About Us Tower Hamlets is a progressive, ambitious and diverse place to work. We place children and families at the heart of everything that we do and are relentless in our pursuit of positive outcomes for all. The Tower Hamlets Learning Academy is an innovative approach within Children’s services to enable excellent practice for our residents and make Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. The Academy was set up in 2018 as an engine to drive organisational transformation to foster practice excellence as well as recruit and retain high calibre practitioners. Tower Hamlets adopted a unique approach to setting up its academy by bringing five key workstreams in the division together into a singular operational unit. The Academy has since had a significant impact in establishing a relational culture (C Change Approach/People First) within the division and securing a stable and skilled workforce who are aspirational for the children and families. The success of the Academy has been acknowledged by Ofsted and the Department of Education as a national innovation. About the Role Are you a creative workforce development professional who is passionate about ensuring positive outcomes for children and families through a robust learning and development offer? If so, we would love to hear from you. It’s an exciting time to join Tower Hamlets Supporting Families Learning Academy, where we are currently seeking a Workforce Development Officer. The role will include the entire spectrum of training design, procurement, and delivery across the Supporting Families Division, with a focus on the Early Help Service as well as some collaboration with Children’s Social Care and the Youth and Family Justice Service. As the Supporting Families Workforce Development Officer, you will work with the Learning and Development Team Manager and Early Help Coordinator to support in-house experts to design and deliver training, procure training programs and assist in the delivery of the Supporting Families Workforce Development Plan. A high level of stakeholder engagement is required to ensure we work collaboratively across the division so strong relationship building skills as well as previous commissioning experience are a must. This is an exciting and fast paced role. If you have the drive, innovation, and commitment to support this exciting learning journey we look forward to your application. About You A good understanding of Legislation around Social Care and Early Help including good Practice Substantial experience of designing, directly delivering and evaluating learning and development programmes Knowledge of learning Theories Experience of commissioning learning and development activities Understating of the Training Cycle Experience of commissioning the delivery of services either through internal or external partners Please see Job Description for full details Our Offer We've been working hard to make Tower Hamlets a great place to practice social work. We will help you to develop excellent social work practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace. We are committed to developing excellent practitioners and making Tower Hamlets an employer of choice. We offer brand new state-of-the-art offices in the heart of the east end with great transport connections. We have fantastic transport links – Tower Hamlets town hall is directly opposite Whitechapel Station, putting all of London within easy reach of the town hall. Our employees are put on the Local Government Pension Scheme. This is a career average salary scheme, so your pension benefits are guaranteed and do not depend on how investments perform. We pay into the fund on your behalf. We positively encourage flexible working and work life balance aimed at supporting individual employee requirements within the context of meeting service needs. We have a number of money-saving schemes, including a rent deposit scheme (which offers staff an interest free loan to help pay rent deposits) and season ticket loan scheme (interest-free loans to help staff when purchasing travel season tickets). If you choose to work with us you will benefit from: A competitive salary: £51,099 - £54,135 Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 working days, rising to 33 days with 5+ years' service, in addition to bank holidays and an additional 3 days at Christmas. Opportunities for career development, with a clear framework for career development/leadership programme Good quality, regular, reflective supervision Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave Opportunities for agile/flexible working Cycle to work scheme/ Rent deposit scheme/Access to free eye tests Discounted gym/Costco membership & You at Work discounts and many others Application Details Closing date: 27 th October 2024 Interviews: 4th November 2024 - Please hold the date. All applications should be made via our online application system, no CV’s or alternative forms of applications are accepted. If you would like any further information please contact Sam Nair via [email protected] Additional Details Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect. Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic. We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.