8781 - Health and Housing Senior Officer

Details

Reference number

288393

Salary

£41,700 - £49,370

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Fixed Term

Length of employment

2 years

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

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About the job

Benefits

Things you need to know

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Location

Wales

About the job

Job summary

This role supports the Health and Housing team to ensure the Housing with Care Fund (HCF) successfully meets the Programme for Government commitments to support innovative housing development to meet care needs and fund regional residential services for children with complex needs.

Job description

This role supports the Health and Housing team to ensure the Housing with Care Fund (HCF) successfully meets the Programme for Government commitments to support innovative housing development to meet care needs and fund regional residential services for children with complex needs.

Person specification

The HCF has an annual capital budget of £60 million. The Fund invests in specialist permanent housing, such as extra care for older people, and supported living for people with a learning disability, as well as short to medium term accommodation and intermediate care settings, such as children’s residential accommodation, transitional accommodation e.g. for young care leavers and people with emotional and mental health needs, and step up/step down accommodation.

• Provide business and administrative services to the Health and Housing team.
• Log grant applications, prepare offer of grant letters, check and certify grant claims.
• Monitor funding commitments, expenditure and forecasting.
• Build and maintain good relationships with Regional Partnership Board officials, grant recipients and colleagues in related policy areas across Welsh Government.
• Arrange internal and external meetings, help draft agendas and papers, respond to requests for information, take minutes, and record decisions.
• Monitor and contribute to day to day government business, correspondence and communications.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

There are 3 stages to the application and assessment process:

Stage 1 – Submit CV & Personal Statement

Please upload your CV and Personal statement (no more than 2 pages). We are particularly looking for you to demonstrate how you meet each of the Job Specific Criteria. You can find these in the Job Specific Criteria section of the advert.

• Please note that we will be assessing your CV and personal statement against the job specific criteria listed below . Ensure that your personal statement identifies how you meet the Job Specific Criteria. (approx. 300 words for each criterion).

Stage 2 – Sift of CV

After the closing date, all applicants’ CVs and personal statements will be assessed.

Candidates who successfully demonstrate that they meet the minimum Job Specific Criteria will be sent an online skills test/presentation (duration 5 minutes).

Stage 3 – Skills Test (Online)

The skills test will be scheduled an hour prior to your interview

Interviews date is TBC.

Stage 4 – Interview

Your interview will be based on the Skills Profiles or Behaviours/Skills and Job Specific Criteria outlined in the sections of this advert.

At Interview stage you will be asked questions which will allow you to provide evidence (including specific examples) of how you meet each of the Job Specific Criteria and Behaviours and Skills required for this role.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Daniel Jones Email : sharedservicehelpdesk@gov.wales

Recruitment team

Email : sharedservicehelpdesk@gov.wales