Children's Services Strategic Workforce Development Officer

You'll work collaboratively with the Heads of Service, Strategic Workforce Lead and HR colleagues, supporting them to attract and retain a talented the children's workforce.

Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

This is a 12 month contract and can be offered as a fixed term contract or a secondment. Join us and make a real difference!

In return we offer you:

• Generous annual leave entitlement


• Generous local government pension scheme package


• Access to wider training and development qualifications


• Flexible working scheme


• Travel plan discounts


• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker


• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service


• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers


• The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/


We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our Council Plan priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome being a 'clean and green environment'. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day's paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.

Our organisation:

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.