Job introduction Job title: Policy, Procedure, and Standards Implementation Officer Location: Cunard Building/City Wide A bit about us: Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do. Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services. We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront, and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone Our Children and Young People’s Service is on an exciting journey and the recently created Children’s Workforce Academy is at the forefront of driving high quality practice across the holistic children’s practice system. This role is part of our ongoing commitment to the development of the Children’s Workforce Academy in implementing its Operating Model to support the practice system to deliver impact and focused outcomes for our children, young people and their networks via building a sustainable foundation of support to our holistic workforce. This is a great opportunity to be part of an aspirational and forward-thinking portfolio, with a priority of ensuring the workforce are equipped with the skills, experience, and knowledge to promote and enable change. The role : As our Policy, Procedure and Standards Implementation Officer, you will develop, revise, and implement policies, procedures, and standards across a children’s practice system in keeping within the Children and Young People’s Service Model of Practice and support the development, revision and implementation of policies, procedures, and standards across the Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership The Policy, Procedure, and Standards Implementation Officer will hold a degree in a related field (social care, youth work, teaching, policy development) or equivalent experience, and be confident in working with a range of professionals within the local authority and across the partnership As our Policy, Procedure, and Standards Implementation Officer, you will support the implementation of the holistic Model of Practice through the development of policies, procedures, and standards and will allocate, supervise, and manage work instruction across the practice system for activity associated with policy, procedure and standards activity Our offer to you : 35 hour working week with hybrid working model At least 31 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata if part time) – option to purchase further days Agile working – A “Flexibility First” approach to agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme Progression – opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning Health and Wellbeing – offer including Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme Family friendly policies with enhanced leave Discounted gym memberships Employee Volunteering Scheme Medicash Next steps: Closing date: midnight on Sunday 16 March 2025 Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Friday 28 March 2025. If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment & Retention Lead, via harriet.cadmanliverpool.gov.uk. Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitmentliverpool.gov.uk Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad. We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible. Watch our recruitment video and see what life is like working at Liverpool City Council