Strategy and Performance Team Leader

**Grade - N**
**Vacancy Hours - Full Time 37hrs/pw**
**Contract Type - Permanent**
**Weekend Working - No**
**Interview Date - 9th May**
**Venue for Interview - County Hall Northallerton**

We require a Team Leader for the Strategy and Performance Team supporting our Children and Young People’s Service. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a highly respected team, responsible for providing analytical and performance support to a high performing service.

The team play a crucial role in the continuous improvement of children’s services locally, by providing performance challenge and evidence-based analysis, to support leaders in driving performance improvement to achieve value for money and better outcomes. The team also co-ordinates corporate and strategic planning, to ensure strategy, spend and service delivery is maximised and meets the needs of the Council’s customers.

The post offers an exciting and challenging career opportunity for the right person with the right experience. Your main duties will be:

- To lead a team of strategy and performance officers ensuring clear oversight, understanding and joined up working for strategy and performance in the directorate
- To understand the breadth and needs of customers of the strategy and performance functions in the directorate
- To ensure the delivery of the strategy and performance functions in the directorate, in particular ensuring that all delivery is to a high standard, effective, efficient and within budget
- To support the scoping, design and delivery of continuous improvement
- Collating of data and transforming it to intelligence
- Report writing and presentation to senior leadership and external partners
- Significant experience of providing strategic support to Local Authority, or similar services
- Well-developed analytical skills
- Ability to present complex information to a range of audiences, both written and verbal
- Able to complete tasks within tight timescales
- Flexibility with working hours, potentially including some weekends.

In return we can offer you a range of Continuing Professional Development opportunities and employee benefits including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, flexible working hours, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package which includes a variety of retail discounts. You can also expect to receive ongoing support throughout your role and to be part of a friendly and dedicated team.

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We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £50,543.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Gym membership
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Northallerton, North Yorkshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Retail sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Customer Service: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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