Total 204 Others level Customer Service job vacancies in Stafford, ST16 3AG

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Support Worker Stafford- £11.45 ph (42 hours per week)

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday 7am-2pm, 2pm-9pm, 7am-9pm, 9pm-7am

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:
Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
Wagestream giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
Funded Blue Light Card hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
Enhanced retirement leave
Long service awards

We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands-on Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support. As a support worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people!

Our supported living service in Stafford is a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by teaching them new life skills, assisting with personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. One day you could be out with the people we support shopping in town, the next you could be unwinding with them watching films or going to the cinema.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone's life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, whether this be making dinner by themselves or going on holiday.

We’re interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Support Workers should be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, our Support Workers should ideally hold a full UK driving licence, have experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals with autism, learning disabilities and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

We have a fantastic range of benefits for our staff and we offer sector leading career progression, so don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. For more details on the post, please contact Katie Preston. (see contact details)

This is an exciting and fast paced role to support the strategic aims of Staffordshire County Council Children's Social Care. You will help enable practice excellence and practice evaluation to support effective learning and creating a culture of innovation.

If you have the drive and commitment to support this exciting journey we look forward to your application.

This role is a full time, 2 year fixed term role ending 31 December 2026 and is a hybrid role. There is expectation that part of your week will be office based.

Main Responsibilities

You will work as part of the Practice Excellence Team to and be expected:

• to lead in providing expert quality assurance analysis reports, guidance and support to staff to improve auditing across Children's Social Care includung:
  • quality assurance activity, quality assurance analysis, development and implementation of improvement plans following analysis.
  • Improvement (process & change management within social work practice)
  • Practice improvement across all levels of social work practice
  • Co-production, staff engagement and training, to improve practice and develop professional social work skills.
• to support the implementation of continuous improvement activity across Children’s Social Care relating to Social Work Practice.
• to promote and lead in line with our Children and Families vision, working in a relational and restorative way.
• to engage all stakeholders to develop, review and implement innovative and effective quality assurance analysis and planning as as a relational leader
• to develop in-house auditing experts and support in promoting learning, practice improvement and staff development based upon audit analysis alongside the workforce development team.
• be confident in audit analysis and practice improvement to enable us to further build on a culture of learning.
• critically challenge social work practice and work with colleagues to effect change, improving standards of practice for children and families.
• work closely with colleagues across Children’s Social Care, and within the Intelligence, Performance and Engagement Team (IPET).

The Ideal Candidate

You will have :

• substantial social work post qualifying experience
• Knowledge of current best practice in social work and learning and development.
• Up to date knowledge of social work training and practice
• Understanding of auditing methodology including how to capture and report on learning, understanding operational and strategic requirements.
• Experience of overseeing, directing and evaluating social work practice, with an awareness of what excellent social work practice looks like.
• Experience of delivering a range of learning methods such as group training, coaching, mentoring and one to one support
• Experience of working within a team to provide an excellent service

Interviews will be held on Monday 16th December 2024

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills and experiences so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Jennie Arries, Head of Practice Excellence & Principal Social Worker. Jennifer.Arries@Staffordshire.gov.uk

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Do you have an interest in supporting people and people processes? Have you had experience of working in a team that is involved in developing people processes systems? Have you had experience in an HR Generalist or ER advisory position?

If this sparks your interest, and you are looking for the next step in your career, which can also be supported by an Apprenticeship, then look no further.

We are hiring for a newly created People Operations Support role to join the People Operations team based at our Stafford based Head Quarters. This role will provide technical, advisory and administrative support for all elements of the employee lifecycle including:

Provide advice and guidance to employees in line with policies and procedures
Maintaining and updating our People and Payroll system (Dayforce)
Administration of key people activity such as recruitment, onboarding, learning
On-going development of core system modules including testing ahead of upgrades
Development of people metric reports and dashboards
Staying up to date with legal compliance, and supporting people policies / process improvements

We are ideally looking for a People Operations (HR) generalist who may have had experience working with Dayforce, other systems would also be advantageous. You will enjoy getting to grips with all elements of ER and HR including utilising systems. You will be competent with maintaining people data, producing reports using analytical skills, with the ability to identify trends and ‘tell the story’ to the stakeholders. You will have a good understanding of Excel and have excellent attention to detail as well as strong numeracy and literacy skills.

This is a full-time permanent position working 37 hours Monday – Friday with flexibility on start and finish times and hybrid working – 3 days on site following a successful probation.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We are an innovative, highly accredited market leading technology provider with high employee engagement, working to a clear set of values with sustainability central to its activities.

Everyone is welcome and will always be supported in their career with us. We encourage our people to bring their authentic selves to work and we will always ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their full potential.

We support employees and embrace diversity, which goes beyond policies and procedures, as we provide an environment that nurtures inclusivity and engagement. From comprehensive training programmes a wide variety of apprenticeships and the opportunity to support the community, with up to 3-days a year to volunteer, we provide a place where employees can be at their best.

Built around sustainable business methods, and a true dedication to our customers with delivering the best possible service, we believe in our people to always work with integrity and continually innovate. We understand that taking inclusion and diversity seriously as an organisation is imperative to ensure that we live up to our values.

Are you detail orientated and organised? Do you want to work in a fast-paced environment where multi-tasking is a must?

If yes, this may be the job for you.

We are seeking a Branded Client Device Support to join our Procurement - Products team.

We are looking for someone to support the Strategic Partner Manager for all branded client devices range, in the day to day running of the Client Business. This includes engaging with Sales, Purchasing, Marketing and the Services teams to drive the client business. To collaborate with sales on their opportunity pipeline and facilitate support on available stock, deal registrations and closing opportunities with sales while helping to deliver marketing driven activities, promotions and training.

Key tasks will involve:

Support Marketing Team with Collation of POE (proof of execution
POE upload to vendor portal or Vendor contacts where required
Produce monthly and quarterly analysis and reports on vendors, to identify sales performance
Develop an understanding of Vendor partner’s business, strategy, operations, and technology, ensuring this is communicated across the business.
Represent Stone at Vendor Partner Events, reporting internally on Vendor strategy and direction to ensure alignment and opportunity with Stone strategy.
Maintain effective internal communications to ensure that all relevant company functions are kept informed of partner activities.
Where required to assist in the creation of promotional materials, such as brochures, PDFs, emails, banners etc. either in-house or through third party supplier.
Maintain effective internal communications to ensure that all relevant company functions are kept informed of campaigns and objectives.
To have a good knowledge of the market for IT Client Devices products and services, awareness of market trends and new market product developments and technologies.
Understanding who the competition is within the product area.
Analyse strengths and weaknesses, ensure this information is maintained.

The suitable candidate will have demonstrable experience of digital sales and marketing and the IT channel. They will understand online advertising channels and technologies, M365 Office365 applications and functionality, and have have experience using a CRM and possess analytical skills

It is also desired but not essential to have beanded client sales and or recognised technical qualifcation, relationshop management experience, as well as experience of integrated campaign management and knowledge of technology and online advertising technologies.

Job details:

This is a full time position

The working days are Monday to Friday

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of sufficient applications for this position.

No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community. We have an equality, diversity, and inclusion policy that support this approach.

To discuss any reasonable adjustment or request a paper based application form as an alternative, please contact People Operations on 08448 22 11 22

Agencies need not apply.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

The post holder is an experienced clinician, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, critical thinking in clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary General Practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In order to work at this level, professional requirements for advanced practice must be met. To deliver a high standard of patient care as an Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP) in general practice, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base. Have a good understanding and appreciation of clinical governance and to work within ones sphere of competence. To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting, responding effectively and holistically to patient needs and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services To triage patients into the most appropriate appointment based on their triage request and presenting symptoms Ensure development and use of referral pathways for UCPs to the local services To mentor and support other clinical staff in developing and maintaining clinical skills. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL ROLE: The post-holder will: Provide the choice of direct access to an UCP, both in the Practice and over the telephone, for the general practice population Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan. This could be here in the practice as well as seeing patients in their own homes. Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports To prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework and considering agreed prescribing formula guidelines To maintain comprehensive, accurate and contemporaneous computerised records of all consultations and contacts with patients and, when appropriate, written or printed records To maintain confidentiality and privacy while communicating data, plans and results, in a manner that preserves the dignity and privacy of the patient and provides a legal record of care Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate and as agreed by the practice and partners To liaise with a doctor about patients with complex problems who need the expertise of a general practitioner To liaise with all members of the practice, community teams and other agencies local authority, social services, secondary care and voluntary agencies to assure appropriate care is provided for the practice population. Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure that National Service Frameworks (e.g. Coronary Heart Disease/Older People/Diabetes/Mental Health) are being delivered Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the wider local trust, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning. PROFESSIONAL ROLE: The post-holder will: Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review Maintain their professional registration To promote personal and clinical excellence Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest guidance and other pertinent standards Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and work with the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice Demonstrate leadership Pro-actively promote the role of the UCP within the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies. ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE: The post-holder will encourage and develop teamwork within the practice Working within the different practice teams in developing new roles, responding to changing healthcare needs Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate both clinical and administrative tasks Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner Interpret variations in outcomes and use of data from information systems to improve practice Participate in practice meetings Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate, using such data to make improvement to service Work closely with the GPs and management in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets To actively participate in the delivery for such QOF and other targets Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully implemented To keep Partners and management informed about pressures and difficulties or problem areas when aware To understand and participate the role of risk management within the practice, contributing to risk assessment, significant event audits and infection control.

Are you a dynamic and driven professional looking for a new challenge? Our client is seeking a Business Development Consultant to join their team. The company is an independent healthcare organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional care to highly dependent adults and children in their homes.

• Salary: Up to £55k + £20k OTE + travel allowance
• Location: Home based, with frequent travel to head office in Wimbledon
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• A supportive and dynamic work environment
• Uncapped bonus
• Pension scheme
• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Extra day for your birthday
• Fully funded events throughout the year
• Blue Light Card for shopping

The Role:
As a Business Development Consultant, you will:

• Manage the full sales process, from generating new contacts to aftercare once a package is in place.
• Work independently, visiting existing and potential commissioners, and supporting the office team.
• Market the organisation and services using the smartest platforms.
• Project manage and liaise with operational and clinical teams.
• Generate new packaging recommendations through structured business development.
• Finalise submissions and bid documents for new business.
• Review and resolve new business pricing.
• Contribute to marketing campaigns.
• Attend meetings with stakeholders, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Create effective and lasting relationships with all stakeholders.

The Candidate:
The ideal Business Development Consultant will have:

• Experience of working within/with complex care, social care or NHS
• Commercially aware as well as sales driven, and target focused
• Used to working with ICBs
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Experience of writing bids and responding to tenders

Our client is an independent healthcare organisation committed to delivering high-quality care to adults and children in their homes. They work in partnership with service commissioners to ensure clients can live safely at home, even when specialist complex healthcare is required.

If you are a motivated professional with a passion for business development and healthcare, then this role could be the perfect fit for you. Apply now to join a dedicated team making a real difference in people's lives.

If you have experience as a Business Development Manager, Sales Manager or Account Manager within the health and social car sector, you might find this Business Development Consultant role particularly interesting.

INDCRE

Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

​Are you passionate about kinship care?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within the brand new specialist Kinship Supervision and Permanence Support Team!

Here at Staffordshire we recognise the need for specialist Kinship support, our brand new team will boost our provision and provides a fantastic opportunity to provide nurture, support and supervision working creatively to ensure children remain within the family and friends network.

Our new Kinship Supervision and Permanence team will provide:

• supervision and support to kinship foster carers across the county following their approval from panel, this can include families where there are additional support needs.
• provide more directive support to kinship foster carers with a focus on alleviating any barriers progressing to a permanence route which best suits their family life, but most importantly is in a child’s best interest.
• to progress the Special Guardianship (SGO) report for Court, including the SGO support plan, and manage Court proceedings to conclusion where the care plan for the child in their care is Special Guardianship
• once an SGO is granted they will support the transition from this team to the Special Guardianship Post Order Support Team.

This is a county wide team based in Stafford. You will be undertaking visits to families in a range of areas as such a mixture of home and office working is promoted.

Main Responsibilities

As an supervising social worker, you will:

• undertaking regular supervision, support, and unannounced visits to a variety of approved kinship foster carers
• also undertake fostering assessments in relation to changes of approval and foster carer annual reviews and Special Guardianship reports for Court
• close liaison is maintained with children’s teams and others involved in the team around fostered children to ensure good outcomes for children.

As part of this dynamic service you will be involved in Smarter working practices in order to continuously strive for best practice, offering positive experiences for applicants whilst providing high quality reports.

You will have access to Fostering Training and will work closely with the SGO Post Order Support Team as well as other Fostering and Kinship Teams across the service.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• be a Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England with ideally 2 year's experience
• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the Fostering National Minimum Standards / Fostering Regulations / Special Guardianship Regulations.
• have excellent report writing and communication skills
• be highly organised and able to manage a busy workload in order to meet deadlines.
• be able to work as part of our team and the wider service, whilst having the initiative and confidence to work autonomously when required.
• have experience in a wide range of aspects of the social work role

If you'd like to discuss the role further, please contact Team Manager, Chloe Ottley chloe.ottley@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews will held on either the either the 11th or 12th December

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully with evidence of essential qualifications, alongside the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Staff Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Stafford in Stafford Salary This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary is between £31414 - £38,296 per annum - depending on experience. How will we support you? Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course Competency framework Regional and national career development opportunities Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs Support from the wider team Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Staff Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Stafford in Stafford Salary: This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary is between £31414 - £38,296 per annum - depending on experience. Hours: Monday - Sunday - 37.5 hours per week, shifts covering: 7am - 7.30pm 7.45am - 5.30pm How will we support you? Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course Competency framework Regional and national career development opportunities Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs Support from the wider team Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Our Family Hubs are a local support centre for families with children and young people aged 0-19 years, (aged 25 with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)).

They are a place:

• to get help, information, advice, guidance and support to overcome difficulties and build stronger relationships.
• that provides a multiagency offer that can be accessed face to face or virtually.

Please note : You'll be based in the Stafford Family Hub, however you will be required to cover any of the other sites across the south of Staffordshire in the event of holidays or sickness so you will need to be able to travel throughout the county when needed.

The hours of work are 8.30am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 8.30am - 4.30pm Friday.

Main Responsibilities

You will provide excellent customer care and a professional reception service meeting and welcoming families, children and young people ( 0-19 years) into our Family Hubs.

You'll also be:

• managing incoming telephone calls, emails and enquiries about services
• registering new service users and signposting to relevant activities and provision within the district.
• data inputting.
• provide information, advice and guidance.

The Ideal Candidate

You'll have:

• good organisational skills and experience of using a wide range of IT systems including MS Office.
• good communication skills because you’ll interact with lots of people on the phone, in person and by email
• a flexible approach to work as sometimes things can change, and so you’ll need to be able to prioritise work and sometimes change tasks quickly
• a passion to always give the best service

Please ensure that you outline how your skills and experience meet the person specification within the supporting statement of your application.

For further information please contact Kate Tomson-Rayner kate.tomson-rayner@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews will be held on the 5th December 2024 at Stafford Family Hub ST16 3NQ

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully with evidence of essential qualifications, alongside the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Diagnoses tree and shrub biotic/abiotic disorders and identify the presence of pests and diseases using diagnostic tools.
• Develops contract specifications for tree-related work to be accomplished by an outside contractor.
• Participates in project planning meetings and provides recommendations for construction preservation of trees in accordance with industry standards.
• Develops a Plant Health Care (PHC) program to maintain the health of trees and shrubs.
• Performs annual and comprehensive condition assessment of trees to determine the health & vigor, and structural stability of trees through the knowledge of tree identification, components, and structure.

TERM APPOINTMENT:
This is a term position (more than 1 year) with an initial appointment expecting to last at least 13 months but may be extended up to a total of four years, or more based on any changes to regulations governing the number of years term appointments may last, without further competition. Term positions do not convey permanent status in the Federal service.

The National Park Service retains the right to extend the duration of this appointment after selection and/or appointment, based on changes to the regulation governing the number of years term appointments may last. This change, which may be made at the agency's sole discretion and without further competition, shall not be construed or interpreted as the granting of a right to a selectee or employee to such an extension. No extension to a term appointment shall be granted to a selectee/employee to an amount of time that exceeds the maximum number of years authorized under any present or current regulation, unless such regulation expressly allows such action.

Starting at $31.81 Per Hour (WG 9)