. You can work with minimal supervision and use your own initiative to make immediate decisions, and you can prioritise your workload and work under pressure. You have a resilient nature and can dealing with high volumes of complex work including being customer-facing with families sometimes facing adversity. You have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and awareness of Data Protection, GDPR and safeguarding. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Julie Sabiston, Access and Entitlement Officer, Julie.Sabiston@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 954 A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. 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The waste collection team work to 'enable recycling and remove waste on collection day'. We manage a range of municipal refuse and recycling services from our Alchorne Place depot. We service all households every week completing millions of collections every year. The work is carried out in all weathers. As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference. What is the role? This role manages the overall waste collection service and reports directly to the Head of Waste Management. From the Depot their team of 90 staff delivers Portsmouth City Council's waste collection service including collection of refuse and/or recycling materials from waste containers - kerbside, communal and bring banks sites and delivery of containers. The service operates Monday to Friday with an earliest start time of 6am. You will hold a Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence and be responsible for the waste collection vehicle fleet (33 vehicles up to 26T) and driver compliance, ensuring that; <ul>\n<li>drivers have a valid licence</li> <li>vehicles are taxed and insured</li> <li>vehicles have a valid MOT and are properly maintained</li> <li>vehicles are loaded safely and not overloaded</li> <li>drivers do not speed or break the drivers’ hours rules</li> </ul> You will be required to be a named person on the Operating licence for the service and ensure that requirements are met at all times. You will be responsible for contract management of the City Council's waste collection vehicle repair and maintenance contract. You will manage the overall operation and work with waste collection teams to ensure the service is delivered. You will have responsibility for ensuring compliance with all health and safety policies. You will also be responsible for ensuring risk assessments and training records are up to date and that staff are implementing correct processes and procedures. Please click HERE for the full job profile, which gives you more details about what the role involves! Who is the person? You need to: <ol>\n<li>Have substantial experience of managing in a large logistical environment preferably with experience of working in waste management operations including an excellent understanding of relevant waste legislation</li> <li>Hold the Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (you will be a named on the City Councils operator's licence)</li> <li>Experience of vehicle management - including driver CPCs, digital tachos, and the road transport directive, 'O' licence requirements</li> <li>Have experience of managing Health and Safety legislation in relation to the workplace and around the vehicle. Experience of reviewing and writing risk assessments and implementing these with staff. Knowledge and understanding of adhering to the safe systems of work</li> <li>Have experience of monitoring relevant performance measures to encourage a continuous improvement approach.</li> <li>Understand the Council's decision making processes</li> <li>Have experience of presenting information in reports or to a range of audiences from the public to members. </li> <li>Have experience of managing staff including recruitment, development of staff, and management of performance and behaviours </li> <li>Experience of using Microsoft office applications, and databases. This should include using data to improve services</li> <li>Have a good understanding of the types of issues that crop up and be able to act promptly to resolve and/or escalate when necessary</li> <li>Experience of problem solving eg repeated misses, access issues etc - You should be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering continuous improvement</li> <li>Be a good communicator, and be able to listen and give clear explanations to staff and residents </li> <li>Have good local geographical knowledge</li> <li>Be able to self manage and have good planning skills</li> <li>Have an understanding of different waste types and what constitutes contamination, or non domestic waste and carrying out collections in line with the Council's collection policy</li> <li>Have an understanding and experience in managing customer information, including personal and sensitive data in accordance with GDPR</li> </ol> If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail David Emmett (Head of Waste Management) - David.emmett@portsmouthcc.gov.uk When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please see the full job profile HERE! Closing date: 20th October 2024 We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul> To see all the benefits of working with us please click here! 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It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Children and Families Service supports and protects Portsmouth's most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city's looked after children. The Building and Supporting Your Future Teams and Child Safety and Asylum Team provide social work support to our children in long-term care placements and unaccompanied minors, and support to our care leavers. Staff in these teams are responsible for ensuring that our statutory responsibilities for looked after children and care leavers are properly met. The Role: The Business Support Officer provides administrative support to teams within the Children and Families service, dealing with email and telephone queries, communicating with professionals and service users, sorting in-coming and out-going post, dealing with all correspondence in confidence, recording information onto caseload systems, booking appointments, and other tasks as required. It is a very busy and a challenging role, for someone who enjoys working as part of a team and wants to do a worthwhile job. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have experience of working in an administrative role, ideally in Children’s and/or Young People’s Services. You can take accurate, detailed minutes of complex meetings, have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and have good numeracy and literacy skills. You are people-focused and able to demonstrate consistently high standards of customer care and willingness and determination to help service managers and practitioners provide an effective service and support to children and families. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Tamasine Roux, Business Support Team Leader, Tamasine.Roux@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 834 455. A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. 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If you are successful in your application you will be required to work at any one of the seven Area Housing Offices. You will join an experienced management team ensuring the delivery of an effective service to meet our customer’s demands. The Estate Manager leads and develops the Housing Officer team. Estate Managers are a significant influence within the area office management team assisting the Area Housing Manager to understand how the Housing Officer team perform against the stated purposes for our services, and how effectively our services pull together to meet the customer’s needs. What is the role? You will be responsible for leading and developing a team of Housing Officers and to equip them to deliver effective responses to a range of tenancy management issues. Primarily, you will lead and support Housing Officers in: <ul>\n<li>Managing rental income, ensuring they are equipped to engage and enable our customers to make good financial decisions that mean they can sustain rent payments. </li> <li>Letting empty properties and working with all the stakeholders who are part of this process. </li> <li>Responding effectively to reports of Anti-social behaviour, liaising with other agencies/services as needed.</li> <li>Providing advice and guidance on key tenancy issues including successions, assignments and priority housing transfers.</li> </ul> You will be expected to continually develop the skill set of Housing Officers so they become more effective in their role leading to an improvement in service to our customers. You will do this by modelling and reinforcing correct behaviours, addressing training needs or skills gaps. The role will also include ensuring our processes facilitate 'doing the right thing' for customers and taking action to remove any barriers to good service. Who is the person? You need to: <ol>\n<li>Have current experience of working in a challenging front line service as you will be supporting housing officers in dealing with customers with a range of social issues. </li> <li>Be able to lead a team of housing officers, offering support and advice to make them more effective in their role. You must be able to demonstrate that you have the required skills and knowledge of the housing officer role to equip housing officers to work in a way which results in better outcomes for customers.</li> <li>Be able to make decisions in a structured and transparent way to resolve complex issues from a customer perspective using initiative and judgement.</li> <li>Be able to use data/measures to influence where and how you spend your time.</li> <li>Be able to identify, and act on, the barriers that prevent effective service delivery to continuously improve performance.</li> <li>Knowledge of welfare benefits desirable.</li> <li>knowledge of landlord and tenant law, court process and relevant statutory powers would be an advantage.</li> <li>Have the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, from the most socially disadvantaged tenant to a senior professional including MPs and local ward Councillors.</li> <li>Demonstrate that you have the appropriate skills needed to be able to effectively manage staffing issues as they arise, such as sickness absence, disciplinary, general welfare and on-going recruitment.</li> <li>Be competent using a variety of IT systems such as Excel and other office applications.</li> <li>Be flexible as you may be required to work from any of the 7 Area Housing Offices and attend resident meetings during out of hours.</li> <li>Have a current driving licence and daily use of a vehicle.</li> </ol> Closing date: 14th October 2024 Assessment/interview process: w/c 21st October 2024 When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile! If applying as a secondment you will need permission from your current line manager releasing you for this secondment. Please state you have this on your application form. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul>\n\n Click HERE to see all the benefits of working with us!\n\n \n\n Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=37409a473131b104c175ffe91c28a552&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£35,000 - £44,999","publishDate":"2024-09-25T15:40:05.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-25T15:40:05.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/94ca73a6-6bc7-4018-8a7f-b4473a32b565.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"329016e0-819b-4125-b4b1-938ab7e0a266","title":"Housing Regulation Officer","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Housing Regulation Officer Salary: Band 8 - £33,945 - £36,647 p.a. Fixed Term Contract/Secondment for 12 months 37 hours per week Job purpose: To be part of the Housing Regulation team within the Private Sector Housing service for Portsmouth City Council, delivering responsive and effective services to anyone who approaches the city council needing help regarding their home. This includes the delivery of statutory functions relating to housing standards and licencing of housing in multiple occupation (HMO). System Purpose: The fulfilment of the purpose of the service is the primary focus as should be the aim at all times <ul>\n<li>Provide help and advice to make homes liveable, safe and healthy.</li> </ul> What is the role? The Housing Regulation Officer is responsible for delivering compliance with the law in the most appropriate manner and in the appropriate possible timeframe, ensuring that high regard is given to the entire range of options and best practice and whilst remaining in compliance with the law. The duties of the role will include the following related to the legislative and statutory duties, and the council's private rental sector strategy: <ul>\n<li>Receive, assess and where necessary action, customer demand relating to the provision and management of private sector housing, particularly the private rental sector</li> <li>Carry out reactive, routine or proactive visits to private rental properties and, where necessary, undertaking Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS) assessments.</li> <li>Where problems are discovered with the provision of housing, working with landlords and tenants to find the best solution, always aiming to keep the tenant in their home wherever possible.</li> <li>investigate complaints in respect to statutory duties or regulations</li> <li>carry out inspections and monitoring as required to ensure that actions are undertaken and outcomes are achieved </li> <li>Ensure that health and welfare of tenants is maintained in accordance with legislation and, where applicable, the needs of any licence.</li> <li>Ensure that legislation and local policy regarding HMOs is adhered to, providing information on licence conditions where appropriate, and monitoring compliance with these conditions.</li> <li>Provide advice, guidance and assistance to customers contacting the service ensuring regulatory compliance through education and advice.</li> <li>Take enforcement action, where required and preparing for cases which may go to tribunal or court. On occasions this may including attending court to give evidence. </li> <li>Preparing and serving formal enforcement notices.</li> <li>Using professional judgement to make decisions on the best course of action, while dealing with potentially confrontational situations with landlords and tenants assertively.</li> <li>Commit to the continual development of the service and personal professional development.</li> </ul> For further details about the role please click HERE for the full job profile! Who is the person? <ol>\n<li>It is desirable that the post holder will hold (or be working towards holding) a level 6 qualification in housing, environmental health, environmental science, housing engineering or construction. </li> <li>It is desirable that the post holder holds (or is working towards holding) associate level CIEH membership, member level of the CIH or membership of another relevant body. This will include evidence of continual professional development (CPD).</li> <li>It is essential that the post holder is (a) educated up to (or working towards) at least level 3 in a relevant Housing, construction or environmental health qualification and (b) ideally will have demonstrable experience in working with stakeholders within the private rental sector to achieve the right outcomes with regard to Housing Standards. For new starters without a relevant qualification. Applicants will be considered for a development role starting at band 7 and moving to band 8 when level qualification 3 is achieved. </li> <li>The post holder can successfully balance prescriptive proactive regulatory regimes with those relating to reactive responses to complaints / breaches of legislation. This includes together with gathering evidence, keeping clear and precise records to determine what actions need to be undertaken in line with non-compliance, and have a sound approach to decision making when determining the best course of action to take with individual cases, and strong time management.</li> <li>The post holder has knowledge and experience of housing legislation and processes around enforcement, particularly in regard to private rental sector and houses of multiple occupancy.</li> <li>The post holder will have a demonstrable knowledge of surveying residential property and be able to undertake a full property inspection is essential.</li> <li>The post holder will have demonstrable knowledge and experience of the Housing Health and Safety Rating system (HHSRS) is essential.</li> <li>The post holder will have knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Housing Acts, Public Health Acts, Party Wall Etc. Act and Building Regulations, Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).</li> <li>The post holder will have knowledge and experience of enforcement action, including preparing and serving formal enforcement notices.</li> <li>The post holder will be able to identify and provide advice on necessary property repairs and produce schedules of works with clear instructions on what works should be carried out.</li> <li>The post holder will be emotionally resilient and able to deal with the impact of being exposed to customer's difficult circumstances. Being able to remain professionally detached and focused even if the message you deliver involves saying no in difficult circumstances.</li> <li>The post holder works proactively and is able to remain motivated, working on their own initiative in coordinating multiple tasks.</li> <li>The post holder is competent in the use of IT systems with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Packages (to include Word, Outlook, and Excel) and databases. Also how to understand data that is presented and how it reflects the performance of the system</li> <li>The post holder will have an understanding of Systems Thinking approach in relation to the importance of applying value steps within the purpose of the service.</li> </ol> Please note that driving is essential for this role and therefore you must have a full clean UK driving licence. There is no set closing date for this advert - we will contact shortlisted applicants as the advert goes along. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please see the full job profile attached HERE! If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail Samuel Rickeard on samuel.rickeard@portsmouthcc.gov.uk If applying for a secondment, please confirm you have your current line managers permission on your application. 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It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Early Help and Prevention Service in Portsmouth is a new way of doing things – providing extra practical help with families early on, to stop problems getting worse. We talk with families about the things that are most important to them, what might help and what we can do differently to help them. This is how we start working together with the whole family to help get things back on track. In Portsmouth we believe social work matters. We continue to invest in our front-line staff and services drawing on a wide range of skills, sharing expertise with our partner agencies and valuing development and improving practice. Your New Role: The role involves working within the 0-19 Early Help team to strengthen plans and support families to make change without statutory intervention. The role requires sensitive support and challenge to families and staff. The role includes line management responsibilities as part of a Locality based team. This will include data monitoring and other Quality Assurance activities. We are committed to professional development and will provide training for the successful candidate. If successful you will be joining lively, challenging and supportive teams whose priority is in improving outcomes for Portsmouth’s children and young people. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have a Diploma or Degree in social work and are registered with Social Work England. You have considerable experience of direct family work and can support the team with threshold decisions, and you understand how families can be supported outside of statutory intervention through restorative practice and early help. You are imaginative and creative, coming up with inspirational ideas and at times amazing solutions to the toughest of problems. You have experience of supervising/mentoring individuals, and are an excellent communicator, both spoken and written. You are analytical, tactful, computer literate and a good team worker. You understand anti-oppressive practice and enjoy a busy atmosphere. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Gill Noble, Early Help and Prevention Service Lead, gill.noble@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 437 832 A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful. Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. 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Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week Contract: Permanent The Service: The Regulatory Services Team is responsible for delivering a wide variety of statutory functions including, pest control services, the assessment of air quality air, port health border controls and sampling, health and safety, food hygiene and standards, animal welfare, communicable diseases, statutory nuisance, environmental health, rogue and fraudulent traders, fair trading, product safety, intellectual property crime, age restricted sales, petroleum, explosive safety, community funerals, the licensing of hackney carriage and private hire operators, vehicles and drivers, the licensing of premises and persons under the Licensing Act 2003 and gambling premises under the Gambling Act 2005. The 'administrative family' carries out the 'core business' of the wider team whilst providing specialist advice and guidance to a wide and diverse range of contacts. What is the role? The purpose of a Compliance Liaison Officer is to provide support all compliance teams within the service and to be the first point of contact for all customers. The challenge of this role is to support customers to achieve high standards of regulatory and licencing compliance and maintain efficient delivery of service functions. The day to day duties of the role will include: • actively working as part of a team and support the delivery of Regulatory and Licensing frontline services via the process of a wide variety of administrative processes. • interacting with a wide variety of customers such as those registering complaints for investigation, applying for licenses or services, registering business activities etc. • processing and providing accurate information to customers and promoting the range of services and access channel options available to customers. • ensuring that enquiries are handled following detailed departmental process and are delivered in line with legislative requirements. For full details about the role please click HERE! Who is the person? Ideally the post holder will have: • an operational understanding of several key Regulatory and Licensing Service functions. • a knowledge of the administrative functions likely to be undertaken in a Regulatory Service and Licensing authority enforcement team. • excellent communication skills, delivering messages clearly so that they cannot be misunderstood. • abilities to ensure that any information or situations are handled in a respectful manner without escalation. • an aptitude for being decisive, making decisions and using discretion - considering the most appropriate course of action outside key policy / process criteria. • abilities to deliver flexible service delivery requirements - including the participation on duty rotas and positively engaging in service and internal policy changes. • a understanding of how poor decision making may impact of service / senior officers and what constitutes poor decision making. • an understanding of how personal information / sensitive information needs to be managed and the implications of not doing so in accordance with legislative requirements. • good knowledge of computer software packages. • accountancy skills. • previous experience in an administrative role. • have a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail. • integrity, an ability to motivate others and work with others, and retain a positive attitude towards problem solving / delivering service solutions / improving complex problems. • An aptitude for being self-motivated as there will be occasions when you are working on your own / or with limited supervision. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile! Closing date: 16 October 2024 We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers.</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul> Please click here for all the benefits of working with us! We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk\n\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=cd9e5cd9137f7274e3f43284d3f6da9b&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£20,000 - £29,999","publishDate":"2024-09-25T15:40:05.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-16T15:40:05.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/3e3f3eeb-b835-4b0b-a398-1e7e1def82f7.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"5515b2bf-2ecc-44c5-985c-0eab7b0a2b7d","title":"Housing Officer","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Housing Officer Fixed Term Contract/Secondment for 12 months Location - Portsmouth Salary - Band 07: £29,777 to £33,945 p.a. Full time 37 Hours per week Please note this post could be based at any of the Area Housing Offices Portsmouth City Council is the largest social landlord in the area with responsibility for managing over 17,000 council owned and leasehold properties! If you believe you can make a valuable, positive contribution to our team then please read below for more about the role. Please take the time to read 'how to apply' carefully to ensure your application is not disregarded. DON'T JUST SEND A CV. What's in it for me? You will be starting on a salary of £29,777 going up to £33,945 as you progress. The Full-time post is typically worked across 5 working days Monday - Friday between 8:30-17:00. You may need to have the use of a car for the role, but the Council will pay 45p per mile you drive as part of your Housing Officer Role. We value our employees and want them to reach their full potential. Although there is an induction period, you will be expected to learn on the job with the full support of the management team and your peers. Additional training is available if appropriate and as necessary. What is the job? As a Housing Officer, you will be responsible for rent management, ending tenancies, the allocation of new tenancies and tenancy management of social housing tenancies. You will be expected to help tenants meet their responsibilities in order that they can sustain their tenancies as outlined in their tenancy agreement whilst delivering excellent customer service. Housing Officers support their customers by providing budgeting advice and assistance with maximising income. Money Advisor will support the Housing Officer with this task. A Housing Officer will also play an integral part of outgoing residents ending their tenancies and continuing the with the journey of allocating the vacant property to a new resident and starting their tenancy in a successful way. Please click HERE for the full job profile! Who is the person? As one of the housing officers you will need to have the following: <ul>\n<li>Demonstrate experience of building a positive rapport with customers. </li> <li>Demonstrate an ability of working with customers in a challenging front-line service and be comfortable visiting customers in their home. </li> <li>Understand the demands of the customer, prioritise and respond accordingly, whilst tailoring your approach to the needs of different individuals.</li> <li>Have experience of using your sound judgement to make informed decisions regarding the cases you manage and being able to consider all the facts of a case, including taking a lead in partnership working with others and utilising other resources to achieve the right result for customers.</li> <li>Demonstrate examples of how you would provide help and support to our customers to enable them to meet their responsibilities as a tenant and actions you may take as a consequence of a tenant not adhering to the tenancy agreement. </li> <li>Be pro-active and highly motivated with the ability to work quickly, accurately and consistently when under pressure, managing your time effectively and be able to manage conflicting priorities appropriately.</li> <li>Be able to keep calm and stay objective when dealing with sensitive / challenging situations and be able to effectively manage challenging customers.</li> <li>Be able to work independently in a focused, diligent and transparent manner.</li> <li>Be competent with using Microsoft software including Excel, Word and Outlook and be able to use IT systems to keep clear, accurate, concise and methodical records. \n</li> <li>Be able to effectively communicate to customers, colleagues, departments, agencies and councillor enquiries both verbally and in writing. Ensuring your record keeping always acts as a clear audit trail of your decision making, supporting the strong ownership of your patch.</li> <li>Be confident with speaking in public, including representing the local authority at Court hearings (usually without legal representation) and at multi-agency case conferences. </li> <li>You may be expected to work from any of the 7 area offices and carry out work outside of office hours as per the needs of the service and customer.</li> <li>You will need access to a car daily in order to be able to support customers effectively.</li> </ul> How to apply? <ul>\n<li>DON'T JUST SEND IN A CV</li> <li>Please write to tell us how you meet the criteria for the role, and attach this as a cover letter in the 'Supporting Documents' section </li> <li>You will need to demonstrate transferable skills from your current or previous employment against each of the points described in 'Who is the person?'</li> <li>Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples illustrating what they've done, why they've done it and how they went about it?</li> </ul> Please click HERE for the full job profile! Closing date: 10th October 2024 Assessment centre: 18th October 2024 Interviews: 23rd October 2024 If you are applying as a secondment, please ensure you have the permission of your line manager and state this in your application We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>Flexible / hybrid working where appropriate</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul>\n\n Please click HERE to see all of the benefits of working with us!\n\n \n\n Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=b0fcdf7bc7011d9db8cebad24197da55&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£25,000 - £34,999","publishDate":"2024-09-24T15:40:06.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-24T15:40:06.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/a719e4ac-8f01-4149-abf5-a3c4b13f471b.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"ef4124e6-c5d4-4f4f-bc0b-9008f3e234f5","title":"ASYE Coordinator","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Salary: Band 9, £36,647 to £40,220 per annum Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time (37 hours per week), 08:30 to 17:00 Monday to Thursday, 08:30 to 16:30 Friday Closing date: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 23:59 Interview date: Wednesday 16 and Friday 18 October 2024 Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Stronger Futures Academy is the umbrella for development and support for the Children and Families workforce. We deliver a comprehensive programme of support and training for Newly Qualified Social Workers across children and adult services. Your New Role: You will primarily support the coordination of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for newly qualified social workers (NQSW's) in Adults and Children Services. You will ensure funding requirements are met, quality checks on assessment are made and NQSWs are supported to produce a portfolio of assessed work. You will link with regional colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, enable and facilitate reflective practice through action learning, and support staff to implement restorative practice. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have knowledge of services provided by local government including health and social care, and an awareness of legislation and guidance related to local government including health and social care services. You have previous project management experience or can demonstrate the ability to solve complex issues in a logical way. You can interpret data, provide written reports, deliver presentations and use effective research skills. You have good influencing and negotiation skills and can provide coaching and mentoring support to staff at all levels. You have previous experience of workforce development, a passion for the development of people, and a willingness to learn and develop your own skills. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Karley Middleton, Service Leader Stronger Futures Academy, Karley.Middleton@portsmouthcc.gov.uk A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. We look forward to speaking with you soon. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. \n\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=b23b4404093023c16acc080981b7c5b4&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£35,000 - £44,999","publishDate":"2024-09-24T15:40:06.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-06T15:40:06.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/b3479e71-897a-412d-809e-5518971f4d6c.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"cd69b463-fd4d-4336-9a53-8abf41b3e32e","title":"Housing Depot Operative","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Housing Depot Operative Salary: Band 3 - £23,152 p.a. (£9,385 pro rata) 15 hours per week Saturday & Sunday 07:00 - 15:00 Permanent Our service: The purpose of our service is “to help keep the city (local area) safe, clean and tidy and provide advice/support when needed”. As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference. Why work for us? • Make a difference to your community. • Join a large and dynamic organisation. • Uniform and PPE provided • Local government pension scheme. What is the role? The role involves working from the Housing Depot to fulfil the Green & Clean purpose. Typical daily tasks of this role include removal and disposal of bulky and green waste, window cleaning, jet-washing, bin cleaning and sweeping large communal areas using specialist equipment. This requires manual handling application throughout the working day. As Housing Depot Operative you will be required to drive a caged tipper or similar vehicle up to 7.5 tonnes. A full UK driving licence and experience driving caged tippers and large vans (up to 3.5 tonne) is essential whilst experience driving up to 7.5 tonne vehicles and towing large trailers is desirable. If you do not have a licence which allows you to drive these larger vehicles or tow trailers, training will be provided. You will need to successfully complete these qualifications during your probationary period, as you are required to drive up to 7.5 tonne vehicles and tow trailers for this role. Using these vehicles, you will transport specialist equipment for use on site, collect bulky waste, fly-tipped items, rubble, garden waste, supermarket trolleys and any other items that require removal and disposal. Waste collected will be disposed of by Operatives in accordance with legislation and regulations at local amenity sites licensed to receive and process such waste. You will report bulky items that need investigating to help identify instances of fly-tipping as well as report tenancy issues to relevant departments. In addition you will report cleaning and gardening demands to the local Green and Clean management team and communal housing repairs to local area housing offices. You will use the jet washing machine to remove graffiti and clean communal areas such as balconies panels and pathways. You will also be required to clean communal bins, use the pedestrian sweeper to clean large communal areas and wash communal windows using long-reach equipment. This is an external role so it is expected that you will work in all weathers. In order to allow us to effectively run our Green & Clean service, you may be required to work in other teams, such as Public Convenience cleaning, general estate cleaning in any of our Housing areas as well as locking and unlocking various sites. You must have a good understanding of Health & Safety practices and be able to demonstrate safe methods of work which promotes the health and safety of yourself and others. You will need to use equipment correctly and carry out regular care and maintenance of your equipment. Flexibility is imperative to the role, as you may be required to work extended shifts for the needs of the service, for which flexible working arrangements will be allowed. These could be at short notice and include late evenings and weekends. Who is the person? You need: 1. To be a motivated, hard-working and conscientious individual who is able to use initiative when necessary and take pride in the work. 2. To be a team-player with good self-awareness, supporting others in meeting the Green & Clean purpose. 3. To be able to make good decisions, take responsibility for actions and learn from any mistakes made. 4. To have the ability to converse at ease with customers and colleagues in accurate spoken English. 5. To be able to communicate effectively both over the phone and face-to-face. 6. To be a good listener in order to retain information provided. 7. To be flexible and able to adapt to changing work situations. 8. To be an honest person with a positive attitude and good work ethic.A full UK driving licence and experience driving caged tippers and large vans (up to 3.5 tonne) is essential whilst experience driving up to 7.5 tonne vehicles and towing large trailers is desirable. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile. Closing date: 18th October 2024 We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul> Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk\n\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=b5237c3a5d36539f86e0164f83f2bd50&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£20,000 - £24,999","publishDate":"2024-09-24T15:40:06.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-24T15:40:06.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/f3fe9df7-ccde-4d5b-ad30-efdf0755c398.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"9a1a91ef-86db-448a-92b8-2924e856e4c0","title":"Carers Centre Administrator","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Carers Centre Administrator Salary: Band 5, £24,362 to £26,073 p.a. 37 hours per week Portsmouth City Council At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 8,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. The Service Part of Adult Social Care the Carers Service provides support to carers who look after someone in an unpaid capacity where that person could not cope without the support. We provide support in a way that they chose whether that is helping them get a break, information and advice, emotional support, emergency planning etc. Your New Role Based at the Carers Centre in Southsea this role will provide administrative and general support to the team and carers. You will support the smooth running of the Carers Centre, liaising with contractors, ensuring health and safety process are kept up to date, monitoring rooms and ensuring rooms are ready for meetings when required. When meetings take place you will support the running of these including booking and minute taking. You will undertake reception duties including triage calls and assisting visitors so speak to the right person as well as providing simple information and advice to carers. You will also support around the administration related to the carers assessment process using the client record system and gaining feedback from their experience of using the service. In addition, you will carry out general administration tasks including the processing of payments and managing and updating websites and social media channels. What you'll need to succeed With a friendly and professional approach, you will have excellent literacy, numeracy and IT skills. You will need excellent organisational skills and a flexible approach with the ability to use your initiative. You will have an assertive and resilient manner when engaging with difficult and challenging situations but be able to deal with the demands of carers and professionals whist be able to listen without making assumptions or judgements. The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. Please view the full details of the role here What you'll get in return We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working hours.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Application process: Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the careers page. Please do not just submit a CV. You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. Closing time/date: 8 October 2024 @ 23:59 pm. 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This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please see the full job profile HERE! Salary: Band 5 - £24,362 - £26,073 p.a. 37 hours per week Monday to Friday (operational hours are 08:00 - 17:00 and there is a weekly rota to ensure this is covered) Permanent Who are we looking for? We are looking for a Repairs Support Officer to join our Repairs Support team supporting all our building maintenance teams. Candidates must be enthusiastic, good communicators, organised, methodical and able to prioritise multiple demands. What can we offer? We will support you by providing opportunities to train and develop your existing knowledge and skills, as appropriate. As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what is important so that we make a real and positive difference. What is the Role? You will be based at one of the Area Housing Offices working as part of the Repairs Support team reporting directly to the Customer Repair Manager & Repairs Support Manager The Repairs Support Officer role will be supporting the Building Maintenance teams providing a repairs service. You will work flexibly and be part of a rota which is regularly reviewed and adjusted appropriately to meet the demands of the service undertaking your contracted hours. You will act as the main point of contact for residents, leaseholders, PCC employees and site managers who are requesting repairs. You will need to be able to collect accurate repair information and ask effective questions ensuring that the right resource is allocated to undertake the repair at the right time that is convenient with the customer. You will also support all the Building Maintenance teams providing a repairs service by carrying out a range of technical administrative duties including, updating repairs following authorisation of quotes, customer satisfaction surveys, administering Disabled Facility Grants (DFG) requests, uploading information to our stock database, arranging surveyor and annual service appointments. Who is the person? Your application needs to demonstrate that you: <ol>\n<li>Are an excellent communicator and ideally have customer service experience.</li> <li>Able to develop relationships with residents and building occupiers, asking the right questions to get the information required, as well as someone who shows empathy for people who may be in difficult situations.</li> <li>Ability to remain calm & professional when dealing with difficult customers.</li> <li>Can work independently, is well organised, methodical and able to prioritise and manage multiple demands.</li> <li>Can be assertive and challenging while dealing professionally with service users.</li> <li>Be able to work as part of a team to ensure a smooth delivery of the service and be flexible in being able to adapt to the demands of the team.</li> <li>Have experience of undertaking a range of administrative tasks effectively to support others.</li> <li>Have experience and be competent using a variety of IT databases and systems to update them in timely manner with accurate information.</li> <li>Have a positive attitude towards work, be resilient, embrace change and actively work with your colleagues to improve the service offered to customers.</li> </ol> For an informal discussion about this post you can contact Teresa Sully on 07951 497 607. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please see the full job profile HERE! Closing date: 7th October 2024 We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme</li> <li>Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays</li> <li>A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Potential to purchase additional annual leave</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul> To see all the benefits of working with us please click here! Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk\n\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=f7df32ad964a23a91c876347729e6064&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£20,000 - £29,999","publishDate":"2024-09-24T15:40:05.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-24T15:40:05.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/e8ecf8a4-d9ff-4c01-8a49-e27e0e522648.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"4683f747-16d9-4e0a-83c1-703f20a58075","title":"Workforce Development Officer","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Salary: Band 9, £25,770 to £28,360 per annum pro rata for TTO and part time (£36,647 to £40,220 FTE) Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time (30 hours per week), Term Time Only (39 working weeks) Closing date: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 23:59 Interview date: Wednesday 16 October 2024 Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: We have exciting opportunities for a learning and development practitioner to join our Children, Families and Education Directorate, in our Stronger Futures Academy based in Portsmouth City Council. At Portsmouth City Council, we value social work, and we continue to invest in our front-line staff and services, drawing on a wide range of skills, sharing expertise with our partner agencies and valuing development and improving practice. We are members of Research in Practice. As a unitary authority, Portsmouth is able to be flexible and nimble in its strategic and operational delivery to benefit our children and families. Your New Role: You will work closely within the Children and Families Service to commission workforce development activities. You will provide a consultancy service to establish training needs and identify solutions and monitor and evaluate the quality of delivery. You will use coaching and mentoring skills to support staff and provide advice and guidance on workforce development solutions. You will ensure all course descriptions and outcomes meet the required PCC standards, and create reports on workforce development activity and spend against agreed budgets. You will support reflection in social work practice, and support Student Social Workers on placement. The role provides an opportunity to make a difference for both the staff of the Children and Families service and the residents of Portsmouth they support. It's a rewarding role where you can really see the input you make having a direct impact on the development of others. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have knowledge of services provided by local government including health and social care, and of legislation and guidance related to local government including safeguarding children. You have previous project management experience or can demonstrate the ability to solve complex issues in a logical way. You can interpret data, deliver presentations, use effective research skills, and work to a defined budget. You can influence, coach, advise, reflect, and collaborate effectively. You have a recognised qualification, apprenticeship or experience that is transferable to this role. You have a passion for the development of people to enable them to fulfil their full potential, and a willingness to learn and develop your own skills and knowledge. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Clare Poyner, Principal Social Worker, clare.poyner@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 82 606 176, or Roland Bryant, Business Partner, roland.bryant@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 841 092. A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful. Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. We look forward to speaking with you soon. 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Hours: 37 hours per week Permanent About Portsmouth International Port: Portsmouth International Port is the UK’s largest and most successful council-owned port, providing a significant contribution to the council’s budget to support services across the city. We have a thriving continental ferry business and are steadily building a profile as a major player in the UK cruise market. The port has a long-standing partnership with Brittany Ferries, with destinations to France and Spain, and Condor Ferries which provides lifeline services delivering goods to the Channel Islands. As a result, we are recognised as a major port by the Department for Transport and provide critical infrastructure. Cruise business has been growing progressively over the years, thanks to investments which help the port handle larger ships and more passengers. A modern terminal extension opened last year, creating a premium experience for customers, and there continues to be opportunity to capitalise on the city’s unique waterfront location to entice more cruise lines. Underpinning this successful growth is an ambition and commitment to become one of the UK’s leaders in port sustainability and achieve carbon neutral status by 2030, through industry-leading initiatives such as Sea Change, our shore power project which will go live in 2025. In addition to the travel and tourism market, Portsmouth City Council also owns Portico Shipping, Portsmouth’s international terminal and logistics operator and one of the UK’s largest fruit importers. The role: As our business communications assistant, you will be helping to ensure the team provides an excellent, best-practice communications and marketing service to Portsmouth International Port by meeting our objectives as set out in the port’s business plan and maintaining and enhancing the port’s reputation with all of its stakeholders. You will do this by supporting our small but very busy team to raise the profile of the port, and our partners at Portico, in a demanding industry, through delivery of tactical communications including social media and copywriting, administrative tasks for the team and wider port colleagues, and organisation of marketing collateral using our online system. The role also encompasses reputation and issues management through delivery of an excellent complaints and comments service, in line with corporate complaints policies, and collating and organising responses to Freedom of Information requests. We would like to work with somebody that wants to grow a career in communications or marketing, so you should show an ability to help in the delivery of campaigns, while demonstrating a willingness to learn and thrive . Who is the Person? What you’ll need to succeed: We are looking for someone with an understanding of and passion for communications, marketing and public relations, who’s ready and willing to learn while getting stuck into the range and variety of tasks that need to be performed for the team to thrive. This is a key role in driving Portsmouth International Port’s professional communications service forward, so you should be able to grasp tasks quickly and be able to work across multiple projects simultaneously, have excellent organisational skills, and be unafraid to fail. As you will be dealing with senior colleagues and members of the public a professional attitude is a must, as is the dynamism that will enable to you adapt to different and changing situations. You will have: <ul>\n<li>Proven marketing communications and/or customer service experience, either through work or education, and an understanding of what marketing, communications and PR are and what professionals in the industry do.</li> <li>Excellent organisational and administrative skills that will enable you to work effectively and efficiently across multiple projects and support the team in their wide-ranging work.</li> <li>Confidence to get stuck in, helping organise and participate in a range of engagement activities with the public and wider stakeholders, whether in person or online. </li> <li>A professional, personable and confident approach to your work, as you will be dealing with members of the public via our complaints process, working directly with colleagues across the port – including the senior management team – to gather and disseminate information in a timely fashion. </li> <li>Analytical skills and an inquisitive mind, which will help you to develop and improve job functions and processes, as well as professionally. </li> <li>An excellent standard of written English, as you will be developing materials for multiple communications channels, both external and internal.</li> <li>An understanding of, passion for and ability to use multi-media tools, and demonstrable experience across varying social media channels – as well as an understanding of how to analyse performance across these to improve and develop best practice.</li> </ul> Closing date: 9th October 2024 If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail Adam Grinsell at adam.grinsell@portsmouth-port.co.uk When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please ensure your C.V. is tailored to the role following the advice above. And that it includes include your full work history, explaining any gaps and includes employers name and address. Please click HERE for the full job profile! All employees and third parties working at the Portsmouth International Port are subject to a Substance Misuse - Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy and the Port reserves the right to carry out with cause and random testing. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. 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This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who is considering embarking on a career in building surveying at an entry level, or someone that is contemplating a career change. There may be further opportunities to develop your career with Portsmouth City Council following successful completion of the apprenticeship. Candidates must be resilient, enthusiastic, good communicators, have excellent attention to detail and be keen to develop their building surveying knowledge and skills. Fixed term contract - 30 months Salary: Band 5: £24,362 - £26,073 p.a. 37 hours per week Provider - Learning Skills Partnership BTEC Level 3 (Surveying) qualification What can we offer? We will support you by providing opportunities to undertake additional training, develop your current abilities to enable you to effectively carry out accurate surveys. Our Senior Building Surveyors will provide guidance and advice at all stages while you work alongside our existing apprentice team. You will have opportunities within the team to gain building surveying experience whilst studying part time towards a level 3 Diploma in Surveying and following a successful end point assessment you will become an associate member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (AssocRICS). As well as competitive pay you will receive all the benefits of working within a local authority organisation, including flexible working hours, extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme and a fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return. We wish to support all our staff's development throughout, if that’s progression planning or involvement with continual personal development, we will work together to drive your career. For those with families we have childcare benefits as well as discounts with local businesses which can be enjoyed by all. What is the role? Based at one of our area housing offices and reporting directly to a Senior Building Surveyor, you will be working as part of a team of apprentices and experienced Building Surveyors. You will assist the team to manage our assets by undertaking a range of property surveys and essential compliance tasks. These will include: <ul>\n<li>Energy Performance Certificates</li> <li>Vacant property surveys</li> <li>Stock condition & data surveys</li> <li>General compliance surveys</li> <li>Repair quality surveys</li> </ul> You will be supporting our Building Surveyors who carry out a wide range of repairs surveys across our varied asset portfolio of over 17,000 council owned or leasehold properties in Portsmouth and Havant, together with corporate operational, commercial and community assets. You will be supporting the team to maintain and improve our properties while ensuring the right repairs are carried out at the right time. You will undertake stock condition surveys followed by timely updates to the stock database. Your input will help to ensure that we have up to date, accurate information for our properties to enable us to run precise measures and identify areas needing improvement. As a Surveying Technician, you will also be responsible for ensuring our homes have compliant and up to date energy performance certificates to ensure that our potential customers have all the information they need to make an informed choice about the energy efficiency of a building before committing to signing a lease agreement. To learn more about our Surveying Apprentice programme and hear from existing apprentices, we have created a video with the University of Portsmouth that can be watched here. Who is the person? Your application needs to demonstrate that you: <ul>\n<li>Have an ambition to work in the built environment and have a strong desire to work toward becoming a Building Surveyor. </li> <li>Can work independently, are well organised and able to prioritise and manage multiple demands as appropriate.</li> <li>Have an interest in buildings and demonstrate some knowledge or experience that can be related the service we provide. </li> <li>You will need to have 5 GCSE Grade A-C or higher including Maths and English</li> <li>Have excellent communication skills, including.</li> <li>The ability to effectively communicate with customers to arrange appointments and site visits</li> <li>Speaking to customers and stakeholders face to face while summarising the purpose of your visit.</li> <li>Being assertive while dealing professionally with colleagues, service users, third parties and contractors.</li> <li>Be organised, methodical and have an eye for detail when undertaking detailed surveys. Have the ability to prioritise work tasks as appropriate. </li> <li>Able to work as part of a team to ensure a smooth delivery of the service and be flexible in being able to adapt to the needs of the team.</li> <li>Have a positive attitude towards work, be resilient, embrace change and actively work with your colleagues to improve the service offered to customers.</li> <li>Be able to use information to problem solve, risk assess, ensuring customers and colleagues health and safety.</li> <li>You will be inspecting a variety of buildings with different access arrangements and will need to physically fit</li> <li>You will need a full driving licence and use of a car as the role will cover all the PCC housing areas. You will be required to carry equipment to undertake surveys and provide proof of vehicle insurance that covers business usage.</li> </ul> Please also answer the following questions in your application for this apprenticeship: <ul>\n<li>Do you have an education, health or care plan provided by the local authority or have you been in the care of the local authority?</li> <li>Are you a citizen of the United Kingdom or another country within the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA)?</li> <li>Will you have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or another country within the EU or EEA for at least 3 years from current date?</li> <li>Do you depend on a visa or other permission to reside in the United Kingdom?</li> <li>If you have answered 'Yes' to the previous question, please describe what type of visa/permission you have. You will need to bring in your passport and visa or evidence of immigration permission when you enrol so that we assess your eligibility to receive Government funding for the Apprenticeship programme.</li> </ul> When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE to see the full job profile! Closing date: 10 October 2024 Assessment centre: 25th October 2024 We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. 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It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Careers and Progression team are qualified careers guidance advisers and deliver careers guidance services to schools and post-16 providers, targeted careers guidance to vulnerable young people and progression advice and support to young people who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET. Your New Role: You will deliver careers education, information, advice and guidance in a variety of settings. The role also includes offering progression advice and support for young people identified within the NEET prevention/re-engagement programmes. You will work across the full ability range in schools, including those with SEND, and provide targeted interventions for those in vulnerable groups. You will share effective practice across the team and providing advice and guidance to others in the team for your area of specialism. You will build positive relationships with colleagues and young people, managing your caseload and working flexibly. You will work in the Civic Offices and in schools and other locations across the city. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have experience of delivering careers guidance and/or information and advice to young people, including those who are 'at risk' or vulnerable to poor outcomes such as becoming NEET. You have experience of working with professionals and senior managers in schools and other organisations, undertaking holistic assessments, and co-ordinating interventions to meet the needs of young people. You have knowledge of current careers education and guidance theory and practice, GATSBY benchmarks, safeguarding, equality and diversity and the importance of confidentiality. You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to implement and evidence progression, change and positive outcomes for young people. You have a Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development or equivalent. We will also consider applicants with a Level 4 qualification in Information, Advice and Guidance, with the potential for an apprenticeship to be discussed. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Amanda Percy, Post 16 Skills and Campaign Manager, Amanda.percy@portsmouthcc.gov.uk A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' section of the Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you upload a CV without a cover letter/personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful. Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. We look forward to speaking with you soon. 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With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. Your New Role Working in the Portsmouth Register Office you will be registering births, deaths, stillbirths, civil partnerships, and marriages. You will be responsible for preparing certificates for members of the public and making appointments for people to come to the office to register births, deaths, stillbirths and to give notice of marriages and civil partnerships. The role also involves the duty of taking notices of marriage and civil partnership. There is currently a requirement to work 80 hours per year as contractual overtime to cover Saturday ceremonies booked to take place at Milldam House, licenced venues, and churches within the City of Portsmouth. These hours are worked on a rota basis, working one in four Saturday's during each month. During the months of April to September this is likely to increase to two in four Saturdays. These 80 hours are in addition to the set 37 hours worked on a weekly basis and are reviewed annually and may therefore fluctuate from one year to another. There will also be occasional additional weekend work on Sundays and Bank Holidays as requested to cover ceremony duties. These are on a voluntary basis and not included in the 80 hours contractual overtime requirement. The successful candidate will be prepared to train as a Deputy Superintendent Registrar which will allow the officer to conduct marriage/civil partnership ceremonies and private citizenship ceremonies. What you'll need to succeed You will have experience of working in a front-line customer service role, within the registration service is desirable. As well as excellent accuracy, an attention to detail and neat handwriting, you will be patient, tactful and empathetic as you will be dealing with people who may be in a highly emotional state in sometimes difficult situations. You will also have the ability to understand and apply complex legislation and be able to work on your own as there will be times when you are working with limited supervision. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role What you'll get in return We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Flexible working hours.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Application process: Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. Closing: 13 October 2024 @ 23:59 We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. 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It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With a fast-growing university, high-tech industries and a vibrant cultural scene, Portsmouth is a modern city that looks to the future, but which is proud of its unique heritage as the home of the Royal Navy and historic dockyard. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Your new role The Transport Delivery Team is looking to recruit expertise in project management to enable delivery of a portfolio of strategic and high-profile projects across the spectrum of its services, including digitisation, active travel, road safety, parking management and future transport solutions such as electric vehicle infrastructure. You will own, develop and deliver the total lifecycle of Transport projects to the agreed time, quality and budgets in support of the vision and objectives of the Portsmouth Transport Strategy and national transport priorities. You will manage projects that are complex, introducing novel technology or new business tools. You will enable effective reporting of the performance of projects to the Project Board, Programme Manager and to the Senior User(s), identifying issues and providing potential solutions. What you'll need to succeed You will have a recognised project management qualification or demonstrable equivalent project management experience. You will be able to demonstrate effective delivery of the project lifecycle from brief through to closure. You will be able to communicate verbal messages (which may be complicated or sensitive) clearly, concisely and at a level appropriate to the audience. You will be able to manage multi-disciplinary teams, work with external consultants and procuring contractors. You will be able to demonstrate successful management of large and complex project budgets. You will have the ability to represent the service at challenging internal/ external meetings, with integrity and confidence and have excellent communication skills to put forward persuasive and compelling arguments. You will keep up to date with best practice in the profession, seeking innovative approaches to transport issues and developing best practice solutions. You will be able to lead and manage transport projects strategically with the ability to make connections between disparate issues, and creatively combine solutions to solve multiple problems. If you have a customer focused approach to work which promotes your passion to deliver excellent service and continuous improvement on transport issues for the City's residents, then we would love to hear from you. Expertise in delivering transport projects is desirable, but not essential. The role is offered with hybrid working, but all staff are contractually required to spend a minimum of two days in the office. What you'll get in return We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>A generous pension scheme which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>27 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> <li>Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships</li> <li>Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans</li> </ul> Please check out the link here to view all the benefits of working with us! https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ A commitment to our values We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours How to apply To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role. When completing your application please also upload a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section, covering the ‘Who is the Person’ points on the job profile giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. This is really important or you are not likely to be shortlisted Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.\n\n <img src=\"https://ars2.equest.com/?response_id=98cf839488a1929d4decd7cd2a26e50d&view\" alt=\" \" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£40,000 - £44,999","publishDate":"2024-09-19T15:40:06.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-10-10T15:40:06.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.lgjobs.com/logos/logos/4c15b0d2-f7ad-4ac7-a76a-a11d1f008bf6.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"917e6655-0bb5-4b23-965a-3156b9fa16ee","title":"Business Support Officer","employer":"Portsmouth City Council","department":"","location":"Portsmouth","locationType":3,"description":"Salary: Band 5, £24,362 to £26,073 per annum for full time, pro-rata £14,485 to £15,502 per annum for 22 hours Contract: Permanent Hours: Part time, 22 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 08:30-17:00 Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-16:30 Closing date: Thursday 3 October 2024, 23:59 Interview date: Friday 11 October 2024 Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures. Why come to live and work in Portsmouth? Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services. The Service: The Children's Social Care service supports and protects Portsmouth's most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city's Looked After Children. The MASH team provides short term intervention with children and families, working in partnership with parents and other professionals so that the right services can be provided longer term. Your New Role: You will process initial contacts and referrals from other agencies such as the Police, Probation and Education and members of the public. You will deal with correspondence, data entry, and telephone referrals. You will triage Education Health Care Plans and gather information for police meetings. You will use IT systems to interrogate information and complete admin tasks, and support Ofsted inspections, providing special administrative support to inspectors. This role is office-based. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. What you'll need to succeed: You have experience working within Children's and/or Young People's Services, and can demonstrate personal resilience and professionalism when exposed to explicit and emotionally challenging information. You have an excellent telephone manner and can respond appropriately to enquiries from parents/carers who may be anxious or emotional. You are organised, proactive, and have good attention to detail. You have good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and confidence using IT systems to undertake admin tasks. You work effectively in a team, are flexible, and have good literacy and numeracy skills. You have a good understanding of client confidentiality and data protection including GDPR and Information Governance. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. What you'll get in return: We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards: <ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.</li> <li>A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.</li> <li>Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.</li> <li>Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme </li> <li>Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme</li> <li>Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.</li> </ul> Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ Additional Information: The full job profile is attached here. Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: Caroline Eayrs, Business Support Team Leader, caroline.eayrs@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 437 720 A commitment to our values: We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours. Application process: How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/ We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Please submit both a CV and a cover letter/personal statement. 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Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Portsmouth City Council At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 8,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. The Service SensePlus Portsmouth is the PCC In House service which provides support and development opportunities for adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) who may also have additional physical needs, including some behaviours of distress that may present a challenge. Using the expectations of 'Valuing People Now', we aim to enable people to make informed choices and develop skills through the use of sensory stimulation. We aim to enable people who use the service to enjoy a good quality of life. SensePlus Portsmouth currently has two separate units, open Monday to Friday and is committed to working with people in ways that supports and maximises their independence and relationships. To achieve this we offer meaningful, structured sessions, which are tailored to support people's goals set out in Personal Profiles for staff to follow. The sessions use multisensory stimulation to aid engagement, participation, and positive outcomes for set goals. Your New Role Working as part of the team you will ensure that people who attend the service receive a day care package that reflects their personal abilities and skills and promotes further engagement, independence, wellbeing, and growth. You will be working with people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities, using multisensory stimulation to achieve positive outcomes for individuals. You will be expected to follow and deliver structured session plans and record details of session outcomes for the service users; raising and discussing any concerns identified during sessions with relevant senior staff. You will undertake complex personal care tasks as required following guidelines, risk assessments and using equipment supplied (training will be given). Please view the full details on the role here. What you'll need to succeed You will need sound knowledge and an understanding of the needs of people with PMLD and complex needs and the conditions commonly associated with PMLD. You will have excellent literacy, verbal and communication skills which are essential as you will be required to maintain accurate and comprehensive written records for people using the service. The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. You will have experience equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or above in Social Care and will undertake the Care Certificate and specific qualifications made available that are essential to this post. In addition, you will need an OCN national qualification in Understanding the Needs of Individuals with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) or the ability to successfully complete this qualification within an agreed timeframe. With a calm manner and flexible approach, you will be able to deliver and follow set guidelines for personal care, and be able to complete, implement and follow Personal Profile Plans, session plans and risk assessments whilst supporting the Service. Excellent physical and mental health is essential to enable you to undertake the demands of this role and experience of moving and handling techniques and equipment would be beneficial, though best practice training will be provided. In addition, you will understand the principles of client confidentiality and data protection. Please view the full details of what you need to fulfil the role here You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. 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