Policy Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade G. SCP 23 £34,434- SCP 28 £39,152

Hours Per Week: 36hours

Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

Applications are invited for the post of Policy Officer, an interesting and varied role that sits at the forefront of delivering on the Council's key corporate ambitions. The role sits in the broader Policy team which has responsibilities around Resident Engagement and the Equalities agenda as well as supporting Departments across the Council in developing key Policy ideas.

Key pieces of work for the team recently have included developing an Anti-Poverty Strategy, supporting Children's Services with their Improvement journey and writing a new Corporate Plan for the borough.

The role involves undertaking research that will facilitate the design of evidence-based strategy and policy. You will therefore be confident and adept at employing consultation and engagement methods to engage a diverse range of stakeholders, professionals and residents. The post holder will prepare high-quality reports, briefing papers, project documentation and monitor regional and national policy developments.

About You

You will be a strong self-starter, able to work alone, with a good understanding of local government and current issues in Tameside. You will be educated to degree level with previous experience in policy and/or project delivery roles, as well as experience of developing and maintaining external partnerships across a variety of public, voluntary and private sector agencies. As a self-motivated and engaging team member, you will be willing to take the initiative and will have the confidence to influence decision making.

Why work for us?

You will receive regular supervision and work in a supportive culture where we are ambitious about delivering effective social work practice and supporting you to be the very best you can be.

In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including competitive salary, a minimum of 26 days leave, 36 hours working week, membership of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, which is a Local Government Pension Scheme and much more.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure Procedures.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact Tom Hoghton on