Job Description

Are you resilient, passionate and enthusiastic about building genuine, meaningful relationships with a range of key stakeholders?Do you have the drive and ambition to work creatively and collaboratively to contribute to delivering our priorities and the ongoing transformation agenda?Do you have a passion for childrenxe2x80x99s rights and believe they should be seen AND heard?Do you want to work as part of a team, who is focussing on building a safe, sustainable system for our workforce, and for our children, young people and families?If so, wexe2x80x99ve got some exciting opportunities to come and be part of the positive in the Childrenxe2x80x99s Assurance Partnerships and Evaluation (CAPE) Team!Following the recruitment to a permanent and experienced Childrenxe2x80x99s Services Leadership Team, and our ambition to further develop and transform our Childrenxe2x80x99s Services and partnerships, there has never been a more exciting time to join North East Lincolnshire Council.Across the CAPE Team, we are excited to further build our dedicated and sustainable infrastructure with the skills, knowledge and expertise to contribute to key functions including strategic development , partnership working, corporate and community parenting, voice and engagement, governance and reporting, systems and processes, assurance, self-evaluation, project developments, statutory inspection and regulatory compliance.The exciting opportunities across the CAPE Team are as follows:Policy and Development Coordinator (salary xc2xa340,476)The Childrenxe2x80x99s Policy and Development Co-ordinator will have a key role in horizon scanning, and ensuring that childrenxe2x80x99s services are planning and responding to relevant policy drivers to deliver our priorities and drive forward our transformation agenda.The Childrenxe2x80x99s Policy and Development Co-ordinator will also be responsible for ensuring policies, procedures and guidance across childrenxe2x80x99s services and partnerships are up to date, compliant and reflective of our local practice to support the effective delivery of statutory roles and responsibilities, and to contribute to the realisation of the Council Plan and wider partnership planning frameworks.The Childrenxe2x80x99s Policy and Development Co-ordinator will have the opportunity to work collaboratively to develop creative mechanisms for rolling out policies and procedures to ensure they are being used operationally, and for creating and disseminating messages in relation to key policy drivers. They will also be responsible for managing a policy tracking framework which assures legal compliance and adherence to statutory deadlines, as well as tracking our response to key policy drivers.For more information please contact:Claire Greenwood, Children and Education Strategy and Evaluation Lead Officer viaSafeguarding Children Partnership Coordinator (salary xc2xa340,476) (2 year fixed term)Building on progress to date, the Safeguarding Children Partnership (SCP) Co-ordinator will further contribute to, lead on and support the development of the SCP Local Arrangements to enable the ongoing transformation and delivery of integrated services for children, young people and families, including contributions to the realisation of the Council Plan and wider partnership planning frameworks.The SCP Co-ordinator will have a crucial role in supporting the development the core SCP functions, including stakeholder voice and engagement, scrutiny and assurance, finance, education and training, performance; and for co-ordinating the SCP governance arrangements, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and supporting the implementation and review of core strategies across the scope of the Local Arrangements.For more information please contact:Helen Willis, SCP Lead viaVoice and Influence Co-ordinator (salary xc2xa340,476)The voices of the children, young people and families are first last and central to all we do. The overall purpose of the Voice and Influence Co-ordinator is to lead on participation and engagement to enable the voice of children, young people and families to be heard at all levels, and to influence strategy, decision making and ongoing transformation.The Voice and Influence Co-ordinator will be responsible for designing, co-ordinating and facilitating participation and engagement activity; for collating and analysing outcomes associated with the activity; and to champion their experiences with services, to enhance the offer and enable a positive impact on outcomes.We are looking for someone with experience of working creatively with children, young people and families, and to bring the energy and skills that will engage and empower our children, young people and families to be heard and feel heard.For more information please contact:Pippa Curtin, Voice and Influence Lead Officer viaAdvocacy and Voice Officer(s) (salary xc2xa331,067)As part of our relational practice approach and keeping the voice and experience of the child first, central and last to our practice and decisions that affect them, we are looking for people who are experienced and knowledgeable about the rights of children and young people and those who can demonstrate positive change as a result of advocating on their behalf.The role will involve working in partnership across Childrenxe2x80x99s Services and wider partners to champion childrenxe2x80x99s voices, challenge and support them to take account of and respond to the views and experiences of children and young people. It will also involve some group work, delivery of training and raising awareness of childrenxe2x80x99s rights.The Advocacy and Voice Officer will support, enable and champion the voice of children and young people to be heard in relation to their individual plans, but also to shape and influence service development and transformation. Candidates will have a range of methods and mechanisms for communicating and engaging with children and young people with a range of needs as well as staff and managers across childrenxe2x80x99s services and the wider partnership.For more information please contact:Pippa Curtin, Voice and Influence Lead Officer viaWe would welcome applications from individuals who are tenacious and creative, who are strengths based, solution focussed and who have a relational approach to working with others, who have an eye for detail, a drive to make a difference, and who are ambitious for themselves, the wider workforce and for children, young people and families.For further details, please refer to the role profiles.Closing date is 3 April 2025Interviews to be held weeks commencing 14 and 21 April 2025Your Exclusive Benefits PackageAs part of your Reward NEL package, not only will you enjoy a competitive salary, up to 40 days leave entitlement* (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension, you will have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, discounted car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities.*Leave subject to length of serviceAbout North East Lincolnshire CouncilNorth East Lincolnshire Council is situated within the award-winning coastal area of Cleethorpes and the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, North East Lincolnshire Council provide the perfect location for you to .Get to know us betterCheck out our and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline.North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to being an inclusive employer, where is recognised, celebrated, and embodied throughout the organisation, becoming a workforce that represents all.North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. For any posts that will involve access to children, young people and adults at risk, the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate.

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