HR & Employment Services
South West Councils' team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists offer high quality independent Employment Advice and Support to help you manage challenging people related issues and build your workforce wellbeing and resilience.
South West Councils
Bringing people together local authority Leaders, Children's and Adult Portfolio holders, Chief Executives, Heads of HR, the South West Strategic Migration partnership, to support the sharing of best practice and information and working for the benefit of the South West.
Job Opportunities in the South West
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Learning and Development Services
South West Councils’ team of professionally qualified and experienced specialists will work with you to meet your learning and development needs. An overview of our provision.
We are an approved End-Point Assessment Organisation for apprenticeships.
We work to encourage coaching and mentoring across the South West supporting the South West Coaching and Mentoring Pool.
Full training events schedule
Contact Us
Dennett House, 11 Middle Street
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1SH
Find Us
Tel: 01823 270101
Email: info@swcouncils.gov.uk
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Communications and Administrative Assistant
£18,795 - £19,171
Based in Taunton
Do you love variety and are you flexible? South West Councils is seeking someone who can provide communications and administrative support to officers and Councillors of our member organisations.
An application pack is available here. All applications must be made using the official application form, CVs will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 15th July 2019
Interviews will be held on 26th July 2019
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Events & Training
We offer a range of support to equip Members and Officers with the knowledge and skills they need to meet the needs of their communities.
Training and Event schedule, click here...
Forthcoming events are:
- Sep 11, Mentoring/Coaching
- Sep 11, Coaching & Mentoring
- Sep 11, Introduction to Coaching
- Sep 11, Executive Coaching & Mentoring
- Sep 11, Developing an Eye for Accuracy
- Oct 3, South West Challenge 2019
- Oct 8, The essentials of teachers' pay and conditions - what you need to know.
- Oct 9, Facilitation Skills
- Oct 16, Management of Volunteers
- Oct 28, Pension Administration
- Nov 19, Pension Managers' Conference
- Nov 19, Coaching Master Classes Day