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Administrative Assistant (Children and Adult Services Team) - Northumberland County Council

2013-05-12T23:00:00Z

Closing Date: 24 May 2013 12:00
Reference: TRA31
Location: County Hall, Morpeth
Salary: Band 3 | £15,725 - £16,830 per annum pro-rata

Temporary (12 months)

NorthumberlandCounty Council is a progressive authority supported by a Lexcel accredited Legal ServicesUnit with high standards in the provision of timely, accurate and quality legal advice.

As a member of the children and adult services team, you will provide administrative support for lawyers and legal executives, and help with the day-to-day tasks involved in running an in-house legal team.

Your tasks will be varied and depending on the daily needs of the service your duties could include:

typing letters and producing legal documents such as court forms and statements
working from dictated notes
answering telephone calls, letters, faxes and e-mails
organising diaries and making appointments
preparing court bundles
delivering and collecting documents
filing and other general clerical work.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and knowledge

excellent secretarial skills (audio transcription skills are desirable)
some knowledge of the law and legal procedures
computer literacy
a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
discretion, for dealing with confidential information
a good standard of spelling and grammar
the ability to work to deadlines
the ability to work well as part of a team and also on your own
a polite, helpful manner.

Data Protection Subject Access Officer - Northumberland County Council

2013-05-17T23:00:00Z

Closing Date: 31 May 2013 12:00
Reference: FS263X
Location: County Hall - Morpeth
Salary: Band 5 | £11,773 - £12,911 per annum

Permanent.

We currently have a vacancy for a Data Protection Subject Access Officer (Children's Social Care) based within Children's Services. You will be responsible for undertaking all access requests to Children's Social Care files by current and former service users through the provision of a professional and personalised service. You will liaise with the applicants, support them through the process, and prepare their records in accordance with the Data Protection Act. You will need to have knowledge of the Data Protection Act, experience of working in Children and Families Social Services, excellent file management skills and an ability to empathise with individuals accessing personal information of a sensitive nature. You should be committed to providing excellent customer service.

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Saira Park, Safeguarding & LAC Quality Assurance Officer on 01670 623980

Monitoring & Enforcement Officer (Development Management) - Northumberland County Council

2013-05-12T23:00:00Z

Closing Date: 24 May 2013 12:00
Reference: DM18
Location: Morpeth or Hexham
Salary: Band 6 | £22,221 - £24,646 per annum

Fixed term to 31 July 2013 (Maternity Cover).

Your role is to investigate, process and monitor compliance with the terms of planning conditions and agreements. You will, investigate, process and monitor enforcement actions as set out in the relevant planning legislation and monitor other breaches of planning control relating to listed buildings, trees and advertisements. You will investigate complaints and allegations of unauthorised development received by the Development Management teams and where appropriate, carry out interviews and negotiate with developers, their agents and legal advisors to seek to resolve matters or to identify further action to be taken. You will prepare and present evidence and statements as directed for the Council in Enforcement Appeals at hearings and inquiries and assist with criminal proceedings resulting from breaches in planning control.

You will have a good standard of general education demonstrating numeracy and literacy and effective IT skills, knowledge of the main operational, procedural and practical issues relating to the DM service along with experience in a monitoring and enforcement capacity ideally in planning or a related field. You must have a good knowledge of current inter/national laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and developments relating to development management. This post involves the need to visit properties and development sites throughout the area on a regular basis therefore you must be able to meet the transport requirements.

School Adviser - Northumberland County Council

2013-05-08T23:00:00Z

Closing Date: 24 May 2013 12:00
Reference: LS152X
Location: County Hall, Morpeth
Salary: Soulbury point C (points 17 (£50,091) to 18 (£51,174) + 3 SPAs)

Education Service : School Adviser - Improving Ofsted Outcomes

Two School Improvement Advisers to support schools across Northumberland with a focus on improving Ofsted outcomes.

Temporary one year from September 2013 or earlier. This post is suitable as a secondment and would be suitable for an experienced senior leader with a good understanding of the Northumberland context and experience of school improvement work in different contexts.

The Local Authority's Education Service are looking to appoint two dynamic and innovative persons with the skills and experience to provide support and challenge to Northumberland schools.

In particular you will work as a School Adviser, supporting school improvement work with a focus on raising attainment, increasing rates of progress and securing positive outcomes in inspections.

A significant part of the role will be to work with schools currently judged satisfactory or ‘requiring improvement' by Ofsted in order that they achieve an improved outcome in their next inspection.

We see the School Adviser role as central to the positive relationship that exists between the local authority and Northumberland schools. You will have experience of raising standards in a number of different contexts and will have the personal skills and attributes to maximise the potential of this post.

You will work as an integrated member of the Education Service and will have regular access to induction, training and professional development to equip you for the role.

As the post involves working in schools across the Local Authority travel expenses are payable.

Northumberland County Council is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced CRB disclosure will be required for this post.

For an informal discussion please contact Tony Mays, Head of Education Service on (01670) 622767.

Senior Performance and Development Officer (Education) - Northumberland County Council

2013-05-08T23:00:00Z

Closing Date: 22 May 2013 12:00
Reference: LS155X
Location: County Hall, Morpeth
Salary: £29,236 - £32,800 per annum

Based in the Children's Group Performance Service, we have a vacancy for a post specializing in schools performance data and the Ofsted school inspection framework. We are particularly interested in candidates who haveadvanced technical skills to collect, analyse and present data with the ability to line manage a group of staff and deliver the schools data service level agreement. The successful person will work with senior managers, head teachers and data managers in developing further an already well-regarded service to support school improvement and positive outcomes for children and young people. The post could appeal to those who are Data Managers at schools, further or higher education establishments, and experienced data analysts from an education, health, or social care background.

For further discussion, please contact Alan Hartwell, Senior Manager Education and Safeguarding Performance, on 01670 623589.