SOMERSET COUNCILS’ VACANCY BULLETIN ISSUE NO: 7 19 February 2016 Applications are invited from employees of the following Councils: - Somerset County Council Mendip District Council Sedgemoor District Council South Somerset District Council Taunton Deane Borough Council West Somerset Council South West Councils Latest time for acceptance of advertisements is 12 noon Monday Published by Dillington Advertising Services, Room A2W, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY Tel: 01823 357584, Fax: 01823 355091, e-mail [email protected] YOU CAN VIEW THESE VACANCIES ONLINE AT: www.jobsthisweek.co.uk Only SCC employees may apply for posts marked INTERNAL in the first instance. ALL POSTS MARKED WITH * REQUIRE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK VIA THE DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE "Somerset County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people" All applicants, including current employees should complete and return the Recruitment Monitoring Form, which is attached to the Application Form. Thank you for your cooperation ****************************************************************************************************************** AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER Applications for all vacancies are particularly welcome from people with disabilities. Further details and application forms are also available on request in braille, large print, tape and disc. JOB SHARING Somerset County Council, as an equal opportunities employer, wishes to promote job-sharing arrangements in any full-time post where the Manager and Chief Officer consider that such an arrangement would be a viable proposition. If you are interested in making an application on a job sharing basis for any full-time post advertised in this bulletin, you should contact the appropriate Manager in the first instance to see whether such an application would be accepted. ******************************************************************************************************************** UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, details and application forms FOR ALL POSTS, excluding those marked INTERNAL can be found on the www.jobsthisweek.co.uk or by contacting the Recruitment Team on 01823 356862 (24 hours). Internally advertised vacancies can be viewed on the SCC intranet: http://enterprise.somerset.gov.uk/jobs Please quote the reference number. Published By: Dillington Advertising Services Room A2W County Hall Taunton TA1 4DY Tel: 01823 357739 Fax: 01823 355091 Email: [email protected] 2 Commercial and Business Services Business Change County Hall, Taunton PROGRAMME MANAGER X 2 – INTERNAL 37 hours per week Salary: £43,455 per annum Job Ref No: 8645/SR Secondment until 31 March 2017 With a number of Programmes within the Core Council Programme moving to completion, the next phase of delivery is underway. As a result, two temporary Programme Manager opportunities have arisen to be part of this exciting next phase. Working within Business Change but closely aligned to service delivery, you will be part of the Programme, Project and Change Management team whilst directly adding value to services and customers. 1. Children’s Improvement Programme – Quality & Efficiency. The next stage of the Children’s Improvement journey needs to focus on raising quality and delivering efficiency within the overall service design in order to secure a ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted judgement and pave the way for ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’. This second phase will begin in parallel with the embedding of improvement changes, building on the existing improvement programme deliverables. The Programme will deliver high level service re-design and implementation of services that are financially sustainable and simple enough for partners and service users to navigate easily. 2. Technology and People-led Transformation. This programme is to facilitate service re-design by developing new ways of working enabled by technology, infrastructure and skills enhancement. It is a key enabler for the delivery of the wider Core Council Programme portfolio including; Children’s Improvement Programme, Adults’ Transformation Programme, Digital and Customer Services Programme and Smart Programme. It is also directly dependant on the technology landscape set out in the ICT Strategy that will deliver changes to technology infrastructure, hardware, systems and applications and on the timeline imposed by the end of the current SWOne contract. You will have the ability, skills and demonstrable experience of successfully working with elected Members, Directors and partners on complex Programmes, and the development of strategic direction to deliver transformation. With strong stakeholder management skills to achieve buy-in at all levels and embed sustainable change, you will be highly analytical and confident in applying a data led approach, possibly having already delivered Lean projects and programmes. You will possess the ability to prioritise, identify and make a case for opportunities and maintain quality plans focused on benefit delivery. Please specify which post you are applying for in the first section of the application form. For an informal discussion about the post please contact Louise Day on 01823 359069. Please see above for application details. Closing date: 25 February 2016 at 5.00pm Interviews: 11 March 2016 Business Development Business Change County Hall, Taunton PROJECT MANAGERS – INTERNAL 37 hours per week Salary: £31,846 - £35,662 per annum Job Ref No: 8647/AB Fixed Term contract - variable duration up to 12 months This is an exciting opportunity to play an important part in SCC’s Core Council Programme. We are looking for Project Managers who will have a key role in ensuring successful delivery of this programme by working to deliver projects across various service areas. This is a great opportunity for anyone motivated to shape and influence the way SCC works and to successfully drive through change. The roles are vital to ensure programmes and projects are given sufficient leadership to achieve successful delivery and in ensuring that benefits are realised. 3 You will be responsible for leading projects within an overall programme structure and will be accountable for the day to day activities and for ensuring the work is professionally planned and executed. With a good understanding of services you will be able to make a real difference to the way services are delivered in the future. You will need to demonstrate experience of leadership in projects, knowledge of project management methodology, together with good organisational, influencing and communications skills, enthusiasm and the ability to be proactive and make things happen. If you want to find out more, please contact Catherine Young on 01823 359071 or email [email protected]. Please see above for application details. Closing date: 3 March 2016 at 5.00pm Interviews: 17 – 18 March 2016 Support Services for Education SEN Support Services – Educational Psychology Service Somerset *EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST 37 hours per week Salary: Soulbury A 1 – 6 £35,027 - £43,914 per annum Job Ref No: 8646/MV Somerset’s inclusive approach, resources pupils with the highest level of need in mainstream schools without recourse to an EHC plan. Consequently we have been able to embed a solution oriented approach with schools, based upon a well-established ‘Plan Do Review’ process, which is highly regarded by schools and others. The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) benefits from being part of Somerset Support Services for Education, an internal trading arm of the county council. This enables the service to have a clear commissioning framework within which to operate, and a clear strategy for providing additionally commissioned services to schools and other providers. The EPS delivers services in a range of settings and also in partnership with other services to provide support to specific groups including: children in specialist provision, Children in Care and adopted children, YOT, autism, research and project work, restrictive physical interventions (Team Teach). In addition many schools commission an enhanced EP service. The EPS also coordinates and provides support for schools when required in managing critical incidents. There are on-going opportunities for members of the service to engage in research and project work. The service also coordinates and delivers training for schools including Team Teach, ELSA and Attachment and Resilience to name but a few. This wide range of work provides psychologists with exciting opportunities and a diversity to their role. Key features about Somerset Educational Psychologists: • We are highly thought of by schools, clients and other agencies. • We apply psychology through consultation and review. • We have an excellent programme of CPD and links to Bristol and Exeter Universities. • We work in partnership with specialist teachers (Learning, Autism, Physical/ Medical and Sensory). We encourage a sensible work/life balance and flexibility with home working to reflect the challenges of working in a large rural authority. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic Educational Psychologists who are professionally qualified and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, or are in their final year of training, who are keen to work in a pro-active solution oriented way. We hope you want to know more. We would be delighted to hear from you. Rick Beaver Principal Educational Psychologist Tel: 01823 355280 Email: [email protected] Val Fry Assistant Principal Educational Psychologist (Taunton