Contract Type : Permanent
Salary : Grade G SCP 23 £33,366 to SCP 28 £37,938
Hours per Week : 36 hours
Base Location : Hyde Town Hall, Market Street, Hyde, SK14 1AL
Assessment Date : To be arranged
The Role
This role is key to ensuring Tameside Local Area Partnership SEND communications and engagement with stakeholders, partners and SEND Families, including the local offer website, social media and our SENDing Newsletter, is proactive, informative, up to date and provides parents/carers, children and families with the help and support they need in a range of accessible formats.
The post holder will be a key member of staff within the SEND team supporting wider communication and promoting engagement with all stakeholders.
A key purpose is to maintain the local offer website, working with key stakeholders and partners across the local area to review and update content regularly.
About You
* You will be able to draft, Review, Edit, Update and Format communications and content to high standards so that it is accessible for parents/cares and young people
* Demonstrate extensive experience of designing/building WordPress websites and technical knowledge of working with website content
* Have excellent planning, organisation and co-ordination skills with a proven ability to prioritise.
* Work collaboratively with key stakeholders and partners to maintain and update information on the SEND local offer website including liaison with health, schools and other organisations across Tameside;
You can expect:
* A supportive induction package;
* Flexible working arrangements
* A professional and supportive group of colleagues
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
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. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager by email at katie.sherriff@tameside.gov.uk
Reference number DPT624
SEND Comms Officer Job description and person specification profile
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