Description:
The Senior Staff Officer is a frontline management position in the Council and is assigned responsibility for managing the performance of a section within a Department handling an area of the Council’s activities. They are responsible for ensuring that goals set out in Departmental and Team business plans become operational actions.
The ideal candidate will
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the structure and functions of local government, of current local government issues, priorities, concerns and future direction.
- Demonstrate relevant administrative experience at a sufficiently high level.
- Have a career record that demonstrates an ability to manage and supervise staff.
- Demonstrate effective financial and resource management skills.
- Have knowledge and experience of operating ICT systems.
- Be able to lead and manage a team effectively to achieve a common goal, ensuring strong governance standards and ethics standards are adhered to and maintained.
- Have the ability to motivate, empower and encourage staff under their control to achieve maximum performance by supporting the current Performance Management and Development System (PMDS).
- Understand the changing environment and be capable of implementing change in order to deliver quality services to our citizens.
- Understand the representational role of the elected members and be capable of working closely with them to deliver quality services and implement policy decisions.
- Be self-motivated with ability to work on own initiative.
- Have strong interpersonal and communications skills and be capable of representing the Council in a professional and credible manner.
- Have an awareness of Health and Safety legislation and regulations, the implications for the organisation and the employee, and their application in the workplace.
- Have an understanding of the role and duties of managers in safety management in the workplace.