08 Oct
Medway Council
Medway
Job details
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Pay
- £24,525 - £29,268 a year
Job type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Location
Medway
Benefits
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- Car scheme
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Paid volunteer time
- Transport links
Full job description
Associate Business Liaison Officer
Employer: Medway Council
Salary: Range 3 - £24,525 - £29,268 per annum / pro rata
Location: Fixed – Permanently office based at Gun Wharf
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: No
Closing Date: 23/10/2024 at 23:59
Reference: REC3339VR
Do you love engaging and working with people?
Are you organised and have an eye for detail?
Do you have a passion for Technology & have experience setting up AV solutions?
The main purpose of the role is to assist the Business Liaison Officer with the main Council meetings, set up AV equipment onsite to facilitate streaming them on YouTube - this will require evening and possibly late-night working.
To ensure participants of physical & virtual YouTube live streams can access the meeting, providing advice and guidance.
To produce video training content for ICT and assist ICT project implementation. This will enable ICT to engage with our users and help bridge the gap between the world of technology and everyday operational user tasks.
To assist with and arrange training courses, workshops (digital and face to face)
To assist the Business Liaison Officer to create digital training documentation, to accompany the training courses being delivered.
As part of this role, you can expect to undertake the following tasks:
- Setting up / configuring of AV equipment ready for virtual YouTube live streams.
- Creating / Updating support documentation.
- Creating training videos.
- Assist ICT to communicate to users via email & other media platforms in a non-technical way.
- Advising / supporting users for virtual team’s meetings.
- Engaging with senior managers at all levels within the Council and with Councillors.
- To constantly evolve & improve the AV and Live streaming experience for the users of Medway Council.
- Responding to simple queries via telephone or email.
- Liaise with various areas of the organisation to enable them to use technology to make processes more efficient and to upskill staff.
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.
If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager, please email the ICT Business Support Manager [email protected] .
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.
All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, family commitments, sexual orientation, age, HIV status, religious or political beliefs, social class or trade union activity or irrelevant spent conviction.
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
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.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
How to apply
Please be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATS
If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.
All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on 01634 332878.
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