Swyddi ar lein
Assistant Language Officer
£22,571 - £24,920 a year | Temporary
- Reference:
- 22-22894-H2
- Job title:
- Assistant Language Officer
- Directorate:
- Corporate Support
- Service:
- Democracy and Language
- Closing date:
- 25/08/2022 10:00
- Job type/Hours:
- Temporary two years | 37 Hour
- Salary:
- £22,571 - £24,920 a year
- Pay Scale:
- S1
- Location(s):
- See Job Advertisement
Details
Job Advertisement
LOCATION: Flexible
We also welcome applications from applicants wishing to job share or work part-time.
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Llywela Owain ar 01286 679261
Interview date - to be confirmed.
Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, THURSDAY 25/08/2022
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
Person Specification
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
ESSENTIAL
• Enthusiastic in relation to the Welsh language
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• The ability to work flexibly, independently and as part of a team
• The ability to undertake research work independently
• The ability to influence and persuade
• An organised person who can drive a project forward
DESIRABLE
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RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
ESSENTIAL
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
DESIRABLE
• Training on linguistic planning or language awareness
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
• Experience of research work
• Experience of compiling data and analysing information
• Experience of planning and implementing work programmes against timetables and targets
• Understanding of the issues which have a positive and negative impact on the Welsh language in Gwynedd
DESIRABLE
• Understanding and experience of working in the field of linguistic planning
• Experience of preparing reports and presentations
• Experience of providing support to officers
SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
ESSENTIAL
• An understanding of Gwynedd's culture and history.
• The ability to gather and interpret data and information and present this in a suitable and coherent way
• Communication skills of the highest quality – oral and written
• The ability to prepare brief and purposeful reports
• Robust IT skills
DESIRABLE
• An understanding of the statutory requirements in the field of language
• Driving licence
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
Listening and Speaking - Higher Level
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions. Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.
Reading and Understanding- Higher Level
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English, both formal and informal. Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports and articles in Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.
Writing- Higher Level
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinions in Welsh and English.
Job Description
Purpose of Post
• Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
• Assist the Senior Language and Scrutiny Advisor and the Language Advisor to:
- contribute to the development of the Council's Welsh culture by inspiring others and encouraging them to recognise and value the privilege of working through the medium of Welsh.
- develop and ensure the Council's arrangements to meet the requirements of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, and reporting to the Welsh Language Commissioner.
- support the Language Committee's investigations
- support the development of linguistic planning skills and language awareness for staff and Councillors
Responsibility for Resources e.g. staff, finance, equipment
Main Duties
The Welsh Language Standards
• Assist to ensure compliance with the Welsh Language Standards across the Council to ensure compliance with the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 and provide advice to others.
• Support the work of departments to comply with the Welsh Language Standards and advise them on compliance with the Language Standards.
• Assist with research and respond to language complaints.
• Ensure comprehensive monitoring arrangements, co-ordinating necessary data to report on indicators and forming the Council's Annual Report to the Welsh Language Commissioner.
• Encourage the public to use Council services through the medium of Welsh and monitor the use and demand.
• Develop the workforce's understanding of linguistic planning and language awareness across the Council.
• Contribute to the development of the Council's Welsh culture by inspiring others and encouraging them to recognise and value the privilege of working through the medium of Welsh.
The Welsh Language Promotion Plan for Gwynedd
• Assist with the work of developing, reviewing, monitoring and publishing the Council's Language Plan (the Council's language strategy).
• Collaborate with heads of departments and services to develop plans, awareness, understanding and work arrangements that promote the Welsh language in accordance with the Council's statutory requirement.
Language impact assessments
• Ensure appropriate input to protect the benefits of the Welsh language in equality impact assessments in the Council's plans, policies and activities.
• Submit observations on language statements and assessments submitted with planning applications on behalf of the Language Unit and monitor any impact.
• Offer and provide linguistic advice for applicants who wish to receive pre-application planning advice.
The Council’s Language Policy
• Assist to review and develop the Language Policy to ensure that it is current and suitable.
• Communicate, monitor and promote the Language Policy ensuring compliance with the Policy by Gwynedd officers.
• Assist to draw up other supplementary guidance and policies that are associated with the Language Policy in order to ensure the compliance of departments and services with the requirements of the Language Policy and Standards.
Projects in the Council Plan
• Assist the Senior Language and Scrutiny Advisor and the Language Advisor with priority projects that have been included in the Council Plan, which promote the Welsh language and develop the culture in Gwynedd.
Language Committee
• Contribute towards ensuring appropriate input to reviews of local and national policies and strategies by contributing to the Council's responses to these reviews.
• Support the investigations commissioned by the Language Committee, drawing up a work programme, collecting data, planning and holding interviews, drafting reports and forming recommendations.
• Investigate complaints about the language and find solutions to them, reporting on them to the Language Committee and the Welsh Language Commissioner.
• Assist the Senior Language and Scrutiny Advisor to draw up the work programme of the Committee and produce reports.
General
• Responsibility for self-development.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Operate within the Council’s equal opportunities and equality policies.
• Be responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
• Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
• Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
• Responsible for reporting any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special Circumstances e.g. the need to work unsociable hours, special working arrangements, etc.
• The post-holder will be expected to work flexible hours and unsociable hours at times
