Project Officer - Warwick, United Kingdom - Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire County Council

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Warwick, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Warwickshire County Council and its Employability and Skills team recently launched a new service which supports Warwickshire's young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism to gain employment.

Building on the council's significant investment in a range of support for young people and adults with supportive needs, the Warwickshire Supported Employment Service is designed to deliver highly engaging activity, supporting individuals to engage in meaningful employment support which will be shaped to meet their needs and overcome barriers into employment.

Individuals will be invited to attend regular community-based group sessions, linking directly to inclusive and uniquely carved employment opportunities with Warwickshire employers.

The ultimate goal of the service is to help those wanting to work to access employment opportunities, strive for independence and identify a career path which is sustainable and supports the individual to thrive.

It is our ambition to continue to build a team who will represent the values of our organisation, the vision for the new service and of course have the skills to inspire those we support, employers and the various partners we work with.

Since the launch in February 2023, the service has experienced high levels of demand for inclusive employment support the Warwickshire Supported Employment Service offers.

We must now build the team to reflect this and enable the service to continue to offer the high-quality support offer available to Warwickshire residents with learning disabilities and/or Autism.

The role

To work alongside the Warwickshire Supported Employment Service Delivery Manager, Programme Managers and other staff with the design, development, commissioning and management of projects, programmes, initiatives which support young people and adults with Autism and Learning Disabilities into work.

To provide project and contract management support on a range of projects, programmes, initiatives and campaigns.

To manage individual projects, initiatives, and campaigns.

To work with the Warwickshire Supported Employment Service Delivery Manager, Programme Managers and other staff to ensure that projects and commissioned services deliver commissioning plans, objectives and outcomes.

To assist with the review and verification of grant claims from delivery partners/ WCC grant recipients/ suppliers and the preparation of project or programme claims to funding bodies.

To undertake day-to-day updating of client record management systems and other monitoring systems that track expenditure, outputs, outcomes, impacts, issues and risks.

To manage individual projects, initiatives and campaigns which support young people and Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism into employment

To lead on the development and updating of relevant pages on the Council's web site and Intranet pages.

To assist Cost Centre Managers with monitoring expenditure, raising orders and processing payments.

To assist with the set up and establishment of grant agreements and contracts including supporting project inception visits and other due diligence.

To liaise with delivery partners, WCC grant recipients, suppliers, funders, and other stakeholders.

To assist with the preparation for external audits from funding bodies, the Government Internal Audit Agency and other agencies including the collation of evidence (procurement, expenditure, outputs, publicity, etc).

To assist with monitoring visits in order to ensure delivery partners/ WCC grant recipients/ suppliers have effective monitoring systems and audit trails in place including by taking notes and minutes.

To support WCC governance structures including Project and Programme Boards and Grant Panels by organising meetings, assisting with the production of meeting papers and taking minutes.

To assist with the production of evaluation reports for projects and programmes including the collation of client/ partner/ supplier feedback, case studies, performance data and impact evidence.

To help ensure project records are organised and retained in line with document retention requirements.

To deputise for other team members when required.

To undertake any other duties and responsibilities within the range of the salary grade.

What we offer

As a local authority, we pride ourselves in being collaborative and barrier breaking, whilst demonstrating strong team cultures by encouraging creative thinking, personal development and embracing new ways of working.

We are proudly an award-winning team recognised for its culture and employee engagement, we operate a "flexible working" staff policy, whilst also offering enhanced wellbeing and staff benefit programmes such as cycle to work schemes, childcare vouchers, pension and health care schemes.

The post is based at the Warwickshire Skills Hub in Nuneaton, with county wide travel and visits to neighbouring authorities anticipated.

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