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Project Support Officer
Hove Town Hall (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
No DBS check required
£26,873 - £28,770 (Pro-rata)
18.5
Job introduction
To provide comprehensive project support to assist the department to deliver on projects that support Brighton and Hove City Councils ambition to tackle domestic and sexual abuse and the wider forms of VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls).
Interview date: (To be confirmed)
This role will be hybrid with a minimum of 60% of time being spent in the office.
For an informal discussion, please contact Tess Michaels - (Strategy and Partnerships Officer)
tess.michaels@brighton-hove.gov.uk
About the role
Due to internal promotion, we are looking to recruit a well organised Project Support Officer to support the newly formed Domestic and Sexual Abuse and VAWG Team to deliver on the implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and support the coordination specific projects. The team leads on a broad range of work which ranges from capacity building with community groups, commissioning services, facilitating the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) to leading on Domestic Homicide Reviews. The successful candidate will provide excellent administration support to the Team and provide support to the MARAC when required to ensure a seamless service. The successful candidate will have an understanding of the issues that affect those experiencing domestic and /or sexual abuse and have knowledge of the current issues and developments in this area of work. Working with partners across the criminal justice system, statutory and voluntary sector as well as those with lived experience, it is essential that you will have the ability to work on complex and sensitive issues and have resilience to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
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As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Part office / part home – hybrid - We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.
Working arrangements are subject to Government guidance at the time. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
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