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Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Feb 01, 2024
Full time
Suffolk County Council are looking to recruit a flexible and highly motivated Practitioner to join our team based at Landmark House, Ipswich . You will share the same commitment, dedication, care, and support as we do. You will join us on a full or part time, permanent basis (37 hours per week - Flexible working options available) click apply for full job details
Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Suffolk Internship Partnership (Suffolk County Council, Babergh/Mid Suffolk District Councils and East Suffolk Council) £10.42 per hour (National Living Wage April 2023) (pro rata if part time) 35 or 37 hours per week, depending on the Council (part time working may be considered) 12 week internship We are committed to flexible working, so please read the Job and Person Profile to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role. We welcome applications from everyone. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from minority sexual orientation groups because they are under-represented in our organisations. Job Details A great opportunity for you to join either Suffolk County Council, East Suffolk Council or Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council as an Intern for 12 weeks next Summer 2023. You will be working from various locations across Suffolk, depending on the placement. It is a very exciting time to be working in Local Government. Service demand and financial pressures mean that we have to work in very different ways to meet these challenges. We are having to think differently about how we can deliver essential services in a dynamic, flexible and cost-effective way. To help us do this we are looking for talented individuals who are comfortable working in a fast paced and evolving environment who can bring creativity and help shape our long-term sustainable solutions to the challenges we face. In return, we can offer a paid Internship which will be a fantastic work experience opportunity with a supporting developmental programme during your 12 weeks of work. An excellent way to come and find out what it is really like to work in Local Government. All Internships will start on 12 June 2023 making this a perfect opportunity to invest in your future and gain employability skills over the summer. Suffolk County Council, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils and East Suffolk Council are some of the local government authorities responsible for maintaining countywide public sector services within Suffolk. Our aim is to lead as exemplar employers, offering opportunities to young people who are driven and want to make a difference to the people of Suffolk. Your role and responsibilities roles are normally based at one of our modern and conveniently located offices, with some hybrid working available. Our interns of 2022 told us that they got the most from their placement when they were in the office so we will encourage collaborative working as much as possible, depending on your placement the internship programme is specifically designed for undergraduates studying in the UK who are seeking to gain and develop employability skills we aim to provide the best opportunities across a range of services, which could include areas such as economic development and growth, housing, HR, families and communities and asset management to name a few. You will need to: be currently undertaking a degree level programme be eligible to work in the UK to be available to attend the selection day, which is essential, in Melton IP12 1RT on either 4th or 5th April 2023. You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (link below). If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. We will offer you National Living Wage for your hours worked, and you will be eligible to book annual leave as and when accrued over the 12 weeks. Business travel expenses, where eligible, will be reimbursed Flexible working is actively encouraged throughout the councils You can find out more via this link: SCC Rising High / Suffolk Internship scheme recruitment brochure 2023 - 1 () Travel and workplace requirements We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but on occasions, there may be a requirement for you to travel to locations away from your contractual base, using reasonable and suitable means available to you. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below. This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base. Please speak with the contact detailed below if you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements. For more information If you have any queries, please email quoting Summer Internship Placement 2023. To apply please ensure you read the Job and Person Profile (JPP), before applying for this job opportunity when writing your Supporting Statement template, please answer the following questions: Question 1 - What strengths, skills and experience do you have that makes you an ideal candidate for this scheme? (max word count 500) Question 2 - Why are you interested in working for any of our organisations? (max word count 500) Question 3 - What are you hoping to gain from this internship? (max word count 500) Closing date: 29 January 2023 Assessment centre dates: 4 or 5 April 2023 - Melton, Suffolk. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We offer a fantastic, inclusive working environment including diverse and active staff networks, great flexible working options and many benefits, as well as the opportunity to improve the lives of Suffolk residents. Benefits include: Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase The opportunity to join a large, diverse organisation, with career opportunities across our services A supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days An occupational sick pay scheme Learning and development opportunities, including a range of work-based apprenticeships Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day A range of staff networks centred around equality groups Plus more If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Working for Suffolk County Council pages ().
Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Suffolk County Council, Ipswich IP1 2BX £36,298 per annum (pro-rata for part time) 37 hours per week (part time working may be considered for this role) Permanent We welcome applications from all, but particularly welcome LGBTQ+, male, Buddhist, Sikh, Jewish, Pagan and White other applicants, as well as part-time applicants, those declaring a disability and those aged over 65, as individuals from these groups, are either underrepresented or not represented in the Public Health and Communities Directorate. We are committed to flexible working. To view the types of flexible or part time working available for this role, please see the Job and Person Profile. Job Details: We have a great new opportunity to join the Suffolk County Council (SCC) Public Health and Communities Directorate as a Project Manager (Community Safety), working from our HQ in Ipswich with hybrid working options including some working from home Do you have recent experience of Community Safety and working with communities? Do you have advanced Project Management skills? Are you passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of people living in Suffolk? Would you like to work in an incredibly varied, challenging and rewarding role across the Public Health and Communities Teams? Public Health & Communities ambition for Suffolk is 'Healthier People; Healthier Places and Healthier Futures'. We want a Suffolk which promotes and supports the health and wellbeing of all people and all ages, ensuring economic opportunities benefit everyone, so that no one is left behind; tackling the inequalities that exist and supporting those with greatest need The Directorate works as part of a wider integrated system alongside other Suffolk County Council directorates, Local Communities, District and Boroughs, Health and Care partners and the voluntary sector to improve outcomes for local people. Your role and responsibilities: you will be a key part of the Public Health and Communities team working flexibly across services but with a focus on Community Safety but the opportunity to contribute to the work of the wider directorate providing project management support across Public Health and Communities, working with internal and external colleagues to ensure multiagency working is efficient and effective across the Suffolk System, reducing duplication and making connections between teams and organisations manage and develop data and intelligence relating to work across Public Health and Communities, ensuring best practice, learning, new legislation and guidance is cascaded to partners where needed. You will need: experience of Community Safety and the priority areas such as anti-social behaviour, hate preventing, radicalisation, criminal exploitation, modern slavery, domestic abuse, sexual violence and fraud to be comfortable working at all levels and managing/requesting project outcomes from organisations outside Suffolk County Council to be able to work to tight timescales and digest large amounts of information from legislation and guidance quickly and effectively to brief partners to be flexible in your approach. The team: our work is informed by data, evidence, intelligence, theory, and local knowledge ensuring we make robust decisions about what we do, and we measure and evaluate the impact of all our work, using Outcome Based Approaches we are a flexible, dynamic and innovative Team, adapting our response to changing needs and situations and enabling our teams and partners to continuously improve and share their knowledge, skills and practice we work as part of a wider integrated system alongside other Suffolk County Council directorates, Local Communities, District and Boroughs, Health and Care partners, voluntary sector, private sector to improve outcomes through collaborative efforts, building on collective strengths. We will offer you flexible working options to support you, your work-life balance and career, including supporting hybrid and/or remote working extensive training and personal development opportunities a generous leave entitlement contributory pension scheme a great benefits package, see below. Travel and workplace requirements We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but in this role, you will need to travel to locations away from your contractual base, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below. This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base. Please contact the recruiting manager listed below if you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements. For more information For an informal discussion, please contact Chris Woods (he/him) by calling: . To apply please ensure you read the Job and Person Profile (JPP), before you apply for this job. your statement indicates how you meet each of the criteria in the 'Person Profile' section of the JPP. Closing date: 11.30pm 29 January 2023 Interview date: w/c 6 February 2023 This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We offer a fantastic, inclusive working environment including diverse and active staff networks, great flexible working options and many benefits, as well as the opportunity to improve the lives of Suffolk residents. Benefits include: Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase The opportunity to join a large, diverse organisation, with career opportunities across our services A supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days An occupational sick pay scheme Learning and development opportunities, including a range of work-based apprenticeships Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day A range of staff networks centred around equality groups Plus more If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Working for Suffolk County Council pages ().
Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Suffolk County Council, Ipswich IP1 2BX £43,455 per annum (pro rata for part time) 37 hours (part time hours will be considered) 1 Year Fixed Term We are committed to flexible working, so please read the Job and Person Profile to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role. Job Details A Health Education England (HEE) workforce development grant has been allocated to Adult and Community Services (ACS) to support innovation and sustainability in the Adult Social Care Workforce across the East of England. The Contracts and Service Development Manager (Workforce Development) role will engage with key players in the health and social care system to understand the current workforce development offer as well as identify gaps. This will include the coproduction of a Workforce Development plan in line with current systems strategies. The scope of this role has been developed jointly by members of the ACS and ICB with support from the Care Cell. The current role is funded for 1 year but there may be opportunity for it to be extended with resource from the ICB as the Health and Social Care integration work progresses in Suffolk. Your role and responsibilities Work collaboratively with ACS staff and managers, the NHS locality Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) other key partners and providers to scope, plan and support the development of the key priority proposals for the grant funding Work in partnership with strategic, operational and regional leads to ensure the development of the key priorities align with the Social Care Reform Workforce Planning Programme, relating workforce elements within the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Work Plan and the objectives of the ACS Workforce Development Project Group. Identify required learning and development, taking a systematic and analytical approach to scope and plan the key priority learning and development activity Play a key role in supporting the development of integrated delivery models for learning by working closely with professional and operational advisors. Oversee the delivery of a creative and responsive blended learning solutions, using new and emerging technologies. The team The post will be within the SPAR (Strategic Planning and Resource) Contract and Service Development Team. The team has a county wide responsibility for strategic planning, service transformation and contract management and works to an Assistant Director of Service Development and Contracts. The team requires generic skills, combining knowledge of the social care business, with a customer and service driven focus and strong commercial principles, applied to the relationship with suppliers of adult social care, with an emphasis on both quality and cost- effectiveness. This post will be closely aligned to the Workforce Development Team which provides the infrastructure for learning to support the continued development of practice of practitioners and managers working within Suffolk County Council ACS and CYP, as well as those employed in the Private, Voluntary and Independent and Community Care sectors. The service is informed by the strategic priorities and direction of the directorates it works for and by performance data and audit. We will offer you Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase The opportunity to join a large, diverse organisation, with career opportunities across our services A supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days An occupational sick pay scheme Learning and development opportunities, including a range of work-based apprenticeships Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day A range of staff networks centred around equality groups. Travelling requirements for your role We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but on occasions, there may be a requirement for you to travel to locations away from your contractual base, using reasonable and suitable means available to you. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below. Workplace type for your role This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base. Please contact the recruiting manager listed above if you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements. For more information For an informal discussion, please contact Shirley Mutumburi by calling 260691 or emailing: Please read the Job and Person Profile (JPP), before applying for this job opportunity. In your application, please ensure your statement indicates how you meet each of the criteria in the 'Person Profile' section of the JPP. Closing date: 2 January 2023 Interview date: 9 January 2023 This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We offer a fantastic, inclusive working environment including diverse and active staff networks, great flexible working options and many benefits, as well as the opportunity to improve the lives of Suffolk residents. Benefits include: Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase The opportunity to join a large, diverse organisation, with career opportunities across our services A supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days An occupational sick pay scheme Learning and development opportunities, including a range of work-based apprenticeships Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day A range of staff networks centred around equality groups Plus more If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Working for Suffolk County Council pages ().
Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Nov 30, 2022
Full time
We are delighted to offer you a great opportunity to join the Suffolk County Council's Finance service as a Senior Accountant within our Financial Management service. Working on a full time permanent basis (part time working may be considered for this role) you will earn a competitive salary of £43,455 per annum (pro rata for part time), with the potential to increase to £53,556 per annum click apply for full job details
Suffolk County Council Ipswich, Suffolk
Sep 24, 2022
Full time
Suffolk County Council - Ipswich, IP1 2BX £28,226 per annum (part time hours may be considered for this role) 37 hours per week Permanent We welcome applications from everyone, we particularly welcome applications from young people, Black, Asian and other white groups as they are currently under represented in this service. We are committed to flexible working, so please read the Job and Person Profile to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role. This is an exciting opportunity to join Suffolk County Council's Corporate Services Directorate as a Policy and Projects Officer, based at Endeavour House in Ipswich with hybrid working options including some working from home. Do you have an enquiring mind? Are you a strategic thinker? Can you put your ideas across clearly and creatively? Are you looking for a job in a constantly changing environment, with an incredibly varied, challenging and rewarding workload? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people in Suffolk? Your role You will be based in the Policy and Performance Team of the County Council primarily providing support to the Head of Policy and Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Corporate Services. You will be involved in a range of public sector issues, supporting multiple projects in response to the rapid pace of change in modern public services. This includes working on the Councils response to the national policy agenda; playing a role in the Council's portfolio of major transformation programmes; and supporting the development of the organisation's approach to hybrid working. You will undertake high quality analysis, research, policy development and project management supporting the ambitions of Suffolk County Council and its partners. You'll communicate regularly with peers, senior leaders and politicians and show good reporting and presentational skills. You'll be expected to come up with new ideas and approaches to issues and be able to work autonomously at times. You'll be enthusiastic and adaptive to an often changing environment, sometimes working to tight deadlines, at the heart of the County Council. We are looking for someone ideally qualified to Graduate level with an interest in politics, policy and local government. The ideal candidate will be creative and prepared to bring their ideas and approaches to working in the Corporate Services Directorate. You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (link below). This is a great role at the heart of the County Council and is ideal for someone looking to get an understanding of what it is like to work in a large organisation covering a range of public policy areas. It will provide an unrivalled baseline of knowledge from which to pursue a variety of future career directions in a supportive team environment. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, please apply. We're not expecting the finished article and would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. Hybrid working This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements, please contact the recruiting manager. Travelling requirements for your role Infrequent Travel - We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but on occasions, there may be a requirement for you to travel to locations away from your contractual base, using reasonable and suitable means available to you. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contacts below. To find out more To request and arrange an informal discussion, please contact either: Chris Bally (he/him) by emailing or Caroline Davison (she/her) by emailing To apply please ensure you read the Job and Person Profile (JPP), before applying for this job opportunity your statement indicates your motivation for applying and how you meet each of the criteria in the 'Person Profile' section of the JPP. you upload a copy of your CV when completing your online application. Closing date: 11.30pm 12 October 2022. Interview dates: 20 and 21 October 2022. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We offer a fantastic, inclusive working environment including diverse and active staff networks, great flexible working options and many benefits, as well as the opportunity to improve the lives of Suffolk residents. Benefits include: Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase The opportunity to join a large, diverse organisation, with career opportunities across our services A supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days An occupational sick pay scheme Learning and development opportunities, including a range of work-based apprenticeships Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day A range of staff networks centred around equality groups Plus more If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Working for Suffolk County Council pages ().