Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children Training Administrator

What’s in it for you:

Would you like to work in a supportive, friendly, and creative team?  Our focus is providing the highest standard safeguarding training for practitioners working with children, young people, and their families across the Dorset and BCP areas.

We genuinely value the positive contribution of every member of the team and are keen to welcome other like-minded colleagues.

What the team have to say:

“The best thing about this team is that I felt part of the bigger commitment towards safeguarding our children and families across Pan-Dorset”.

“We are a small team of supportive, professional, and very friendly individuals. We know the value of effective communication and working as part of a team to be a successful traded service”.

What you can expect to be doing:

You will work in a small team of training administrators who manage the day-to-day co-ordination of the Pan-Dorset Safeguarding Children training provision(PDSCP).

Provision of the multi-agency Safeguarding training enables staff to work effectively both within their own agency and across organisational boundaries.

The work involves a range of activities including (but not limited to):

•Handling general training queries e.g., bookings, course information, and distribution of certificates) via email and telephone

•Uploading of course information and management through the Dorset Nexus platform

•Sending out booking reminders, invite links and registers in a timely manner

•Ensuring master spreadsheets and relevant training files e.g., registers are marked accordingly and kept up to date

•Liaising with training providers, delegates and various teams within the local authority Children’s Services and partner agencies

•Maintaining information and undertaking research and analysing data to provide performance and management reporting as required

•Provide support in regard to course take up and offering recommendations to ensure maximum return on investment

•Overseen by the other team administrators and working together to ensure cover for A/L and sickness

About you:

We are looking for a team member with a high level of organisational skills who enjoys working in a varied and busy role. Someone who takes a structured approach to planning and problem solving, who is adaptable, proactive and willing to learn.

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

  You will:

• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

We cannot accept CVs in the place of an application form as we need the same range of information from all our candidates.

Find out more about how to apply.