Partnership Support Officer
Policy, Business Analysis, Change & Transformation

UNITY BUILDING
SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON
MANCHESTER
M27 5AW

Partnership Support Officer
Grade: 2B £19,945 - £21,589
Working Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term 12 months
Closing Date: 6th January, 12 noon

The role
Salford is going through a period of significant growth and change and you will be joining us at an exciting time as we drive forward delivery of the City Mayor’s ambitious set of priorities – The Great Eight.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Partnership Support Officer based within the Policy and Partnerships Team. The post holder will play an important role in providing effective administrative and business support on behalf of the team and Salford’s wider strategic partnerships.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Organising meetings, preparing agendas and producing high quality minutes within agreed timescales.
• Protecting and maintaining public safety through administration of the council’s emergency planning processes.
• Assisting in the delivery and promotion of equality and cohesion related initiatives.
• Contributing to the delivery of a broad range of projects relating to city council and partnership priorities.
• The post-holder will also be supported to develop knowledge in different policy areas as part of your personal professional development.

About you

The successful candidates will have:

• Good written and verbal communication skills, with previous experience in a similar role desirable, but not essential.
• Highly organised and able to work to deadlines.
• Ability to ensure reliable, accurate and timely information is available at all times to inform decision making.
• An ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues and key partners.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Personally embrace the Council’s values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, and embodies these values in everything you do. .

The post will be based within the Policy and Partnerships Team to draw on support from the wider team, but will also report directly and receive support from the Head of Community Safety in a matrix management arrangement.

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester these include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester as well as many others. 

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr.


Location
Unity House
Vacancy Description
 
UNITY BUILDING
SALFORD CIVIC CENTRE
CHORLEY ROAD
SWINTON
MANCHESTER
M27 5AW

Partnership Support Officer
Grade: 2B £19,945 - £21,589
Working Hours: 36 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term 12 months
Closing Date: 6th January, 12 noon

The role
Salford is going through a period of significant growth and change and you will be joining us at an exciting time as we drive forward delivery of the City Mayor’s ambitious set of priorities – The Great Eight.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Partnership Support Officer based within the Policy and Partnerships Team. The post holder will play an important role in providing effective administrative and business support on behalf of the team and Salford’s wider strategic partnerships.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Organising meetings, preparing agendas and producing high quality minutes within agreed timescales.
• Protecting and maintaining public safety through administration of the council’s emergency planning processes.
• Assisting in the delivery and promotion of equality and cohesion related initiatives.
• Contributing to the delivery of a broad range of projects relating to city council and partnership priorities.
• The post-holder will also be supported to develop knowledge in different policy areas as part of your personal professional development.

About you

The successful candidates will have:

• Good written and verbal communication skills, with previous experience in a similar role desirable, but not essential.
• Highly organised and able to work to deadlines.
• Ability to ensure reliable, accurate and timely information is available at all times to inform decision making.
• An ability to build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues and key partners.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Personally embrace the Council’s values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, and embodies these values in everything you do. .

The post will be based within the Policy and Partnerships Team to draw on support from the wider team, but will also report directly and receive support from the Head of Community Safety in a matrix management arrangement.

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester these include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester as well as many others. 

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr.