IConnect Project Officer Fixed term until 31 March 2025 / Swyddog Prosiect iConnect – Cyfnod Penodol hyd at 31 Mawrth 2025
Location:
Mamhilad, Monmouthshire
Salary:
£27,092.39 - £28,518.31
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Expiry Date:
01/04/2024 23:59
The Vacancy
This is a project funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund, to support digital inclusion in the community through access to skills, coaching and devices. We are looking for a customer focussed person to be able to engage, motivate and facilitate individuals and communities to benefit from improved digital confidence and connection. You will work as part of MHA's iConnect Team to support participants to develop their digital skills and to support access to affordable Wifi and devices that enable continued learning and access to services.
Requirement: You will need a full driving licence and access to a vehicle
The post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Check
Base: Hybrid working - Community, Office and Home
Hours: 37 per week Closing date: 1st April 2024 Shortlisting date: 2nd April 2024 Interview Date: 10th April 2024
We welcome applications from under-represented groups and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for those from minority ethnic groups or have a disability. If you are unable to complete the application online, please contact us on 01496 761118.
All of our positions are open to flexible working subject to application through our Flexible Working Policy.
All other staff benefits are detailed on our website, including access to the Local Government and Social Housing Pension Schemes.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time and we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Mae hwn yn brosiect a ariennir gan y Gronfa Ffyniant Gyffredin, i gefnogi cynhwysiant digidol yn y gymuned drwy gynnig mynediad at sgiliau, hyfforddiant a dyfeisiau. Rydym yn chwilio am berson sy’n canolbwyntio ar y cwsmer, i allu ymgysylltu, ysgogi a hwyluso unigolion a chymunedau i fanteisio’n llawn o well hyder a chysylltiad digidol. Byddwch yn gweithio fel aelod o Dîm iConnect Cymdeithas Dai Sir Fynwy i gefnogi cyfranogwyr i ddatblygu eu sgiliau digidol a chefnogi mynediad at Wi-Fi fforddiadwy a dyfeisiau sy’n galluogi iddynt barhau i ddysgu a chael mynediad at wasanaethau.
Gofynion: Byddwch angen trwydded yrru lawn a cherbyd y gallwch ei ddefnyddio.
Mae’r swydd yn destun Archwiliad Datgelu Sylfaenol
Lleoliad: Gweithio Hybrid – Cymuned, Swyddfa ac o’r Cartref
Oriau: 37 yr wythnos Dyddiad cau: 1af of Ebrill 2024 Dyddiad llunio rhestr fer: 2ail o Ebrill 2024 Dyddiad Cyfweliad: 10fed o Ebrill 2024
Rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan grwpiau wedi eu tangynrychioli ac yn cynnig cynllun cyfweliad a warentir i rai o grwpiau ethnig lleiafrifol neu sydd ag anabledd. Os na allwch gwblhau’r ffurflen gais arlein, cysylltwch â ni ar 01496 761118.
Mae pob un o’n swyddi yn agored i weithio’n hyblyg, yn amodol ar wneud cais drwy ein Polisi Gweithio’n Hyblyg.
Manylir holl fuddion eraill staff ar ein gwefan, gan gynnwys manylion Cynlluniau Pensiwn Llywodraeth Leol a Thai Cymdeithasol.
Rydym yn cadw’r hawl i gau’r swydd wag hon ar unrhyw adeg ac rydym yn annog gwneud cais yn gynnar i sicrhau ystyriaeth ar gyfer y swydd hon. Os cewch eich rhoi ar y rhestr fer ar gyfer y swydd, byddwn yn cysylltu gyda chi drwy’r cyfrif ebost a ddefnyddiwyd pan wnaethoch y cais, felly edrychwch ar eich cyfrif yn rheolaidd os gwelwch yn dda.
The Company
Monmouthshire Housing Association (MHA) is a Welsh registered social landlord, located in the beautiful county of Monmouthshire.
We have nearly 250 staff and manage and maintain around 3,600 homes and 270 leasehold properties, as well as large numbers of garages and other land around and within our estates.
What we do
We build quality affordable homes and provide a wide range of services to our tenants, these include repairs, money and employment advice, as well as support and wellbeing services.
Our vision is to create thriving communities where tenants can prosper and have a brilliant quality of life, so our customers are absolutely at the centre of everything we do.
In the last year we have created modern, ‘innovative’ homes using advanced building techniques with a Standard Assessment Procedure rating in excess of 100.
MHA is a great place to work, as demonstrated by our position in the Sunday Times Top 100 not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. This hasn’t happened by accident - we really focus on getting great people into great jobs, and providing them with the support and direction to achieve our ambitions.
Mae Tai Sir Fynwy (TSF) yn landlord cymdeithasol cofrestredig yng Nghymru, wedi ei leoli yn Sir Fynwy hyfryd.
Mae gennym bron i 250 o aelodau staff ac rydym yn rheoli a chynnal rhyw 3,600 o gartrefi a 270 eiddo prydles, ynghyd â nifer fawr o fodurdai a thir arall o amgylch ac ar ein stadau.
Yr hyn rydyn yn ei wneud
Rydym yn adeiladu cartrefi fforddiadwy o safon ac yn darparu ystod eang o wasanaethau i’n tenantiaid. Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys atgyweiriadau, cyngor ar arian a chyflogaeth, ynghyd â gwasanaethau cymorth a lles.
Ein gweledigaeth yw creu cymunedau ffyniannus lle gall tenantiaid ffynnu a chael ansawdd bywyd gwych, felly mae ein cwsmeriaid wirioneddol wrth graidd popeth rydym yn ei wneud.
Yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, rydym wedi creu cartrefi modern, ‘arloesol’ gan ddefnyddio technegau adeiladu modern gyda sgôr Gweithdrefn Asesu Safonol uwch na 100.
Mae TSF yn lle gwych i weithio, fel y dangosir gan ein safle yn y 100 sefydliad di-elw uchaf gan y Sunday Times i weithio iddyn nhw yn y DU. Nid damwain mo hyn – rydym wirioneddol yn canolbwyntio ar gael pobl gwych i mewn i swyddi gwych, a’u darparu gyda’r cymorth a’r cyfeiriad i gyflawni ein dyheadau.
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Privacy Policy
Privacy Notice for Job Applicants & Candidate Account Holders
This privacy notice applies to individuals who apply for employment with Monmouthshire Housing Group or register for a candidate account to receive job alerts and explains:
What data we collect & why
What we mean by Special Category personal data
Our Lawful basis for processing data
How we collect & process your data
Who we may share data with
How we secure your data & how long it is held
Your individual rights under data protection law
We have updated this notice to reflect changes in data protection legislation, which took effect from 25 May 2018; this document was last updated in February 2021. Any future changes we make to this notice will always be posted here and on our main websites. A paper copy is available on request.
About Monmouthshire Housing Group
Monmouthshire Housing Association is a Registered Social Landlord that manages around 3600 affordable homes in Monmouthshire. Capsel are our wholly owned subsidiary who offer a variety of services to private clients in the commercial sector. Together we comprise the Monmouthshire Housing group (us, we).
As we make decisions about why and how your data is processed under data protection law, we are a “Data Controller” and are registered & regulated accordingly with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). Our registration number is Z14344. Our Data protection Officer is GDPR Sentry Ltd.
As a Data Controller we are committed to:
Using your personal data responsibly and in accordance with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
Collecting and using personal data only where it is necessary and proportionate to do so.
Deleting personal data that we no longer need.
Keeping your data safe and secure.
Having a fundamental focus on privacy when planning and developing new systems and services.
Being transparent about how we use your personal data and how and why we may sometimes share it with others.
Making it easy for you to access and correct your personal information.
Training our staff so your personal information is managed in line with the law.
Checking that we are adhering to these principles on a regular basis.
As defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Monmouthshire Housing Association is the Data Controller and ultimately responsible for ensuring the data you provide is kept secure, processed correctly and that you understand your legal rights in relation to the data you provide.
The recruitment software we use via this website is supplied by IRIS Software Group Limited and they are defined as a Data Processor under the GDPR. They will only process your data in accordance with our instructions.
IRIS can be contacted at: 4th Floor Heathrow Approach, 470 London Road, Slough, England, SL3 8QY
For Data Protection enquiries, please contact the Help Desk at support@networxrecruitment.com
What data is collected & why?
If you register with us to receive employment updates & alerts we will collect some basic information from you to enable us to communicate with you about vacancies that you may interested in. This information will include:
Name, address and contact details and brief details of your current role & preferred job type. Your details will be available to us and we may contact you regarding suitable roles. You can however choose to keep your profile private, this means we will not search your profile or invite you to apply for specific roles. You will still see suggested roles within the candidate account.
To enable us to process your application for employment, assess your suitability for the role and contact you about your application, we will collect the following information:
Your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number.
· Details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history.
· Information about your current level of remuneration.
· Disability information.
· Information about your entitlement to work in the UK.
· Information about your ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health, and religion or belief
Details of any criminal convictions
CCTV images and car registration details if you visit HQ for an interview
Images and voice recordings if we offer you a virtual interview
Notes taken during the interview process
For certain roles, aptitude testing of cognitive abilities through psychometric testing will be required.
In addition, if your application with us is successful, we will require further information which we will obtain from third party sources:-
As part of our pre-employment process, we will perform a number of background checks. We use the following provider to handle your data in order to complete the checks on our behalf Complete Background Screening. For information on their privacy policy, please visit www.cbscreening.co.uk/
As part of our process to ascertain suitability of employment we will contact the referees provided by you in your application. We will only do this once a conditional offer of employment has been made. The content of the reference will not be shared without the referee’s permission.
For certain trade operative roles, if your application is successful, we will ask you to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire. This will be sent directly to our occupational health consultants and not viewed by us. We will only receive a limited report in return commenting on your suitability or otherwise for the position
Please note this list is not exhaustive and additional details may also be required.
What is meant by “Special Category Personal Data”?
Under Data Protection legislation, certain personal information is also classed as “Special Category Personal Data”. This is any information relating to:
Your racial or ethnic origin
Your political opinions
Your religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature
Whether you are a member of a trade union
Your physical or mental health or condition
Your sexual orientation
Your commission or alleged commission of any offence
Any proceedings for any offence you have committed or are alleged to have committed, the disposal of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in such proceedings.
What are our Lawful basis of processing?
Data protection legislation means that we must have an appropriate “Lawful basis” to process your data. During our recruitment process we rely on the following:
Contract
We need to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
Legal Obligation
In some cases, we need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations. For example, we are required to check a successful applicant's eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.
Legitimate Interest
We have a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows us to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job.
Legal Claims;
We may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims
To process Special Category Data, we rely on the following:
Explicit Consent
We will ask you to provide details of any disability you may have. This is to enable us to make appropriate adjustments to accommodate your needs during an interview. We also guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements for the post. However, you do not have to provide this information if you do not wish to do so. If you do consent to providing this information you can withdraw your consent to us processing this data by contacting our HR team.
We do also guarantee to interview applicants from Black, Asian or other minority backgrounds who meet the essential requirements for the post. However, you do not have to provide this information if you do not wish to do so. If you do consent to providing this information you can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our HR Team.
Obligations & specific rights of the controller in relation to employment law
We ask applicants to declare if they have any unspent or criminal convictions and certain roles within our organisation require us to undertake disclosure for successful candidates through the Disclosure & Disbarring Service (DBS).
How we collect, protect & share data
We manage our recruitment process via a website & software provided by Net-Worx (2001) Ltd. You can set up an account in Net-Worx to search for vacancies, register for job alerts and apply for a role. Net-Worx are defined in data protection law as “Data Processors”. They ensure generally accepted standards of technological security for the purpose of protecting your data and they will only process your data in accordance with your or our instructions. An appropriate data processing agreement in place. We also also have a range of technical and organisational measures in place to ensure your data is secure at all times during the recruitment process & all our staff are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Details you provide in this application:
Will be held on computer systems and may be downloaded by us
Will be available to our processors and to the relevant team with the organisation that are recruiting for the role
May be used by us to contact you about other vacancies
We use specialist advisors to conduct our psychometric tests if required. Appropriate security measures are in place, a separate Privacy Notice will be provided by them.
As part of the application process you have the option of submitting information that will be used to be monitor our commitment to equality and diversity. This data does not form part of the application process and cannot be connected to your application. If details are supplied by you this will fully anonymised. Please note, you do not have to provide this information to us and it will not affect your application in anyway, simply select the “prefer not” to say options.
How long do we keep your data?
Your candidate account within Net-Worx will be deactivated after 13 months of inactivity. You can also deactivate your account at any time. At the same time as this, your data will be fully anonymised. Application identifiable data is anonymised after 7 months.
Automated Decision Making
We use some automated screening tools as part of this application process. The answers you provide to one or more of the questions (excluding any special categories/equal opportunity questions) may result in your application being automatically declined. This technology is used to help us manage the high volume of applications we receive and we can assure applicants the same outcome would occur if we manually reviewed your application. The reason for the decline will be made available to you in your candidate account and you can contact us at any time to discuss the decision.
International Transfers
Where data is transferred overseas, appropriate data protection clauses are in place to ensure an appropriate level of security.
What are your individual rights?
Under data protection legislation you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information:
(a) The right to access the personal information we hold -you have a right to ask us what personal information we hold about you, and to request a copy of your information, free of charge. This is known as a subject access request.
(b) The right to ask for your personal information to be corrected
(c) The right to erasure (right to be forgotten).
(d) The right to restrict us processing your personal information.
(e) The right to object to processing - you have the right to object to processing where we say it is in our legitimate business interests. We must stop using the information unless we can show there is a compelling legitimate reason for the processing, which override your interests and rights or the processing is necessary for us or someone else to bring or defend legal claims.
(f) The right to withdraw consent/explicit consent. Whenever you have given us your consent to use your personal information, you have the right to change your mind at any time and withdraw that consent.
(g) The right to data portability. This right allows you to obtain and reuse your personal information for your own purposes across different services
(h) The right to object to automated decision making and profiling -you have the right to object to us making a decision about you which is made by automated means only. We have outlined above where automated processing will apply during the recruitment process.
We are dedicated to providing reasonable access to applicants or visitors to the site who wish to review the personal information retained and correct any inaccuracies it may contain. If you choose to register, you may access your profile, correct and update your details, or withdraw your details at any time. To do this, you can access your personal profile by using the secure login. In all cases we will treat requests to access information or change information in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Within your candidate account, you can also use the Download Data feature to generate an XML file of the current data we hold on you that you have provided and/or have access to within the account.
Please note that additional exceptions apply to a number of these rights and not all will be applicable in all circumstances. Further detail regarding your rights can be found at:
If you would like to exercise any of the above or have any questions or concerns about how your data is handled, please contact our Risk & Business Assurance Manager at: gdpr@monmouthshirehousing.co.uk or ring 0345 677 2277. You can also write to us at:
Monmouthshire Housing Association Ltd
Nant Y Pia House
Nant Y Pia Technology Park
Mamhilad
Monmouthshire
NP44 6HF
We have one calendar month to respond to a rights request. If we are unable to do so for any reason we will contact you with reasons for the delay. If we are not able to fully complete your request (due to conditions set out by the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018) we will explain why.
Contacting the regulator
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