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About the Team
Warwickshire Safeguarding Partnership is responsible for ensuring that agencies in Warwickshire work together to safeguard children, young people, and vulnerable adults in line with the principles set out in Working Together 2023 and the Care Act 2014.
This important work is undertaken on behalf of the Partnership by the Business Team who support the statutory safeguarding partners and wider partnership in fulfilling their duties to promote effective joint working to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults within the county.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Business Development Officers to join the Business Team to support the work of Warwickshire’s Safeguarding Partnership. This is a really interesting and varied role that requires an enthusiastic and self-motivated team player with a proven background in business support.
Key Requirements:
- Experience of taking minutes and supporting work arising from senior level strategic meetings and subgroups.
- Experience of setting up information systems and using database and web editing software in order to create and update information such as promotional materials and annual reports.
- Excellent communication skills, able to successfully liaise verbally and in writing with professionals and others including service users and their carers, families, and representatives.
- Ability to develop positive working relationships with a range of professionals from organisations across the safeguarding partnership.
- Ability to demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to independently collect, organise, interpret, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team, build and maintain positive working relationships with all staff.
- Ability to problem solve and work independently and with others to devise creative solutions to work related problems.
- Ability to process confidential information appropriately and cope with the emotional demand that may arise from the information received in relation to this role.
- Experience of planning and organising training, conferences, events.
- Ability to effectively manage time, including competing priorities and demands.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Business Development Officer
Internal Candidates - If you are applying for a secondment position, applicants must seek approval from their current line manager before applying.
**Previous applicants need not apply**
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19%, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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To discuss the role please contact Holly Reed, Quality, Learning & Improvement Officer on 01926 742511 or hollyreed@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: Thursday 1st February 2024
Interview date: Monday 12th February 2024
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more
