Partnership and Planning Assistant

1 month ago


StokeonTrent, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Stoke-on-Trent City Council Full time

Directorate: Children and Family Services

Section: Transformation and Improvement

Grade: Level 6

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Closing Date: 19th May 2024

Partnership and Planning Assistant, Stoke-on-Trent is on the up

Do you have the energy and drive to be part of our improvement journey?

Are you a well-organised individual and passionate about improving the lives of children and young people?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Children and Family Services (CAFS), supporting the directorate's readiness for regulatory inspections and supporting a number of strategic Job Advert partnerships and boards.

As Partnership and Planning Assistant, you will require a knowledge and understanding of complex governance arrangements and be responsible for:

  • Provide support to key strategic partnership and planning structures by management of meeting cycles, preparation distribution of agendas, papers and minutes and taking a lead role in supporting agreed priorities and programmes of work of partnerships as required
  • Attending joint partnership priority meetings to minute and provide appropriate support to the meeting.
  • Maintaining effective partnership communication frameworks including database of contacts from relevant statutory, voluntary and user groups and facilitating senior managers from across the partnership to contribute to e-bulletins and newsletters for timely distribution.
  • Being responsible for operational communications to key partners, including those of a sensitive, confidential and restricted nature, ensuring appropriate secure communication channels are used and information governance and data protection policy is adhered to at all times.
  • Producing high quality, professionally presented documents using a range of IT applications.
  • Undertaking research on behalf of the Directorate and partnerships, collating data for monitoring and analysis as required ensuring that information is presented in an accurate manner

    Amongst the benefits we offer are:
    • Up to 40 days holiday (including 8days bank holidays)
    • Option to buy extra annual leave
    • Flexible working hours
    • Hybrid working
    • High quality reflective supervision
    • Health and wellbeing support
    • Access to staff equality and diversity networks

      We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

      Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

      To Apply

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