Children’s Service Resourcing Officer

Job title:

Children’s Service Resourcing Officer

Company

Halton Borough Council

Job description

Halton have an exciting opportunity to recruit two Resourcing Officers, working closely with the Director for Education, Director for Children’s Social Care and the Principal Social Worker to ensure that services, including recruitment processes, are effectively managed.The post holder(s) will be highly motivated, proactive individuals with an excellent understanding of electronic and IT programmes. You will work with the Directors and the PSW to support key governance arrangements for management of the workforce and other change projects as required. This includes the facilitation of meetings with internal and external stakeholders.As a Resourcing Officer, you will assist social work managers in co-ordinating transactional activity relating to hiring manager responsibilities for appointments in both the permanent and temporary labour markets.With your experience in recruitment, you will support hiring managers through the key stages of the Council’s recruitment processes, providing comprehensive advice and guidance and practical support in creation of recruitment documentation such as job descriptions, adverts and interview questions.You will coordinate the collection of operational data to support hiring decision making and business cases. In doing so, you will be organised and adept in managing what can be a large volume of data with accuracy and attention to detail.In addition, you will play a key role in ensuring that change projects relating to improving services are supported within children’s services.We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service

• Membership of our Defined Benefit, salary-linked pension scheme with generous Employer Contributions

• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme

• Investment in your Personal Development with our Management or Specialism Pathways

• Free Car Parking at HBC sites

• Flexible / Hybrid working arrangements available

• Access to a wide range of discount schemes

• Car leasing scheme

• A Monthly Essential Car User allowance

For an informal discussion about this post, Katherine Appleton 01515116802 or Ben Holmes 01515117817Interviews will to be held week commencing 14th October 2024.At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you –

Expected salary

Location

Halton, Cheshire

Job date

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 02:15:19 GMT

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