Get Oldham Working Programme Officer
Learning, Training & Development

Get Oldham Working Programme Officer (Grade 5)
Economy and Skills

Get Oldham Working Programme

 

Ref: G5/OL-48377

Contract: Fixed Term

Salary: £24,982 - £27,741 plus car allowance, car parking, 24 days leave pus bank holidays, and a range of staff discounts / benefits

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Metropolitan House, Hobson Street, OL1 1TT

Closing Date: Tuesday 31st August 2021

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.

Job Description & Person Specification.doc

 

Role Overview:

Oldham Council is looking to recruit Grade 5 officers for the Get Oldham Working Programme to support a range of provision supporting Oldham residents back into work and/or career progression.

We are looking for candidates who can work with customers to support them back into work across various services, including Restart, Skills Support for Employment, National Careers Service and JETS.

 

Flexible Hiring: we welcome candidates to apply for part-time, reduced hours, job share and flexible working, and a mixture of home and on site working.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a caseload of customers back into work via completing thorough assessments, use of Information, Advice and Guidance, action planning and ongoing appointments / support;
  • Ensuring that all participant related activities are recorded accurately and appropriately on our systems in a timely manner, as per KPIs and professional standards.
  • Supporting less experienced advisers in the team to develop and support more complex customers;

 

Key Requirements:

 

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

  • The ability and experience to support a caseload of customers with employment and skills related issues;
  • The ability and experience to assess customers with additional barriers and signpost to relevant provision;
  • Ability to use ICT system effectively with minimal supervision;
  • Ability to work in a pressurised environment and hit targets

 

Oldham Council 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.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure from the DBS. 

Please contact jonathan.phillips@oldham.gov.uk for further information.

 

About Us:

 

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

 

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

 

For details of how we use your data please see our privacy notice: Privacy Notice

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy. 

Oldham Right to Work in the UK.doc

Location
Metropolitan Place
Vacancy Description
 

Get Oldham Working Programme Officer (Grade 5)
Economy and Skills

Get Oldham Working Programme

 

Ref: G5/OL-48377

Contract: Fixed Term

Salary: £24,982 - £27,741 plus car allowance, car parking, 24 days leave pus bank holidays, and a range of staff discounts / benefits

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Metropolitan House, Hobson Street, OL1 1TT

Closing Date: Tuesday 31st August 2021

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.

Job Description & Person Specification.doc

 

Role Overview:

Oldham Council is looking to recruit Grade 5 officers for the Get Oldham Working Programme to support a range of provision supporting Oldham residents back into work and/or career progression.

We are looking for candidates who can work with customers to support them back into work across various services, including Restart, Skills Support for Employment, National Careers Service and JETS.

 

Flexible Hiring: we welcome candidates to apply for part-time, reduced hours, job share and flexible working, and a mixture of home and on site working.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a caseload of customers back into work via completing thorough assessments, use of Information, Advice and Guidance, action planning and ongoing appointments / support;
  • Ensuring that all participant related activities are recorded accurately and appropriately on our systems in a timely manner, as per KPIs and professional standards.
  • Supporting less experienced advisers in the team to develop and support more complex customers;

 

Key Requirements:

 

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

  • The ability and experience to support a caseload of customers with employment and skills related issues;
  • The ability and experience to assess customers with additional barriers and signpost to relevant provision;
  • Ability to use ICT system effectively with minimal supervision;
  • Ability to work in a pressurised environment and hit targets

 

Oldham Council 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.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure from the DBS. 

Please contact jonathan.phillips@oldham.gov.uk for further information.

 

About Us:

 

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

 

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

 

For details of how we use your data please see our privacy notice: Privacy Notice

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy. 

Oldham Right to Work in the UK.doc