Job Description:

Job information Service Design Officer (RAI Team) from the Company Huntingdonshire District Council, this latest Service Design Officer (RAI Team) job vacancy is located in the city Huntingdon located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Customer field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high-quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we must employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.

Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.

At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.

Job details

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Team to work alongside the Resident Advice and Information Team (RAIT) to conduct a full and thorough review of the service that they deliver and implement the identified changes.

During the pandemic, the RAIT was introduced to support residents who were deemed to be Clinically Extremely Vulnerable. What the team quickly established was that the residents that fell into this category already had the help and support that they needed, it was residents who were not known to the Council or partner agencies who were most in need, effectively they were the 'hidden vulnerable'.

Recognising the high numbers of residents who needed help with debt, accessing food, bereavement, physical or mental health issues, worklessness or housing issues, the team changed their focus and were able to assist multiple residents who were at risk of or experiencing crisis.

Recognising the significant benefits that the team has and can continue to have; short term funding has been secured to grow capacity within the team as well as recruit a Service Design Lead.

About the role

We know that what the RAIT offers our residents is invaluable, but we also know that we could do more. As the Service Design Lead, you will be responsible for carrying out a full review of the RAIT and designing and implementing new ways of working to ensure that both internal and external services are part of the offer and are actively involved in the pathways that are available.

You will be key in implementing a new case management system that will ensure that the team operates efficiently as well as ensuring that clear performance management arrangements are in place enabling data and reports to be provided on request.

The role will be instrumental in raising awareness of the services that are offered by the team and in turn, increasing referrals into the offers that are available. Ultimately, we know that many residents are experiencing crisis or are at risk of crisis and by ensuring earlier engagement through the RAIT, many escalations can be prevented.

The role therefore will ensure early identification of those that need help and ensure that they are actively targeted and engaged. Working alongside other offers such as CAB, you will ensure that any new ways of working avoid duplication and reduce the need for residents to tell their story multiple times. You will ensure that residents are also able to self-help by developing and implementing materials that are easily accessible for all as well as bettering the content that is currently available on our web pages.

Priority One within our Corporate Plan is ‘to improve the quality of life for local people' including helping residents in and preventing crisis. The work of the RAIT and the introduction of the Service Design Officer and what they will achieve is paramount in enabling the council to tackle this priority and achieve their objective.

The District Council is invested in their iCare values, these being Inspirational, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful and Enterprising. We are looking for someone that can demonstrate all the values and who clearly envisages how they will apply them in this new role.

About you

A highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who can work alone as well as a part of a variety of teams, agencies, and organisations. You will be passionate about the subject matter and genuinely want to make a difference for our residents.

A good listener who can negotiate as well as challenge confidently, backed up by examples and evidence and can compromise. A forward thinker who understands the landscape and the pressures that support and advice services face and recognises the dynamic change that is needed to ensure that our residents can find and access the help and support that they need and in turn avoid an escalation in their situation.

Recognise the value of prevention and how we influence future generations to be prepared for and can be self-starters from an early age enabling them to live happy, healthy, and successful lives within our District.

An offer of employment is conditional upon having the right to work in the UK. Huntingdonshire District Council does not hold a Sponsorship Licence and are unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or take over sponsorship for any role.

Keywords : Huntingdon jobs
Closed Date : 2025-08-31