Southend-on-Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community. We employ around 1,800 staff who are working alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the Southend 2050 ambition and make lives better for the people of Southend.

Working for Southend-on-Sea City Council offers a challenging and rewarding career in local government within a collaborative and innovate environment, with the benefit of flexible working practices to support a positive worklife balance. As a Unitary Authority, we are responsible for all local government functions ranging from social services, transport, public health and parks through to planning, trading standards, community safety and education, so we offer a wide range of career opportunities. The diversity of our economy and communities and investment in a number of exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a great place to work, learn and make a difference.

Southend Council are looking to appoint a full-time, Domestic Abuse & Reducing Parental Conflict Coordinator in fixed term capacity until March 2025.

The post holder will be required to support in the delivery of the domestic abuse strategy and the local authority duties under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, alongside supporting the delivery of training for reducing parental conflict.

They will be required to support contract management of domestic abuse contracts, including contract monitoring and collating, as well as managing purchase orders and invoices. They will need to minute meetings and support in implementing improvements to domestic abuse support services in Southend.

Another part of the post is reducing parental conflict, which will involve the post holder being the point of contact for practitioners and organisations. They will develop an authority-wide approach to reducing the impact of interparental conflict on children and young people, as part of the whole family approach. They will manage and oversee the delivery of the RPC programme, which involves liaising with relevant departments/agencies to raise awareness of new training programmes.

This position is a hybrid post, but you will be required to be on site a minimum of 2 days a week.

If you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective, we would want to hear from you.

In return, we will offer professional supervision; appraisal and regular training.

To be successful in this position, you are required to have an advanced administration background, with experience of local authorities or private social care sectors. Understanding of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 or parental conflict experience would be beneficial but not essential.

You need to be a proactive team player that knows how to prioritise, can meet tight deadlines and is strong in your decision-making.

You must have a good standard of education with excellent verbal and written skills, be IT literature and be able to work with finances.

Pension:
Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations.

Leave Entitlements:

We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave.

*We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities*

Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including:

Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge – you could be the candidate we are looking for.