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We work across the whole organisation, interacting with finance, legal and social care teams, to name but a few, so it’s rare that 2 days are the same.</p>\n<h3>Key responsibilities...</h3>\n<p>As our Head of ICT and Information Governance, you'll be at the forefront of:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Driving innovation: Implement technologies that improve efficiency and service delivery.</li>\n<li>Horizon scanning: Searching out new technologies and ways of working that can enhance service delivery across the organisation.</li>\n<li>Ensuring security and trust: Safeguard sensitive data and maintain public confidence in an ever-increasing digital world.</li>\n<li>Shaping policy: Influence local and potentially national approaches to governance, security and data protection.</li>\n<li>Build an ever-increasing high-performing team: Nurture talent and create a culture of excellence in our department.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Our benefits include… </h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).</li>\n<li>Annual leave purchase policy.</li>\n<li>Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance.</li>\n<li>An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.</li>\n<li>Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.</li>\n<li>Career development through internal and external training opportunities.</li>\n<li>Local government pension scheme.</li>\n<li>Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).</li>\n<li>A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.</li>\n<li>Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.</li>\n<li>Staff dental and health plans.</li>\n<li>Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.</li>\n<li>Supermarket discount.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Interview date </h3>\n<p>Interviews will be held week commencing 2nd December 2024, exact dates to be confirmed.   </p>\n<p>Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to meet the team personally and experience our work environment. </p>\n<p>We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.</p>\n<h3>Want to ask us a question? </h3>\n<p>For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact: </p>\n<p>Elise Battison - Assistant Director; Digital, Customer Focus and ICT</p>\n<p>Tel: 01344 351276</p>\n<p>Email: Elise.Battison@bracknell-forest.gov.uk</p>\n<p>At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.</p>\n<p><strong>We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK. </strong></p>\n<p>Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. 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Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.  </em></p>\n<p><em>Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.</em></p>\n<p><em>Whilst this is a fixed term contract appointment, for anyone already employed by Wokingham Borough Council this would be classed as a secondment if successful.  Therefore, the usual permission requests for secondments apply and you must speak to your line manager in the first instance before applying.</em></p>\n<p><em>Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.</em></p>\n<p><em>WBC is an equal opportunities employer.</em></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£30,559 - £34,311 per annum","publishDate":"2024-11-01T15:29:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-11-12T23:00:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/a16211b5-c0e5-434d-b0a4-28a4837e169f.png","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"ab39ff0d-4626-403c-9aaa-c5e72508b7ee","title":"Elective Home Education Officer ( FTC 12 months, part time 30 hrs p/w)","employer":"Bracknell Forest Council","department":"","location":"The Rowans Children's Centre","locationType":2,"description":"<p>We are seeking a dedicated individual to join our Early Help team, supporting children and families in reaching their full potential.</p>\n<p>You will have awareness of Elective Home Education Legislation, and the impact of positive education and learning experiences for children and young people. You will ensure their voices are heard and that they are safe and protected. </p>\n<p>As a member of the Early Help Service, you will take on responsibilities from day one, while receiving the necessary support to apply your skills and experience, ensuring that families and young people receive the highest quality support.</p>\n<p>The role includes, although is not limited to:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing effective delivery of statutory and strategic duties regarding Elective Home Education (EHE), ensuring children in Bracknell Forest are receiving suitable education based on age, aptitude, and special educational needs.</li>\n<li>Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, promptly address safeguarding concerns, referring to appropriate services when necessary and maintain accurate records for all home education provision.</li>\n<li>Ensuring data integrity and compliance by overseeing the registration process, managing data systems, handling sensitive information requests, and submitting statutory reports to support informed decision-making and policy development.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Key relationships</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fostering collaboration and effective communication by establishing and maintaining relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies, multidisciplinary teams, and parents to ensure comprehensive support and high service standards for EHE families.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Behaviours</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience of innovative working in collaboration with other partners and key stakeholders.</li>\n<li>Ability to build positive working relationships with partners, stakeholders and a range of organisations working with children and young people.</li>\n<li>Capable of working effectively both as part of a team and independently.</li>\n<li>Ability to recognise and manage conflicting pressures.</li>\n<li>Solution-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Experience</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>A methodical approach to information gathering, recording and reporting.</li>\n<li>Knowledge of key areas within the Education Acts and Children's Act.  Together with an understanding of Child Protection procedures, and other child related abilities, skills and experience relevant to DfE Statutory Guidance.  In particular Children Missing Education; Elective Home Education Statutory Guidance, and Working Together to Safeguard Children.</li>\n<li>Knowledge of alternative education approaches, curriculum frameworks, and resoures suitable for home education.</li>\n<li>Experience of innovative working in collaboration with other partners and key stakeholders.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You will be part of the Council’s Early Help Service with experience working with families, young people, and children with a range of needs.</p>\n<p>As a team member you will contribute to our ‘can do’ approach by being flexible and responsive to the unique needs of each family, child, and young person you are supporting. You will need to combine the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, supporting team colleagues and representing the service where this is required.</p>\n<p>The Early Help Service consists of a multi-disciplinary team that works with children, young people, and families.</p>\n<p>The Education Welfare Service comprises a team of highly skilled officers in a variety of roles to implement the statutory guidance <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance\">Working together to improve school attendance - GOV.UK</a> to help schools, trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities maintain high levels of school attendance and improve consistency of support.</p>\n<p>The team works in partnership with external and internal key agencies, schools, and families to support with all elements of school attendance. 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As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.</p>\n<p>No agencies please. </p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"FTE £30,762 - £35,983 inc. London Weighting and Essential Car User Allowance (pro rata £25,123 - £29,357 inc. 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The Council has led significant regeneration and place-shaping in the towns of Addlestone and Egham to provide a mix of residential and commercial capital schemes.</p>\n<p>We own and manage a portfolio of Social Housing within the Borough delivering first class landlord services across the wide remit of the Housing department including planned and reactive maintenance, disabled adaptations, environmental services, and estate management.</p>\n<p><strong>About you</strong></p>\n<p>We’re looking for someone with relevant experience of working as a procurement professional in the public sector.</p>\n<p>You should be a confident communicator and able to explain the procurement process to all Service Areas.  You will also need to be organised and proactive.</p>\n<p>Please see person specification for further information.</p>\n<p><strong>About Runnymede</strong></p>\n<p>Runnymede is an ambitious, passionate, and progressive council with a forward- thinking attitude and award-winning departments. As a Borough Council, we are committed to our four core values and goals which we demonstrate through our ongoing policies and projects.  We are always keen to improve our services and welcome innovative and proactive individuals who are open minded and have a positive approach in supporting our vision. </p>\n<p>The Civic Centre offices are based in Addlestone, Surrey, a short drive from the M25 J11. Addlestone is also served directly by trains from Woking, Reading and London Waterloo.</p>\n<p><strong>Benefits </strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hybrid working 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home</li>\n<li>Flexible working 7am-7pm (Core hours are 10-11.30am & 2.30pm-4pm) and Flexi-leave</li>\n<li>28 Days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holidays and 1 extra day at Christmas</li>\n<li>Excellent Pension Scheme, including access to an Advanced Voluntary Contributions</li>\n<li>Free Parking</li>\n<li>Training and development opportunities</li>\n<li>Payment of one professional membership per annum</li>\n<li>Cycle to work + further related discounts</li>\n<li>Season ticket loan</li>\n<li>UK Healthcare plan after 1 years’ service</li>\n<li>Dental insurance plan after 3 years’ service</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>How to apply</strong></p>\n<p>To apply for this vacancy, click the “Apply Online” link.</p>\n<p>We are passionate about building an inclusive and diverse workforce and we welcome applications from candidates with a variety of backgrounds, skills and abilities. If it is difficult for you to apply online, please contact Human Resources at <a href=\"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/users/new.js?original_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jobsgopublic.com%2Fvacancies%2F209969%2Fexternal_links%3Findex%3D2\">humanresources@runnymede.gov.uk</a> or on 01932 425527 who will be able to assist you.</p>\n<p>For an informal chat about this role please contact Amy Gibson, Head of Procurement on Amy.Gibson@runnymede.gov.uk.</p>\n<p><strong>Closing Date: 8<sup>th</sup> December 2024</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Interview Date(s): 16<sup>th</sup> December 2024</strong></p>\n<p>If you do not hear from us within two weeks from the closing date you have not been successful on this occasion. Thank you for considering Runnymede Borough Council.</p>\n<p><em>Runnymede Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults with care support needs and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You may be requested to present your identification at the interview stage and there will be several checks conducted during the onboarding process inclusive of an enhanced DBS check for specified roles.</em></p>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£36,573 - £48,915 per annum for 37 hours per week","publishDate":"2024-11-01T12:36:00.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-12-08T23:59:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/bcb37681-551f-4338-9bb6-83dfde643936.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"a0176b11-82da-4a04-8ce4-95e3b907f112","title":"Joint Executive Advisor","employer":"Waverley Borough Council","department":"","location":"Surrey - with hybrid working","locationType":2,"description":"<p><strong>Do you have experience of working in a complex local government or public sector environment?</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Are you looking for a role advising and supporting the implementation of council policy at the highest level?</strong></p>\n<p>Guildford and Waverley are working in collaboration to provide better sustainable local services and protect them for the future. 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Participation in all required training and any additional training identified during supervision and appraisals is also expected.</p>\n<h4>Our benefits include… </h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).</li>\n<li>Annual leave purchase policy.</li>\n<li>Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance.</li>\n<li>An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.</li>\n<li>Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.</li>\n<li>Career development through internal and external training opportunities.</li>\n<li>Local government pension scheme.</li>\n<li>Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing. 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To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.</p>\n<h4>Want to ask us a question? </h4>\n<p>For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:</p>\n<p>Mel Fleming, Assistant Community Service Manager HUB: Phone Number: 01344 351485</p>\n<p>or</p>\n<p>Jess Holt-Wells, Senior Social Worker Hub: Phone Number: 01344 354454</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.</p>\n<p>Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. 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You will have the ability to multi-task with a high level of accuracy and excellent communication skills are essential.</p>\n<p>Our team is growing in a fast-paced environment.  We work together to ensure Bracknell Forest residents are receiving the most appropriate support with their mental health.</p>\n<p>Working with people who are in distress can be challenging at times, however, we have various supports in place including a team monthly wellbeing day, Friday debriefs and a paid hour once a month to do something that makes you happy.</p>\n<p>We are a friendly and supportive team who share the passion to support those struggling with their mental health on their recovery journey.</p>\n<h3>Key responsibilities...</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To engage with people using a strengths-based approach to assess their own needs and develop a person-centred recovery plan.</li>\n<li>Working together with carers, family and friend networks, health professionals and statutory and voluntary services.</li>\n<li>To support with development and facilitation of our Connecting Minds Young Adults offer.</li>\n<li>To tailor your communication approach to the individual client’s needs.</li>\n<li>To collect information and record data accurately on our systems.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Our benefits include… </h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).</li>\n<li>Annual leave purchase policy.</li>\n<li>Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance.</li>\n<li>An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.</li>\n<li>Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.</li>\n<li>Career development through internal and external training opportunities.</li>\n<li>Local government pension scheme.</li>\n<li>Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).</li>\n<li>Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.</li>\n<li>Staff dental and health plans.</li>\n<li>Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.</li>\n<li>Supermarket discount.</li>\n<li>Paid monthly wellbeing hour.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Interview date </h3>\n<p>Interviews will be held on Thursday 28th November 2024. </p>\n<p>Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.</p>\n<p>We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.</p>\n<p>Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.</p>\n<h3>Want to ask us a question? </h3>\n<p>For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact: </p>\n<p>Bronya Fenton - Mental Health Team Lead</p>\n<p>Tel: 01344 351917</p>\n<p>At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambitious and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.</p>\n<p>Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. 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Our residents and communities need us and we are completely committed to shaping the future of our borough, together.</p>\n<p>The Planning Service is key to the Council’s ability to guide and manage the future development of the Borough, impacting on the quality of place experienced by residents, businesses, workers and visitors for generations to come. We are commencing work on a new Local Plan, defining the type of place we want Woking to be with adequate homes and opportunities for a vibrant economy.</p>\n<p>We are looking for an inspiring leader with the vision, drive and innovation to transform services, the ability to enthuse and motivate people and the skills to work effectively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. Reporting into the Strategic Director – Place you will take responsibility for planning service including planning policy, development management and building control. As a key member of the Directorate leadership team, you will work across the organisation and with external partners to secure our place ambitions.  As the Council’s lead advisor on planning matters you will be advising senior officers and members on key matters. 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Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.<br><br>Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London - with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.<br><br>Kingston's people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.<br><br>We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston's key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.<br><br>Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.<br><br><strong>About the Role</strong> <br> You will be the frontline professional delivering a first class, modern and flexible service to some of the most vulnerable people in the Borough. You will fulfil the council's statutory housing and homelessness assessment and decision making function, with particular focus on preventing homelessness. Candidates are normally appointed to the first point of the grade and will progress through the grade range with an annual increase (to the maximum point). Exceptionally, appointments may be made above the first point of the grade, for example if you have significant experience of delivering statutory homelessness services. <br><br><strong>About Us</strong> <br> This is an exciting time to be joining the Community Housing Service in Kingston. We have recently restructured all services with a renewed focus on managing our housing challenges particularly around prevention and temporary accommodation and we are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals who want to get the very best of outcomes for residents of the Borough. You will be joining a busy and hardworking team during a time of transformational change where every day offers an opportunity to make a positive difference. <br><br><strong>About You</strong> <br> We are looking for someone with housing knowledge, especially the Housing Act 1996 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, plus an understanding of the importance of homelessness prevention within social and welfare needs of households. Previous experience is welcomed, however we are looking for candidates that demonstrate an understanding of the needs of households when assessing and determining the statutory duties involved with homeless applications, as well as an ability to understand and comprehend sometimes complex situations. <br><br><strong>Our Offer To You</strong> <br> <br>As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.<br><br>In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.<br><br>Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:<ul>\n<li>Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)</li>\n<li>Three volunteering days per year in Kingston</li>\n<li>Flexible and agile working arrangements</li>\n<li>Comprehensive learning and development programme</li>\n<li>Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres</li>\n<li>Interest free season ticket loans</li>\n<li>Local Government Pension Scheme</li>\n<li>Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme</li>\n<li>Zip car scheme</li>\n<li>Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses</li>\n<li>Confidential wellbeing and counselling support</li>\n<li>Subsidised gym membership</li>\n</ul><strong>Application Process</strong> <br> <br> Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application. <br><br> The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. <br><br> We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process. Our hiring managers review applications based on the knowledge, skills and experience demonstrated in your application, and how well these match the job profile. Our HR Shared Service with Sutton Council was recently recognised nationally for having the 'Best Inclusion and Diversity Programme' at the PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards 2023, something that we're incredibly proud of. <br><br> Hiring managers are encouraged to ensure that their interview panel is diverse, and representative of a range of protected characteristics, to help remove unconscious bias and ensure candidates are treated fairly during the selection process. Some characteristics may not be obvious, but our panels are diverse wherever possible. We have a number of measures in place to inform and support our approach, including mandatory EDI and unconscious bias training for all staff, safer recruitment training for diverse panel members, engaging with our staff networks and encouraging allyship. We are fully committed to removing barriers and enhancing the diversity of our workforce. <br><br><strong>Additional Information</strong> <br> <br> We are proud to be a diverse and welcoming Borough. Our aim is to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve, and staff feel a sense of belonging. We celebrate and respect differences and appreciate the value of having a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. <br><br> As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for a role. <br><br> We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda. <br><br>We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government's minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.<br><br>The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-immigration-system-what-you-need-to-know\">GOV.UK website</a> for right to work guidance.<br><br><strong>Job Profile</strong> <br> <a class=\"file_application_pdf\" href=\"https://kingston-sutton-jobs.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/download_file_opp/3247/105858/1/0/f23d5f4b0cc11b92d518833ac9b3c8912e102307\"> Housing Solutions Officer JD & PS (1).pdf - 114KB Opens in a new window </a>","shortDescription":"","salaryDescription":"£31,440 - £39,264","publishDate":"2024-10-31T03:02:26.000Z","expirationDate":"2024-12-01T22:55:00.000Z","logoUri":"https://www.jobsgopublic.com/logos/logos/576d3f22-3d7c-40a1-8f0e-4ddeb4e4fb8e.jpg","score":1,"featured":false,"enhanced":false},{"id":"9fc2954d-d6e2-4e62-8d2b-98757c106f21","title":"Career Grade Planning Officer","employer":"Wokingham Borough Council","department":"","location":"Shute End/Home Working","locationType":2,"description":"<p>Are you looking for the first step on the ladder of your planning career? 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