What We Offer You

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply

Please complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact either:

• Natalie Hague, Activity Centres’ Business Manager, 07562 439619 Natalie.hague@leeds.gov.uk
• Helen Lord, Healthy Schools and PSHE Consultant, Helen.lord@leeds.gov.uk
• Steve Body, Healthy Schools and PSHE Consultant, 07891 273134 steve.body@leeds.gov.uk

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose:

Responsible for supporting the Health and Wellbeing Services business and traded service plans.

Responsibilities

• Support and advise in the development and delivery of the Services’ business plan, improve traded services and generate income to support the work of the service including annual review of the Health and Wellbeing Services offer, developed in conjunction with key stakeholder groups including Headteachers.
• Support effective management of service budgets, finance systems and develop budget/spending plans to work towards traded income to cover the costs of the Services.
• Maintain manual and digital records accurately collating and processing information from a variety of sources including reports in accordance with the requirements of GDPR.
• Support the review, development and launch of annual Service Level Agreements including specific activities during the course of the academic and financial year; promotion, publicity, reporting systems for headteachers and monitoring take-up and use of the SLA offers.
• Support marketing of annual training programme and publicity strategy linking with the Services’ website.
• Monitor and evaluate the annual training programme including; numbers of, and overall income generated by Leeds attendees and number of, and overall income generated by external attendees.
• Continually improve contact lists and related communications systems for schools in, and outside of, Leeds in line with GDPR.
• Support the team to identify and develop opportunities to promote best practice in schools, resolution of relevant queries from schools, working closely with the administrative team.
• Support developing cross-authority partnerships, emerging developments and new business ideas for generating income.
• Coordinate, in negotiation with the service manager, administrative staff and consultants, ongoing improvements to the services’ websites and their promotion to generate a successful income streams, meeting deadlines and delegating administrative duties as appropriate.
• Co-ordinate the quality assurance (QA) and proofing of copy for online resources and support any associated legal and copyright procedures. Update and collate news content for all websites managed by the services, including Leeds for Learning.
• Develop effective sales, publicity and marketing strategies for the programme, locally, regionally and nationally including identification, research and testing potential new market opportunities - with local authorities, academy chains, multi academy trusts (MAT’s) and independent/free schools including maintenance of a key contacts list.
• Work towards agreed outcome measures for children and young people within a results-based accountability framework. Adhere to team QA procedures and work to agreed trading targets with regard to all training and support to schools.
• Maintain effective relationships with staff at all levels within Childrens Services, other Council Directorates, Elected Members, external agencies and the general public.
• The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.

Qualifications

Degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience gained in relevant service area is essential.

Essential requirements

Candidates will only be shortlisted if they can demonstrate that they meet all the following essential requirements.

• Able to work effectively as part of a team and to demonstrate organisational and time management skills prioritising own and team’s work to meet conflicting deadlines.
• Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people including internal and external partners and customers.
• Able to develop constructive working relationships and to work in partnership with others to deliver.
• Able to work within and interpret financial policies and procedures ensuring value for money.
• Able to accurately analyse, enter and retrieve data and information from digital and manual systems producing, presenting reports and data for different audiences.
• Able to use initiative to develop solutions to day to day issues and problems and identified needs.
• Able to apply a range of project management techniques and methodologies in practice to achieve desired outcomes in a professional manner.
• Able to support traded service environment, using creative communication/marketing and digital platforms.
• Able to promote traded services at local, regional and national.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, policies with ability to interpret and apply them consistently.
• Knowledge of business and trading environment, including sales, communication and marketing techniques using digital platforms.
• Knowledge of relevant financial regulations to carry out financial transactions and supporting budget/spending plans.
• Understand challenges faced by Children’s service, local Government and the wider public sector locally and nationally.
• Understand wellbeing and health of children and young