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Inclusion and Tackling Poverty Co-ordinator
£37,336 - £39,186 a year | Temporary 31/03/2027
- Reference:
- 24-27733
- Job title:
- Inclusion and Tackling Poverty Co-ordinator
- Directorate:
- Economy and Community Development
- Service:
- Libraries
- Closing date:
- 08/11/2024 10:00
- Job type/Hours:
- Temporary | 31/03/2027 | 37 Hour
- Salary:
- £37,336 - £39,186 a year
- Pay Scale:
- PS1
- Location(s):
- Caernarfon
Details
Job Advertisement
*PLEASE NOTE*
Cyngor Gwynedd is committed to being an inclusive employer, and to enhancing the diversity of the workforce.
Your application form will be assessed anonymously. Your title, name and email address will not be shared with the appointing panel for the purpose of shortlisting. You should carefully consider this when completing the further information section of the application form.
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 Nia Gruffydd on 01286 679461
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: 08/11/2024
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
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
Able to establish and convey a vision.
Able to think strategically and to plan strategically across multiple areas of work.
Able to establish, lead, joint plan and work in partnership across a range of partners.
Able to motivate others
Able to influence others
Able to secure buy in from others to a vision and direction of work.
Able to deal with people in a constructive and diplomatic manner, creating a positive environment where everyone’s opinion is appreciated.
Be creative, enthusiastic and energetic when problem solving and overcoming barriers.
Take responsibility and accountability.
Able to make decisions.
Able to communicate effectively and choose appropriate methods for conveying different messages.
Able to develop a good working relationship with others to achieve performance and get results.
Able to respond to a number of work requirements, to prioritise appropriately and adhere to deadlines.
Able to work under pressure and as part of a team and within tight timescales.
A person who demonstrates honesty, self-confidence, with a constructive and flexible attitude.
Able to work independently and as part of various teams.
A willingness to embrace change and be innovative.
Desirable
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Qualifications and relevant training
Essential
A degree in a relevant subject (e.g social policy)
and
Leadership / Management qualification (e.g. ILM or Level 3).
Desirable
Safeguarding Children and Adults Training
Prevent Training
Accreditation Training– Agored, DofE etc.
CSE, ACE Training etc.
Equalities Training
Relevant experience
Essential
Experience of establishing strategic programmes, various projects to do with tackling poverty and inequalities.
Experience of leading on establishing strategies.
Experience of writing action plans, work programmes, project plans to deliver a Strategy.
Experience of delivering services / programmes / projects within an organisation to tackle poverty.
Experience of drawing up cases and business plans.
Experience of leading people.
Experience of mentoring teams / individuals to achieve.
Experience of managing staff.
Experience of managing various budgets.
Experience of targeting resources and grants.
Experience of undertaking service/provision evaluations.
Experience of communicating with various audiences - formal presentations, strategic and political audiences; agencies; officers; the public.
Experience of creating, developing and maintaining effective partnerships and links with relevant partners (such as RSL’s, health board, CAB, Work and Employment Services, Benefits and Pension Services, voluntary organisations, community groups).
Experience of presenting information and reports on strategy / service / programme / project performance.
Experience of establishing and administrating governance arrangements (forums, committees, strategic groups and partnerships).
Experience of chairing meetings.
Experience of leading, co-ordinating input, and/or contribute towards consultations.
Desirable
Experience of implementing within the political establishment (e.g. local authority)
Experience of creating engagement plans, communicate and/or marketing for promoting services / provisions.
Skills and specialist knowledge
Essential
Strong leadership skills
Negotiation and Influencing skills
Excellent communication skills - orally and written; and to a range of various audiences.
Mentoring and coaching skills.
Ability to solve problems in a rational manner by focusing on the solution and overcoming barriers.
Monitoring skills (data, finances, services, performance)
Challenging and Scrutiny Skills
Data access and analysis and Information skills.
Strong Information Technology skills
Full driving licence and use of a car.
Comprehensive understanding of current tackling poverty matters which include child poverty, fuel poverty, food poverty, financial poverty, digital exclusion.
An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities and equality
Desirable
Knowledge and understanding of policies relating to safeguarding children and adults
Understanding of health and safety issues and requirements
Language requirements
Listening and Speaking - Higher
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
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.
Writing - Higher
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).
Job Description
Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
•Lead the team(s) the post-holder is responsible for, to effectively and efficiently deliver what matters to the residents of Gwynedd by creating and maintaining an environment of respect and trust while enabling, empowering and inspiring staff.
Responsibility for functions
•Staff -Inclusion Officer and any other posts funded by grant sources.
•Finance – The Supporting People Programme Budget, and any budgets received through grants
•Contracts awarded and managed for resources, suppliers, grants and / or sponsorship.
•Partnership Agreements and Service Level Agreements with third parties.
•Resources - IT equipment.
Main duties
LEADERSHIP
•To be accountable for the area of work and the most effective and efficient use of available resources.
•To lead staff by encouraging and motivating them to take ownership of Ffordd Gwynedd principles and to be accountable for ensuring that this happens.
•Assist the team to establish operational principles, giving consideration to relevant Acts (e.g. Health and Safety, the Well-being of Future Generations Act, Social Services and Well-being Act) and ensure that they adhere to them.
•Awareness of how the team's systems work and provide facilitation to challenge these when required.
•To ensure that the team contributes to the aims of the services or other organisations that try to deliver what matters to the people of Gwynedd.
•Promote the need to identify and act on future threats and opportunities including preventative measures.
•Ensure they are aware of the legal and political climate that impacts the service, ensuring that team members are aware of the required elements.
•To be alert to good practice within the area of work and ensure that the team considers the appropriateness of this good practice for them.
•To lead change within the area of work where there is a need to do so.
•Deal with concerns raised by Elected Members regarding the area of work.
•Ensure an environment within the team that promotes and encourages the well-being of staff.
ENABLING AND EMPOWERING
•To recruit and develop individuals and teams to ensure they have the necessary skills to deliver the roles required now and in the future.
•Enable the team to establish what matters to the people of Gwynedd and by doing that, establish the purpose of the team and ensure this is up-to-date.
•Ensure that decisions are evidence-based.
•Help the team to review and challenge its performance.
•To create and support an environment that enables each team member to contribute to and make decisions in order to provide the best possible services.
•To ensure an environment of trust and accountability within the team, ensuring appropriate communication with and within the team.
DELIVERING
•Enable the team to consider what measures indicate performance against the purpose and take ownership of these measures.
•Encourage the team to be innovative, enterprising and to learn from experience to improve performance.
•To motivate and/or mentor the team to identify and act in a timely manner to remove barriers that prevent the ability to deliver what matters to the people of Gwynedd.
•To resolve any barriers that the team cannot solve.
•To ensure that complaints receive appropriate attention and the team considers any lessons that arise in order to improve the service.
SELF-REFLECTION - on personal achievement of what is in the job description.
SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE POST
•Establishing a Tackling Poverty Action Plan jointly with external partners and agencies for the benefit of Gwynedd's residents. This will include
•Identify the demand / need and what is important to Gwynedd residents as the evidence base for the delivery plan with input from services across council departments, and external partners.
•Shaping the vision / purpose of the Tackling Poverty Action Plan
•Map existing provisions to identify gaps and opportunities;
•Draw up a response plan
•Develop management data and measures for the plan and suitable monitoring arrangements.
•Monitor the achievement of the action plan and its provisions to meet agreed targets / milestones / measures
•Establish and deliver reporting arrangements, prepare and submit reports / presentations on the tackling poverty action plan as required to the Public Services Board.
•Establish and deliver arrangements for reporting in accordance with the Council's scrutiny and performance challenge process to the relevant cabinet member, and to the Supporting People’s Programme Board arrangements, and to the Cabinet.
•Establishing and delivering a short-term tackling poverty action plan (recovery) focusing on the following areas of financial inclusion, financial advice and income maximization, digital inclusion, food inclusion, and plans and interventions to support the inclusion of socially excluded specific groups of people.
•Establish multi-agency governance and joint working arrangements for the delivery of the Tackling Poverty Action Plan – which could include a Tackling Poverty County Forum and any necessary sub-group / project / task and finish group to deliver the relevant action plan.
•Establishing, maintaining partnerships and links with voluntary organizations and other agencies working in the field of poverty. It also includes identifying opportunities to jointly plan opportunities, activities and projects, and developing plans for this purpose.
•Develop internal arrangements for bringing together tackling poverty program leaders into joint working and joint planning and joint commissioning, to maximise income streams, reduce duplication across programs - specifically the national Funding Alignment Program (Children and Communities Grant and Housing Support Grant) and other related grants.
•Identify opportunities for attracting external investment into the county for expanding financial and / or digital inclusion and / or food inclusion provision.
•Prepare Business Cases and Project Plans as required for attracting grants and investments into the field. Monitor the expenditure of any grant scheme (capital or revenue) and report regularly on progress against internal and external requirements.
•Collaborate with partners at county and regional level to share good practice; joint planning of provision.
•The candidate must be creative and have the ability to solve problems in order to generate new and innovative ideas and to act on the solutions
•Establish and maintain engagement, promotion, marketing and communication of Tackling Poverty Action Plan / Tackling Poverty Action Plan services, activities and projects to diverse audiences.
•To provide strategic leadership on anti-poverty issues for the Authority, and identifying areas for attention.
•Attend meetings of the North Wales Food Poverty Network , All-ales Anti-Poverty and Inclusion Network, supporting effective and efficient joint working in appropriate areas to maintain and improve provision.
•Collaborate with relevant officials in the WLGA, Welsh Government and other councils through the national Anti-Poverty Network.
•To prepare reports as required, which may include Cabinet reports, Scrutiny Committees and Scrutiny Inquiries, Project Groups
•This is a new role that will evolve in a rapidly changing field. The full scope and duties of the post cannot be foreseen so the candidate will be expected to undertake any other equivalent and reasonable duties commensurate with the salary and responsibility level of the post.
•Responsibility for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules 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 policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management 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.
•Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
WORK CONDITIONS
•The hours to include working on some evenings and weekends.
•The Department has a continuous programme of training and personal skills development. An Appraisal Scheme will be implemented that will contribute towards this provision. The post-holder will be expected to participate in the programme.
