SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL

Business Development

Somerset County Council is an ambitious local authority situated in an attractive part of the country. We commission, enable and provide a diverse range of services to over half a million people living in the County.

We offer an exciting and stimulating business environment which is driven by changing the way we work, how we meet customer needs and how we respond to policy and financial challenges. We are building an organisation that is positive, forward thinking and customer focused. This has included putting in place a new organisation structure and leadership team.

Business Development now provides a full range of business, commercial and transformation capability to the wider organisation. This includes managing some of our major suppliers, providing commercial expertise, and leading business and technological change.

We want to recruit people who share our ambition to deliver our change agenda and help build the Business Development function.

Service Manager – Information and Governance

Salary up to £43,152

Ref No: 5913/JLB/MJ

You will own and be responsible for the Information Management Strategy and framework to ensure enforcement and compliance across the organisation. Acting as the key champion for Information Management your role will also include sponsoring associated technology initiatives in support of the Information Strategy, You will also lead on the production of timely and relevant management information for the organisation.

You will need to demonstrate vision and ability in exploring new ways in which information and data can be used to improve the delivery of commissioning and services and ensure Information Governance and Records Management services are delivered in accordance with legislation and help support and continuously modernise new ways of working.

As the key link with Senior Managers across the organisation you will need to understand their business needs and shape the service to be able to respond to a challenging and dynamic environment.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Donna Fitzgerald, Strategic Manager – Business Client on 01823 355243.

Full details can be found at Somerset County Council website. You can contact the recruitment team at recruitment@somerset.gov.uk or telephone 01823 356862 (24 hour answerphone). Please quote the reference number 5913/JLB.

Closing date for receipt of a tailored CV and a statement of suitability of no more than two pages of A4 setting out how you meet the requirements to be received by 5pm on 16th May 2013. Please quote the reference number 5913/JLB.

Interviews will be held week commencing 10 June 2013.

Service Manager – Technology Salary up to £38,142 Ref No: 5915/JLB/MJ

Working closely with senior stakeholders within the organisation developing business requirements into outline technology solutions, you will oversee the delivery of major technology projects and ensure that the Council takes advantage of technical innovation and opportunity to improve business efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.

The post involves developing and securing approval to ICT strategies, and development of functional specifications for ICT services and systems liaising with Lead Commissioners, Directors, and Senior Managers as appropriate. You will ensure these meet client business requirements and also provide a quality assurance role.

By supporting the reshaping of the provider service/contracted services where appropriate, you will commission approved solutions from third party suppliers ensuring effective integration with all authority systems and compliance with all security policies. You will also assess the service providers' performance against the contractual framework, escalating concerns and securing improvements.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Alan Webb, Strategic Manager - ICT on 01823 355293.

Full details can be found at Somerset County Council website. You can contact the recruitment team at recruitment@somerset.gov.uk or telephone 01823 356862 (24 hour answerphone). Please quote the reference number 5915/JLB.

Closing date for receipt of a tailored CV and a statement of suitability of no more than two pages of A4 setting out how you meet the requirements to be received by 5pm on 16th May 2013. Please quote the reference number 5915/JLB

Interviews will be held week commencing 10 June 2013.

Strategic Manager – Commercial Advisory Salary up to £48,816 Ref No: 5912/JLB/MJ

This is a pivotal role in ensuring that the organisation is supported by robust commercial advice and support that helps deliver our new operating model and service review programme.

Working closely with the Strategic Manager – Business Client, your role is to support the commercial agenda and facilitate strategic commercial development across the organisation. You will lead on commercial and contractual aspects of strategic supplier contracts on behalf of the Authority. These include a number of our current outsourced services.

You will also play a key role in the direction of a range of significant change management and business improvement projects throughout the business and critically appraise and evaluate new service model and business case opportunities.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Donna Fitzgerald, Strategic Manager – Business Client on 01823 355243.

Full details can be found at Somerset County Council website. You can contact the recruitment team at recruitment@somerset.gov.uk or telephone 01823 356862 (24 hour answerphone). Please quote the reference number 5912/JLB.

Closing date for receipt of a tailored CV and a statement of suitability of no more than two pages of A4 setting out how you meet the requirements to be received by 5pm on 16th May 2013. Please quote the reference number 5912/JLB.

Interviews will be held week commencing 10 June 2013.

Service Manager – Business Change Advisors – 2 posts Salary up to £43,152 Ref No: 5914/JLB/MJ

You will work with senior leaders to provide advice, guidance and influence about effective change management and leadership accountabilities, influencing training and the development of programme design. Your activities will include overseeing and directly delivering high quality business improvement/business change activity across the organisation and with partners, will add value and drive performance.

Sitting centrally, with links to each business area within SCC, you will be aware of the various levels of impact of change on the business and customers, and tailor approaches accordingly. You will also contribute towards SCC being a learning organisation, allowing the sharing of lessons learnt and best practice.

As the key link between each business area and individual Programmes, horizontally across the Council, you will ensure better communication, understanding and buy-in and delivery of benefits that feed financial planning.

By leading the promotion of a business improvement ethos across the organisation you will aid a consistent communications approach, particularly around managing change and also accelerate the process and ensure quality of in-flight change activity, identifying and confronting change resistance.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Louise Day, Strategic Manager – Business Change on 01823 355559.

Full details can be found at Somerset County Council website. You can contact the recruitment team at recruitment@somerset.gov.uk or telephone 01823 356862 (24 hour answerphone). Please quote the reference number 5914/JLB.

Closing date for receipt of a tailored CV and a statement of suitability of no more than two pages of A4 setting out how you meet the requirements to be received by 5pm on 16th May 2013. Please quote the reference number 5914/JLB.

Interviews will be held week commencing 10 June 2013.