Quality Improvement Officer

Job Introduction

Greenwich Children’s Services

Children’s Safeguarding and Social Care Division

Quality Improvement Officer 

Fixed Term Contract (6 Month)

To provide administrative support to frontline staff in the Social Care Teams, you will need to be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.  A confident knowledge of IT including word-processing, Excel and email is essential as well as the ability to manage your own time.

Leading on the tracking of data and collecting, collating, scrutinising, interpreting, and producing outputs and be responsible for implementing follow up actions and distributing information.   To take the lead in running financial reports and present findings to management team and rectify any discrepancies.

You will be required to undertake minutes of meetings to a high level of standards.

You must also appreciate the need for discretion and the importance of confidentiality, be able to work flexibly as part of a team and on your own initiative with minimum supervision.

This is a hybrid position in the Council’s offices currently based at Woolwich.

If you are short listed, you will be invited to take a test where your Excel and minute taking skills will be tested separately. Those successful will then be requested to attend an interview.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Disclosure will be undertaken on the successful person before appointment is confirmed.

For an informal discussion please contact Amerjit Kaur at amerjit.kaur@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or  0208 921 3258

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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