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Political AssistantApplylocations: HU1time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: 14 August 2026 (21 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Proposed Interview Date: Monday, August 31, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Alex Holgate Contact Number: Job Description Summary: This is a Full Time Fixed Term Post This post is fixed term for one year due to statutory requirements, but may be subject to extension after this period Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 31 August 2026 Do you have political or local government experience? Are you confident dealing with the press, managing social media outlets and providing political advice to senior local politicians? Are you a member of the Reform Party or do you share the party's beliefs and values? Providing research, political advice and support to the Reform Group Leader and Reform councillors in Hull, you will draft and present reports, provide high quality support, plan agendas, attend and minute meetings and liaise with outside bodies and the press on behalf of the Reform Group. You will assist the group in its relationship with the local press and proactively ensure that the group's messages are developed and communicated widely, through a variety of media outlets. At the same time, you will ensure that key decisions from Group meetings are swiftly implemented and proactively identify issues of political interest, whilst supporting councillors with public speaking engagements and formal council questions and motions. You will be knowledgeable about the functions of a local authority and will be familiar with the roles of councillors and political party groups and will be able to work in a politically sensitive environment. Equally importantly, you will bring considerable initiative to support the Reform Group to undertake their role, and will display a very organised and self-motivated approach, backed by a high level of IT literacy and a sensitive approach to managing confidential information. Finally, you will need to be able to understand the diverse needs of the Reform Group and balance individual councillors' demands and expectations. As well as taking direction from the Leader of the Group you will work closely with the Group Whip and Democratic and Member Support colleagues. ROLE AND PURPOSE To provide a high level of advice, assistance, research and media support to the assigned Political Group (the group) on a broad range of policy and other issues. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: 1 Strategy - Advise the group as appropriate on matters of policy and the political implications of council decisions or activity and develop policy optionsUndertake policy research and analysis and prepare reports, position papers, presentations, etc. as required by the group leader, portfolio holders/shadow portfolio holders, or with the agreement of the group leader, other members of the group.Prepare draft notices of motion for council and other meetings for consideration by the Group leadership.Develop and maintain good working understanding of the functions, operations and staffing of the council to support other tasks.Develops the necessary communication systems and working relationships between Directors/Senior Officers and Cabinet/Opposition Leaders, to ensure that intelligence is up-to-date and business change is being effectively delivered within the boundaries of confidentiality and sensitivity.Prepares presentations, non-political speeches, briefings and other media articles in support of, and in conjunction with, Cabinet Members/Leading Opposition Members and the Communications Team to support relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly to aid Partnership working.Working with the Corporate Communications team develops, implement and coordinate a proactive programme of press and media relations work to assist the Group. Provide the Leader and Group Members with high quality specialist advice on all aspects of press and media relations. 2 Customer Focus -Investigate and obtain information on matters of interest or concern to members of the group.Organise, prepare agendas for and minute Group meetings.Assist group cohesion, co-ordination and effectiveness through the dissemination of information to the group. Establish and maintain links with parliamentary, research and other bodies as appropriate and disseminate relevant information to the group leadership and other members of the group as appropriate. Attend cabinet, other council or group meetings and meetings of other organisations, including political party meetings as required.Undertake other duties that may be required by the leader of the Group or portfolio holders, and that are commensurate with the post and the grade for the post.Responds to requests from Members to analyse, interpret and evaluate existing policies, and research and develop alternative options utilising constructive thinking. Provides high level professional research and policy formulation/analysis and support to Cabinet, or Shadow Portfolio Holders and Opposition Leaders, in the operation, development and delivery of specific portfolios and the wider joined up objectives of the Council. Working with group members to ensure aims are aligned with the national policy context of the relevant group, and senior officers to determine feasibility. Opportunities and alternatives.Gather, collate, analyse and distribute information, from a range of sources and all levels of complexity, on behalf of the Group, including the preparation of appropriate reports and briefing notes to ensure Members of the Group are well informed on the Council's business and other appropriate issues, including the national policy agenda for local government. 3 Performance Management -Establish, maintain and develop quality systems within the service in order to continuously improve continuously the provision and delivery of services to meet the Group's needs and requirements.Manage projects on behalf of the group associated with the work of the group, including but not limited to monitoring of the manifesto, and research and other development projects to assist in policy formulation.Monitor casework for members of the group as required to ensure casework is undertaken effectively.Evaluates progress and achievement against set criteria and established aims and objectives, and works with the Group Leader, Cabinet, or shadow portfolio holders, and Senior Council Officers to develop alternative approaches or opportunities to achieve the required outcome.Analyses the contributions of key stakeholders and policy direction from National and European sources and provides guidance on policy development and improvement.Monitor all areas of the Council's business, identifying potential problems and opportunities and suggesting solutions to the Group. Where appropriate, assist Member oversight and scrutiny, making suggestions for policy/service development. 4 Leadership -Establish and maintain links with the local, regional and national political party as appropriate and disseminate relevant information to the group leadership and the group as appropriate.Develop and maintain good working relationships with senior officers of the council on behalf of the Group.Undertake the duties of the group press officer as required, including liaison with local media on behalf of the group leader and other spokespersons, issue press statements on behalf of the group, arrange interviews and act as point of contact for the groupContributes policy viewpoints at meetings, seminars, conferences and other forums, to ensure that the approach and perspectives of the Leader/Cabinet/Opposition Leaders are represented accurately and understood. 5 Statutory Obligations - n/a NC1713.Political Assistant.docx Compensation Grades: GRADES 10. Pay Ranges: £45,091.00 - £48,226.00 Job Classifications: 1- Specified Under The Act - Specified Under The Act (Politically Restricted Posts), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), No - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement), No - (Statutory Post) Benefits of Working of Hull City Council: - A competitive salary - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods - Supportive and forward-thinking culture - Great career development opportunitiesPlease ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.

Hull City Council Reform Group seeks a Political Assistant on a fixed-term contract for one year. The role provides political advice, research support, and media liaison to senior local politicians, with duties including drafting reports, notices of motion, and coordinating communications with the press. Interviews are planned for late August 2026. The post requires strong organisational skills, IT literacy, and the ability to operate in a sensitive political environment.

Team Manager Vulnerable Exploitation and MissingApplylocations: HU1time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdaytime left to apply: End Date: 24 July 2026 (9 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Proposed Interview Date: Friday, July 31, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Gaynor Skelton Contact Number: Job Description Summary: This is a full time Permanent Position. Hull Children's Services has recently achieved its strongest ever Ofsted judgement, being rated Good overall, with Outstanding judgements for the impact of leaders on social work practice and for the experiences and progress of care leavers. Inspectors recognised the significant progress made across the service, describing it as "safer, stronger and more consistent" for children and families. Ofsted highlighted Hull's strong workforce culture, effective early help services, strong management oversight, and a commitment to ensuring children's voices are central to decision-making. This is an exciting time to join Hull. We are a service with a clear vision, ambitious plans for the future, and a workforce committed to improving the lives of children, young people and families every day. ROLE AND PURPOSE Children, Young People and Families Services together with partner agencies will form a Vulnerable and Exploitation Team. The focus of the team is where partners jointly prioritise and maximise their collective efforts to ensure that children, young people are not at risk of CSE, CCE, Trafficking or Missing or if they are experiencing any form of exploitation, reduce the potential for further occurrence. The team will work with children and young people in achieving positive change and developing supporting relationships to achieve and eliminate further abuse. The objective of this professional role will be to lead and work closely with other agencies in providing support to vulnerable and exploited young people who are experiencing or at risk of CSE, CCE, going Missing, or Trafficking, and to have full management oversight and manage the risk associated with working with the young person. The Team Manager for the child/young person will have management oversight and will be the ultimate decision maker in all Safeguarding matters. This role will support all cases that are subject to CSE/CCE/Missing and Trafficking and will be the nominated Team for Vulnerable and Exploited missing young people. This will ultimately develop positive working relationship with partner agencies in tackling CSE/CCE/Missing and Trafficking within Hull. It will also support the children, young people and families providing a high level of intelligence and data to Senior managers in respect of CSE/CCE and Missing. The Team Manager will be required to gather the information from all partners enabling analysis to provide a holistic assessment of a child's needs and identification of which service is most appropriate. This post holder will be expected to lead a dedicated team. The work involves a high level of professional autonomy and the post holder must be prepared to develop a pioneering piece of work in the context of professionally challenging circumstances, contributing to a national approach to this area of work. If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or caution/s are considered "protected" in line with filtering rules for DBS checks. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: 1 Strategy - Contributes to the overarching strategy in Hull Children's Social Care and to manage the delivery of a new and innovative project, making key contributions towards developing policies both nationally and locally. 2 Customer Focus - Ensures professional relationships with all partner agencies, children and young people, and those identified as their significant network and that these relationships are used to gain positive outcomes. To ensure that staff within the project work purposefully with other agencies to promote positive outcomes for children, young people and their families. 3 Performance Management - Guides and develops the practice and performance of staff within the team and ensures that meaningful management/ performance information is produced to enable the effective monitoring and evaluation of the impact and outcomes of the work undertaken. 4 Leadership - Models and directs the work of the team and the priorities within the project through a collaborative and systemic approach to work with all partners and networks, children and young people. 5 Statutory Obligations - To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults. 6 Service Delivery:Holds key responsibility as the lead Team Manager in regard to Vulnerability/Exploitation and Missing and directs individual pieces of work where necessary or promoting other agencies to undertake the work. Ensure that a systemic approach is deployed within the Team, both in terms of working with children, young people and their families, practitioners working together and throughout the whole system of Children Social Care and relationships with partners.Ensure that Senior Managers are aware of all risks associated with CSE, CCE and Missing , giving detailed analysis of CSE, CCE and Missing Young people within Hull and the impact for services.Ensures focused and purposeful conversations are held with partners to agree explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes within the context of working with children and young people and their families.Chairs MACE meetings to ensure a sound oversight of all cases in relation to progress and a balance between risk and protective factorsDirects the work of the Team Coordinator in relation to case recording, organisational support and liaison and managing resources. Work closely with fellow professionals in order to devise and develop appropriate support and intervention in a coordinated manner. Uses research findings to inform practice.Provides and presents concise reports to the HSCB and CYPFB when required. Acquires knowledge about different groups, races and cultures which inform service delivery and to understand the impact of racism and discrimination on children and families.Manages and utilises cash limited budgets in order to commission services and assistance from other sources to support children and young people. 7 Principles of Work:Models systemic practice. Supports practitioners to have the confidence, skills and knowledge to support children, young people and their families within a "lead worker" roleSupports practitioners to identify their own resources, skills and knowledge in the development of support packages to achieve positive outcomes both for the duration of the practitioner's involvement and in the longer term.Supports the development of professionals having the skills and competencies to enable children, young people and their families to devise their own personal safety plans that will help them to meet their desired outcomes, enable change and reduce the need for services and support. To promote and develop a coordinated multi agency approach, thus reducing the risk across the whole partnership. 8 Development, learning & performance:Provides individual supervision to Practitioners and the Team Coordinator.Actively engages in the professional development of the Team any practice supervision and professional appraisals.Provides 'quality of practice' evaluation to Senior management regarding "how we are doing" This will be through audits, performance management data and observation of practice and use to inform continuing learning and development.Leads Team as a learning system.Provides and Leads weekly/daily Team operational meetings to ensure risk and prevention is discussed in all cases of all Exploited and Vulnerable Young people putting in place action plans to reduce riskProvides support/ information in respect of Human Resources issues including recruitment, sickness monitoring and employee performance processes for partner agencies and within the Childrens, Young People and Families Directorate. 9 Decision Making:Fully accountable for all work undertaken as part of the Team and is the ultimate decision maker for all safeguarding matters.Where required, prepares for and attends relevant decision-making panels on relevant cases.Holds and Leads a daily operational tasking meeting to discuss all Vulnerable Missing Young People and directs partner agencies in disruption and prevention of any forms of exploitation. Directs the resources of the Team and the accountability of the work undertaken.Direct information sharing within the Team to be undertaken, with the Team Manager as lead professional in all safeguarding matters. 10 Partnerships:Leads and supports partnerships and the development of professionals relationship to ensure that safe decision making and information sharing is undertaken in respect of all queries or concerns regarding children, young people and their families.Ensure that professional views from other agencies are gained when making decisions regarding the support that is needed for children and young people.Ensures there is good communication and liaison between themselves and other agency professionals.Ensures that contacts and requests from other agencies are met with a timely response.Ensures a good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of key agencies including their statutory responsibilities.Follows the statutory guidelines for joint working, including the DfE Working Together, the Children Act 2004 and the Child Protection Procedures.Works with other agencies on initiatives and service developments which promote an integrated approach and multi-disciplinary working . click apply for full job details

Hull City Council is seeking a Team Manager for Vulnerable Exploitation and Missing within the Children, Young People and Families Services. You will lead a multi-agency team, supervise safeguarding decisions, and drive initiatives to protect children and young people at risk of CSE, CCE, missing episodes and trafficking. The role demands strategic leadership, robust performance management, and effective partnership working with partners, professionals and families.