Policy Officer

Applications are invited for the post of Policy Officer, an interesting and varied role that sits at the forefront of delivering on the Council's key corporate ambitions. The role sits in the broader Policy team which has responsibilities around Resident Engagement and the Equalities agenda as well as supporting Departments across the Council in developing key Policy ideas.

Key pieces of work for the team recently have included developing an Anti-Poverty Strategy, supporting Children's Services with their Improvement journey and writing a new Corporate Plan for the borough.

The role involves both undertaking research that will facilitate the design of evidence-based strategy and policy. You will be confident and adept at employing consultation and engagement methods to engage a diverse range of stakeholders, professionals and residents. The post holder will prepare high-quality reports, briefing papers, project documentation and monitor regional and national policy developments.

You will be a strong self-starter, able to work alone, with a good understanding of local government and current issues in Tameside. You will be educated to degree level with previous experience in policy and / or project delivery roles, as well as experience of developing and maintaining external partnerships across a variety of public, voluntary and private sector agencies. As a self-motivated and engaging team member, you will be willing to take the initiative and will have the confidence to influence decision making., 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.

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.