Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Contract Reason: Subject to funding
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade F SCP 17 £31,022 - SCP 22 £33,699
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Tameside Council Employment and Skills Service, working cross Directorate with our colleagues in Childrens Service, as part of the Tameside Futures NEET support team. Tameside Futures works to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in Tameside aged 15-18, or up to 24 if the young person is care experienced or has an EHCP).
About You
We are looking for an Employment Officer whose role will be to work as part of the project team and focus on supporting a caseload of young people into/towards work or further education / skills / training. We are looking for an energetic, passionate, and committed individual who is able to engage with young people in addition to working in partnership with organisations that support young people such as careers guidance, Leaving Care Team, JCP and our post 16 education providers.
This may involve some flexible working to suit the availability of participants.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Richard Morris on 07977 013111 or Richard.morris@tameside.gov.uk