Organisation: Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RAWorker Category: Hybrid WorkerSalary: £25,998 - £33,294 per annumWorking Hours: 37 hours per weekContract Type: PermanentClosing Date: 19th January 2025Interview Date(s): TBCAn exciting opportunity has arisen within the Business Services Team for a Continuous Improvement Officer.
The successful candidate will be joining a small, positive, and proactive team.
We pride ourselves on being friendly, efficient and helpful whilst always working to learn and develop to continually improve the services we offer.The role is suitable for a range of candidates from those with an administrative background looking for the next step in their career or a more experienced candidate who has some prior experience and knowledge of business planning and/or performance management .The role supports the Senior Continuous Improvement Officer and Business Planning Manager in providing internal managers with advice and support on business services including business planning, risk management, performance management and other specialist business functions.The role is career graded from £25,998 to £33,294 and the successful candidate may be appointed at any point within that range, depending on experience.
A training plan will be agreed with the successful candidate to ensure they are fully supported to gain the knowledge and experience to progress through the career grades.About the Role: The role is permanent, and one post is available.The main duties include:- Resolving queries and providing advice and guidance to internal managers and colleagues on a broad range of topics (.
business planning, risk management, performance management, and other specialist business functions as required) Providing, analysing and maintaining data, information and reports Maintaining and developing the department's performance system Providing project support on departmental and service improvement projects Tasks and responsibilities will be based on the individual's place within the career grading scheme.About You:To apply for this role, you must have the following: Written and verbal communication skills (including presentation skills) Build strong relationships creating open and transparent relationships based on trust Ability to analyse data Ability to work on own initiative along with a commitment to team working Good organisational skills, able to plan and prioritise own work with conflicting priorities The ability to respond to challenge in a positive and constructive manner Understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.Interested in Flexible Working?Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post.
The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.
If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work.
The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert.
You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:Cassandra HaywoodSenior Continuous Improvement OfficerBusiness Services0116 3050504 section on our career site.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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