The role
About us:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
The Role:
We are seeking a service development professional to support the identification and delivery of our strategic priorities for children's social care and wider supporting services. You will be be delivering the end-to-end improvement cycle across a range of significant and complex projects that will modernise and improve services for the benefits of vulnerable children and their families.
About you:
To succeed in this role you will need to be highly proficient in business analysis, change and programme management, as well as policy and strategy development. Robust written, numerical, analytical and problem solving skills will underpin your approach to proposing and delivering continuous improvement. You will be an independent thinker and self-starter who can use your initiative to understand, visualise and deliver opportunities for improvement across the system.
Benefits and more information:
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. You will benefit from 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 36 days with continuous service, a generous local government salary related pension, cycle to work and cycle loan scheme, season-ticket loan, confidential wellbeing and counselling support. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Additional details
This opportunity is being offered as a fixed term contract for 24 months. We encourage any internal staff to gain agreement from your substantive line manager before applying if you are considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Please note a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at enhanced level is required.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
We are a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Monday 10th July 2023 at 23:59
Interview date: Tuesday 18th July 2023
SWCHTF
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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