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Ref: EN/0823/043-B Vacancy ID: 5937152

Green Skills and Jobs officer

Closed for applications on: 22-Jan-2024 00:02

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 22-Jan-2024 00:02

Location

Site: Town Hall, Upper Street N1 2UD
Address: Upper street
Town: London
Postcode: N1 2UD
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Fixed term: 28 months

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working

35 hours per week (will accept part time no less than 28 hours or job share)

Salary

Salary: £42,510 - £45,711 per annum (pro rata)
Grade: (P03)

Specialty

Main area: Construction, Skills, Employment, Project management

Our mission

We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive. To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out ‘CARE’, which is what we think public service is all about.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Monitor developer compliance with the Section 106 agreement in relation to the green skills hub, ensuring that delivery proceeds at pace, and also that it enhances but does not duplicate any other local provision.

Ensure that the hub fit out is timely and relevant to the planned purpose – with appropriate equipment, apparatus and resources.

Maintain an updated understanding of the local jobs pipeline related to our major development sites, to ensure that the learning activities directly relate to actual job opportunities. by charting the works-packages in-order to create a schedule of works of potential employment routes for residents, within the councils:
New Homes Building
Capital Works (Housing Maintenance- Retrofit)
Repairs Services
Non-Residential-operations
Private developments (Section 106)

Identify relevant training programmes for delivery at the hub, identifying any pre-training needs to ensure there are accessible pathways for our residents.

Work with colleagues across the council and its partners, to ensure that the hub is engaging those communities who are currently underrepresented in specific roles or sub sectors within the construction industry.

Work with the Local Economies team, housing commissioners, procurement, and the construction sector manager to identify relevant local (could mean subregional) tradespeople and engage with them to access and achieve relevant accreditation such as PAS 2030 and PAS 2035 - in order to be able to deliver retrofitting and associated works within the borough, including opportunities presented by private homeowners looking to retrofit their properties.

Be responsible for ensuring that the Hub becomes a coherent Further Education and Adult Learning satellite, acting as a conduit for the local green hubs based in local colleages and the ‘Euston Construction Training’ centre.

Work with the Islington’s 100 hours World of Work team to ensure that there is also a benefit to local schools, in terms of raising awareness of green skills and jobs amongst young people, and identify activities to build a pipeline of new recruits coming from our local schools.

Create good working partnerships with training providers and develop expertise of existing/emerging funding & training opportunities in the‘green-skills’ agenda.

Work closely with internal stakeholders to realise the objectives of the Green Skills Strategy and Action Plan.

Attend sub-regional and regional GLA funded ‘Green Hub’ steering and operational meetings and identify and bid for actual emerging opportunities for training & employment -linking them back to borough-based roles.

Undertake all duties in such a way as to enhance and protect the reputation and public profile of the Council and achieve agreed service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed by the line manager.

It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination. 

Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.

Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are also committed to flexible working and will consider requests where possible.

Islington Council also operates random drug or alcohol testing for safety critical roles or for where there may be just cause.

To apply for this position please use the online application process. Please note that the council only accepts online applications, no CVs or alternative forms of applications are accepted. If you are unable to use the online process please contact the Recruitment team on 020 7527 2155 or e-mail [email protected]

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Have experience in the development of programmes that link to major construction or similar type developments & opportunities that aim to improve local resident access to the resulting employment opportunities
Have a relevant level 6 qualification or significant experience of the construction sector/similar sector and (desirable) of the main and emerging ‘green-skills’ components and related trade skills and future skills needed within the net zero- and carbon reduction arena
Strong communication and people skills as well as good numerical skills and ability to utilize excel spreadsheet for tracking progress and spend against budget/s.

Desirable criteria

experience of the main and emerging ‘green-skills’ components and related trade skills and future skills needed within the net zero- and carbon reduction arena

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with people seeking training and employment and with Employers evidencing a good understanding of their operational needs
Experience of reputation management and displaying a corporate understanding of potential issues
Experience of turning complex information into compelling, and relevant content that tells a clear and consistent story to its target audience
Experience of working directly with Training providers to negotiate appropriate delivery and accessible courses
Experience of working within partnerships, maintaining and developing them across multidisciplinary agencies and stakeholders

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to assess residents/learner needs and progress them accordingly
Good negotiation skills
Strong partnership abilities
A Self Starter
Ability to negotiate and advocate for best practice with partners who may have different drivers . Persistence and commitment is a key attribute needed .
Ability to work effectively both independently and as a team member, use initiative and be self-motivated within agreed time constraints.
Ability to think creatively and in a solution focused, analysing issues and reaching solutions. Ability to balance this with a practical application , strong attention to detail and an understanding of the key stages required for a successful programme of work creative
Understanding of the barriers faced by certain communities to employment in the construction sector
Willingness to work with flexibility to travel to areas and venues and support clients at flexible hours including some evenings and weekends to meet the needs of residents.
This role will require you to obtain an Enhanced/Standard/Basic satisfactory clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service