Transformation Graduate

Business & Corporate Services

Policy, Business Analysis, Change & Transformation

Chorley & South Ribble Council Shared Service

Job Title: Transformation Graduate
Location: Chorley
Salary: £25,409 - £26,845
Hours: 36.25 per week
Contract: 24 Month Fixed Term Contract
Closing Date: 06 June 2023

As a graduate in Change and Delivery, you’ll support our HR, Performance and Transformation teams over a two-year period, whilst learning valuable skills to develop your career.

The local government landscape is evolving and we're looking for a graduate to play a central role in delivering exciting projects and services that have real and tangible outcomes for people’s daily lives.

This position involves a two-year placement which will enable you to gain insight into the corporate services at the heart of our organisations, working across both Chorley and South Ribble Council. This will offer you the unique opportunity to experience working across two councils with individual priorities. You will experience sector leading innovation as well as getting hands on to play a vital role in delivering high profile pieces of work that make a real difference to our residents.

What you’ll be getting up to

• You’ll rotate around three services with the Change and Delivery team. This includes:

o Human Resources – You’ll support teams across the council with their people needs including recruitment, employee relations and HR projects
o Performance and Partnerships – understand and assist this team maintain high levels of performance across both Councils
o Transformation and Change – Support transformation projects across the Councils, and help improve our service for our residents and businesses.

• You’ll support the teams day-to-day operations, but also have the opportunity to work on exciting projects to improve the service

Who we’re looking for

• We’re looking for determined graduates who can take ownership of problems.
• You’ll be confident and able to work collaboratively with colleagues around the organisation.
• You’ll be a great communicator. Our Change and Delivery team works with every corner of the organisation, so you’ll need to be able to understand, analyse and present information effectively.
• You’ll have a minimum 2:2 degree.

About Us
We are proud to be part of both Chorley and South Ribble Councils. We work closely with the councils to ensure that our services align with their objectives and priorities. And we are committed to delivering the services that make a positive impact on the lives of the residents, businesses, and visitors.

Our Benefits
In addition to our fair and transparent salaries, you’ll have 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas Shutdown). Access our Health Cash Plan for cash back on a variety of medical treatment and use our benefits hub for discounts on brands you love.

Additional information
For an informal chat about the role please contact Victoria Willett by email at victoria.willett@chorley.gov.uk.

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, please contact us at human.resources@chorley.gov.uk.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Job Description

salary from

£25,409

contract

temporary

working hours

full time

application deadline 11 59 pm 6th Jun 2023