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Working in a busy and diverse work area, you will be a lead specialist for consultation work in the Council, providing a central point of expertise for public consultation and customer satisfaction.
What will you be doing?
- In this role you will lead, manage, and commission as appropriate, a wide range of consultation projects on behalf of the council and partner organisations. This would include scoping work, managing projects/suppliers, analysis and interpretation of findings and presentation to decision makers.
- You will coordinate the Council’s consultation work programme, planning when we will carry out consultations and negotiating timescales with customers.
- It will be your responsibility to provide clear advice and guidance for technical and non-technical audiences at all levels and carry out training where appropriate.
- You will also ensure that the corporate mechanisms, practices and procedures for customer satisfaction and consultation remain in line with national and local guidance, and are compliant with legislation and case law.
What we need from you
- You must have relevant experience of consultation, engagement and/or market research.
- You will have a relevant professional or equivalent degree level qualification, or you will have equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience of interpreting information from a variety of sources to draw logical conclusions and make recommendations, adjusting the reporting style to fit the audience.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
- We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
- We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
- We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
This is a limited term contract until February 2025.
Salary is pro-rata to hours worked.
This role can also be offered as an internal secondment opportunity.
For further information please contact Simon Parker at, [email protected]
