Information Officer

Job introduction

Do you have experience in working with data and information? Are you interested in better outcomes for all families? Can you work with people from diverse backgrounds?

In this post, you will be helping to support some of the most vulnerable children and young people across the City, by supporting our Family Help and Protection Quality Assurance Programme.

If you enjoy working with data and information, join our team in the Performance & Safeguarding Unit, Families, Children and Wellbeing Directorate.

Interview date: (TBC)

Contract: Fixed Term

This job would be offered as fixed term to external applicants.

This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy. Before applying, please ensure you have read the Secondment policy to ensure you are eligible to apply. In accordance with the policy, please ensure you have the written approval of your line manager before applying. Evidence of this must be included with your application. Please use your BHCC email address to apply.

For an informal discussion, please contact Carly Stockton Carly.Stockton@brighton-hove.gov.uk and Tina James Tina.James@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

As an information officer, you will:

• Process and manage data relating to Family Help and Protection.
• Support other staff to improve the quality and consistency of recording
• Use a number of information systems to record and report on a wide range of information about families and young people across the city, including Microsoft Excel, Power BI and our case management system (Eclipse), and other proprietary systems.
• Contribute to providing guidance and instruction to support information system use within Family Help and Protection.

If you are…
• Methodical and organised, with good attention to detail
• Confident with using databases and spreadsheets
• Used to working with a variety of information systems
• Able to communicate well with practitioners, including those with different levels of IT skills

Then we would like to hear from you.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview. As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).