Job Description

Citizen Involvement Officer

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Grade C - £35,412 - £44,075

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Do you have a passion for listing to people and hearing and acting on what they tell you?

We have an exciting opportunity for citizen focused people to join us as a Citizen Involvement Officer for 12 months.

As part of the Public Participation Team you will be part of a team passionate about engaging citizens. We are currently leading on local engagement activities which include face-to-face attendance, facilitating online meetings, building contacts with local communities so you must be willing to travel and work outside of normal office hours.

It’s a small but perfectly formed team who are very busy and passionate about putting citizens first. We provide advice and guidance to the rest of the council on best practice approaches to consultation and engagement. So as you expect, we are looking for someone who has the right people skills to hit the ground running and add value to the work of the team and the council to the citizens of the city.

You will need to be able to work as part of a team and on your own, using your own initiative to provide advice, guidance and tools to enable citizen involvement at its highest level through to enabling engagement with citizens at the front door to many services.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Person Specification

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