In 2024 Gwynedd was granted Age Friendly status by the World Health Organization
Are you an energetic and motivated person who could co-ordinate this programme, working in partnership with older people, organisations and groups to ensure we continue and develop the work?
Gwynedd Council offers an attractive employment package, for more information please click on this Information Pack
Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.
We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Gwynedd Council to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.
(Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh.)
For further information about this post please contact Sian Griffiths on 01286 679204
Application forms and further details available from Support Service, Gwynedd Council, Council Offices, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Tel: 01286 679076
E-Mail: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
CLOSING DATE: 13.03.2025
The Council will request a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service for the successful candidate.
If you are successful to be short listed for an interview you will be contacted by E-MAIL using the address provided on your application form. You need to ensure that you check your email regularly.
•Ensuring that the people of Gwynedd are central to everything we do.
•Following the receipt of Age Friendly status for Gwynedd the officer will co-ordinate the development of an Age Friendly Action Plan for the county
•Engaging and co-producing with key partners
•Raising awareness of older people's issues and developing the intergenerational agenda
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•Take the lead in engaging older people and key stakeholders in developing, reviewing and implementing an age-friendly plan for Gwynedd aligning with the Welsh Government's national strategy.
•Monitor and evaluate the Gwynedd Age-friendly Plan, responding to changes in policy and legislation to ensure continued alignment.
•Working together to confirm priority areas within the Council and across our partners to support the development of the Age Friendly agenda in the county
•Lead in ensuring the co-production of a range of approaches to older people's engagement to enable them to be consulted and heard in the decision-making processes that affect their lives.
•Work across departments in the Local Authority to ensure that the needs of Gwynedd's older people are represented in policy and implementation.
•Promoting the Gwynedd Age-friendly and intergenerational agendas within and outside the Local Authority.
•Working with Mantell Gwynedd, 3rd sector organisations, social enterprises and community hubs to support them to implement age-friendly services.
•Work in collaboration with other local authorities, health boards, the Older People's Commissioner and the 3rd sector to share good practice and improve the quality of service and outcomes for older people.
•Develop knowledge and guidance that complies with the latest legislation relating to meeting the needs of older people and creating age-friendly communities.
•Co-ordinating the Friendly Age Partnership and developing strong partnership opportunities and working relationships between the third sector, relevant departments in the Council and external partners in health, care and wellbeing to cohesively address the needs of older people in Gwynedd's communities.
•Support the objectives of the Wellbeing Team, enabling the team to contribute to the strategic objectives of the Council Plan
•Promote and represent the local authority on local, regional and national groups as needed.
Contribute towards the work of the Children and Families Department and the Adults, Health and Well-being Department in developing the Population Needs Assessment for Gwynedd
•Responsibility for self-development
•Ensure compliance with workplace Health and Safety rules in accordance with the responsibilities set out in the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
•Act within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality
•Responsibility for managing information in accordance with Council information management standards and guidelines
•Ensure that personal information is handled in compliance with Data Protection legislation.
•A commitment to reduce the Council's carbon emissions in line with the Carbon Management Plan and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's carbon footprint
•Undertake any other equivalent and reasonable duty that aligns with the salary level and level of responsibility of the position.
•Responsibility to report concern or suspicion that a vulnerable child or adult is being abused.
•There may be times where you will be required to work some evenings and weekends.
•Ability to translate policy into a local context and influence key stakeholders within the Age Friendly and Ageing Well agenda
•Ability to think creatively and find innovative solutions to create improvements in services for older people.
•A diplomatic and patient character who demonstrates excellent listening, communication and presentation skills with the ability to build effective relationships while engaging with a range of different people, groups and organisations.
•Ability to analyse and manage conflicting priorities, work to deadlines, targets and prioritise tasks.
•Work independently, using discretion and everyday decision making skills to solve problems and influence positive outcomes.
•An understanding of how to work with community groups and individuals based on strengths and assets and co-produce sustainable solutions with them.
•Respond sensitively and confidentially in a courteous and professional manner to comments, queries or complaints received from a variety of sources and in a variety of formats
•A commitment to equality and diversity and a willingness to challenge discrimination in all its forms.
•Have a full driving licence
•Understand the flexibility required in the role and tha the role may include working evenings and weekends
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•Degree or equivalent
•ECDL qualification or equivalent in ICT use
•Recognised qualification in project management
•Additional qualification in marketing and/or communications
•Qualification in project evaluation
Previous experience of:
•Engaging with individuals and groups as well as representatives from local communities, statutory and third sectors.
•Facilitating and developing projects, initiatives, plans or policy and seek grants from various sources
•Coordinating multi-agency activities and/or meetings
•Monitoring the effectiveness of projects or initiatives and writing reports based on the findings
•Organising activities, events and meetings to engage with community groups
•Co-producing services, plans and delivering agreed outcomes with individuals and groups.
•Working across sectors and functions to develop and embed policy in practice.
•Working in the field of older people or in a social care, health or third sector environment
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•Excellent communication skills, at a 1:1 level, in groups, in public and in workshops
•Excellent IT skills especially Microsoft Office and Teams combined with a solid understanding of social media as a communication and engagement tool
•Skills involved in producing and delivering materials on design software such as CANVA.
•Skills in interpreting, analysing and evaluating data and information to provide a robust evidence base to justify proposals, recommendations and report creation.
•Skills in building positive relationships between people with different needs and interests
•Interagency working skills, working collaboratively and learning from experts in different fields.
•Negotiation and compromise skills between different parties who expect different things from you
•Engagement and facilitation skills
•Excellent organisational skills that ensure others are clear about the timetable, objectives and purpose of any activity.
•Information on the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014, the Well-being of Future Generations Act 2016, and the 5 ways to Wellbeing (Public Health Wales).
•Detailed information on the Welsh Government's Ageing Well agenda including Intergenerational work
•Knowledge of issues affecting older people
•Information about the 3rd sector, social enterprises, and various local sources of support available to support older people
•Social media promotional skills.
•Knowledge of areas of work within the council and partner agencies that have an impact on the quality of life of older people within Gwynedd
Able to follow a conversation or discussion through the medium of Welsh and English on a professional level and discuss general day to day topics in the field in order to present information and express opinions.Able to give a pre-prepared presentation and respond to any comments and questions on it in Welsh or English.
Able to understand standard written Welsh and English; both formal and informal.Able to gather information from various sources such as letters, reports, articles through the medium of Welsh and English in order to fulfil the post.
Present written information confidently by letter, more detailed and technical report formats, and respond to written requests conveying information, ideas and opinion in Welsh and English (help is available to check the work).
Yn 2024 cafodd Gwynedd statws Oed Gyfeillgar gan Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd.
Ydych chi'n berson egnïol a brwdfrydig allai gydlynu’r rhaglen yma gan weithio mewn partneriaeth â phobl hŷn, sefydliadau a mudiadau er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn parhau a datblygu’r gwaith?
Mae gan Cyngor Gwynedd becyn cyflogaeth deniadol, am ragor o wybodaeth cliciwch ar y Pecyn Gwybodaeth
Mae Cyngor Gwynedd yn gweithredu’n fewnol trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg ac yn cynnig ei holl wasanaethau yn ddwyieithog. Bydd angen i’r ymgeisydd gyrraedd y lefel ieithyddol sy’n cael ei nodi fel un o’r sgiliau hanfodol yn y Manylion Person.
Rydym yn annog pob ymgeisydd am swydd gyda’r Cyngor i gyflwyno ceisiadau yn Gymraeg neu yn ddwyieithog.
(Bydd ceisiadau sydd yn cael eu cyflwyno yn uniaith Gymraeg neu Saesneg yn cael eu trin yn gwbl gyfartal, ond gofynnir i’r ymgeisydd ystyried yn ofalus beth yw gofynion iaith y swydd a’r sefydliad ac a fyddai cyflwyno cais yn uniaith Gymraeg yn fwy addas.)
Am sgwrs anffurfiol gellir cysylltu â Sian Griffiths ar 01286 679204
Ffurflenni cais a manylion pellach gan , Gwasanaeth Cefnogol, Cyngor Gwynedd, Swyddfa'r Cyngor, Stryd y Jêl, Caernarfon, LL55 1SH
Ffôn: 01286 679076
E-Bost: Swyddi@gwynedd.llyw.cymru
DYDDIAD CAU: 13.03.2025
Bydd y Cyngor yn gofyn am ddadleniad gan y Swyddfa Cofnodion Troseddol ar gyfer yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus
Os yn llwyddiannus i fod ar y rhestr fer am gyfweliad, byddwn yn cysylltu a chwi drwy’r cyfeiriad E-BOST a gofnodwyd gennych ar eich ffurflen gais. Mae angen i chwi sicrhau eich bod yn gwirio eich E-BOST yn rheolaidd.
•Sicrhau bod pobl Gwynedd yn ganolog i bopeth yr ydan ni yn ei wneud.
•Yn sgîl derbyn statws Oed Gyfeillgar i Wynedd bydd y swyddog yn cydlynu datblygiad Cynllun Gweithredu Oed Gyfeillgar ar gyfer y sir
•Ymgysylltu a chyd-gynhyrchu'r gyda phartneriaid allweddol
•Codi ymwybyddiaeth o faterion pobl hyn a datblygu’r agenda pontio’r cenedlaethau
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•Arwain o ran ymgysylltu â phobl hŷn a rhanddeiliaid allweddol wrth ddatblygu, adolygu a gweithredu cynllun oed-gyfeillgar ar gyfer Gwynedd sy'n cyd-fynd â strategaeth genedlaethol Llywodraeth Cymru.
•Monitro a gwerthuso Cynllun Gwynedd Oed-gyfeillgar, gan ymateb i newidiadau mewn polisi a deddfwriaeth i sicrhau aliniad parhaus.
•Cydweithio i gadarnhau meysydd blaenoriaeth o fewn y Cyngor ac ar draws ein partneriaid i gefnogi datblygiad yr agenda Oed Gyfeillgar yn y sir
•Arwain wrth sicrhau cyd-gynhyrchu amrywiaeth o ddulliau o ymgysylltu â phobl hŷn er mwyn eu galluogi i gael eu hymgynghori a'u clywed yn y prosesau gwneud penderfyniadau sy'n effeithio ar eu bywydau.
•Gweithio ar draws adrannau yn yr Awdurdod Lleol i sicrhau bod anghenion pobl hŷn Gwynedd yn cael eu cynrychioli mewn polisi a gweithrediad.
•Hyrwyddo agenda Gwynedd Oed-gyfeillgar a phontio’r cenedlaethau o fewn a thu allan i'r Awdurdod Lleol.
•Gweithio gyda Mantell Gwynedd, mudiadau 3ydd sector, mentrau cymdeithasol a hybiau cymunedol i'w cefnogi i weithredu gwasanaethau sy'n oed-gyfeillgar.
•Gweithio ar y cyd ag awdurdodau lleol eraill, byrddau iechyd, y Comisiynydd Pobl Hŷn a'r 3ydd sector i rannu arferion da a gwella ansawdd y gwasanaeth a'r canlyniadau i bobl hŷn.
•Datblygu gwybodaeth ac arweiniad sy'n cydymffurfio â'r ddeddfwriaeth ddiweddaraf sy'n ymwneud â diwallu anghenion pobl hŷn a chreu cymunedau oed-gyfeillgar.
•Cydlynu’r Bartneriaeth Oed Gyfeillgar a datblygu cyfleoedd partneriaeth a pherthnasoedd gwaith cryf rhwng y trydydd sector, adrannau perthnasol yn y Cyngor a phartneriaid allanol ym maes iechyd, gofal a llesiant i ymdrin yn gydlynus ag anghenion pobl hŷn yng nghymunedau Gwynedd.
•Cefnogi amcanion y Tîm Llesiant, gan alluogi'r tîm i gyfrannu at amcanion strategol Cynllun y Cyngor
•Hyrwyddo a chynrychioli'r awdurdod lleol ar grwpiau lleol, rhanbarthol a chenedlaethol yn ôl yr angen.
•Cyfrannu at Asesiad Anghenion Poblogaeth yr Adran Blant a Theuluoedd a’r Adran Oedolion, Iechyd a Llesiant
•Cyfrifoldeb am hunan ddatblygiad
•Sicrhau cydymffurfiaeth â rheolau Iechyd a Diogelwch yn y gweithle yn unol â’r cyfrifoldebau a nodir yn Neddf Iechyd a Diogelwch yn y Gweithle 1974 a Pholisi Iechyd a Diogelwch y Cyngor.
•Gweithredu o fewn polisïau’r Cyngor yng nghyswllt cyfle cyfartal a chydraddoldeb.
•Cyfrifoldeb am reoli gwybodaeth yn unol â safonau a chanllawiau rheoli gwybodaeth y Cyngor
•Sicrhau bod gwybodaeth bersonol yn cael ei thrin mewn cydymffurfiaeth â deddfwriaeth Diogelu Data.
•Ymrwymiad i leihau allyriadau carbon y Cyngor yn unol â’r Cynllun Rheoli Carbon ac i annog eraill i weithredu’n gadarnhaol tuag at leihau ôl-troed carbon y Cyngor
•Ymgymryd ag unrhyw ddyletswydd arall cyfatebol a rhesymol sy’n cyd-fynd â lefel cyflog a lefel cyfrifoldeb y swydd.
•Cyfrifoldeb i adrodd ar bryder neu amheuaeth bod plentyn neu oedolyn bregus yn cael ei gam-drin
•Gall fod adegau pan fydd angen gweithio gyda’r nos neu ar y penwythnos
•Y gallu i drosi polisi i gyd-destun lleol a dylanwadu ar ran-ddeiliaid allweddol o ran yr agenda Oed Gyfeillgar a Heneiddio’n Dda
•Y gallu i feddwl yn greadigol a dod o hyd i atebion arloesol i greu gwelliannau mewn gwasanaethau i bobl hŷn.
•Cymeriad diplomyddol ac amyneddgar sy’n dangos sgiliau gwrando, cyfathrebu a chyflwyno rhagorol ac sydd a’r gallu i feithrin perthnasau effeithiol wrth ymgysylltu ag ystod o wahanol bobl, grwpiau a sefydliadau.
•Y gallu i ddadansoddi a rheoli blaenoriaethau sy'n gwrthdaro, gweithio yn unol â therfynau amser, targedau a blaenoriaethu tasgau.
•Gweithio'n annibynnol ar eich liwt eich hun, gan ddefnyddio disgresiwn a gwneud penderfyniadau bob dydd i ddatrys problemau a dylanwadu ar ganlyniadau cadarnhaol.
•Y ddealltwriaeth o sut i weithio gyda grwpiau cymunedol ac unigolion ar sail cryfderau ac asedau a chyd-gynhyrchu atebion cynaliadwy gyda hwy.
•Ymateb yn sensitif ac yn gyfrinachol mewn modd cwrtais a phroffesiynol i sylwadau, ymholiadau neu gwynion a ddaw i law gan amrywiaeth o ffynonellau ac mewn amrywiaeth o fformatau
•Ymrwymiad i gydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a pharodrwydd i herio gwahaniaethu yn ei holl ffurfiau.
•Bod â thrwydded yrru lawn
•Deall yr hyblygrwydd sydd ei angen yn y rôl oherwydd anghenion y gwasanaeth ac, o ganlyniad, y gallai'r rôl gynnwys gweithio gyda'r nos ac ar benwythnosau
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Gradd neu gymhwyster cyfatebol
•Cymhwyster ECDL neu gymhwyster cyfwerth yn nefnydd TGCh
•Cymhwyster cydnabyddedig mewn rheoli prosiect
•Cymhwyster ychwanegol mewn marchnata a/neu gyfathrebu
•Cymhwyster mewn gwerthuso prosiectau
Profiad blaenorol o:
•Ymgysylltu gydag unigolion a grwpiau yn ogystal â chynrychiolwyr o gymunedau lleol, y sector statudol a'r trydydd sector.
•Hwyluso a datblygu prosiectau, mentrau, cynlluniau neu bolisi a cheisio am grantiau o amrywiol ffynonellau
•Cydlynu gweithgareddau a/neu gyfarfodydd aml asiantaethol
•Monitro effeithiolrwydd prosiectau neu fentrau ac ysgrifennu adroddiadau ar sail y canfyddiadau
•Trefnu gweithgareddau, digwyddiadau a chyfarfodydd i ymgysylltu â grwpiau cymunedol
•Cyd-gynhyrchu gwasanaethau, cynllunio a chyflawni canlyniadau y cytunwyd arnynt gydag unigolion a grwpiau.
•Gweithio ar draws sectorau a swyddogaethau i ddatblygu a gwreiddio polisi yn ymarferol.
•Gweithio ym maes pobl hyn neu mewn amgylchedd gofal cymdeithasol, iechyd neu drydydd sector
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•Sgiliau cyfathrebu ardderchog, ar lefel 1 i 1, mewn grwpiau, yn gyhoeddus ac mewn gweithdai
•Sgiliau TG rhagorol TG yn enwedig Microsoft Office a Teams ynghyd â dealltwriaeth gadarn o’r cyfryngau cymdeithasol fel arf cyfathrebu ac ymgysylltu
•Sgiliau mewn cynhyrchu a chyflwyno deunyddiau ar feddalwedd fel CANVA.
•Sgiliau dehongli, dadansoddi a gwerthuso data a gwybodaeth i ddarparu sylfaen dystiolaeth gadarn i gyfiawnhau cynigion, argymhellion a chreu adroddiadau.
•Sgiliau meithrin perthnasoedd positif rhwng pobol gyda gwahanol anghenion a diddordebau
•Sgiliau gweithio’n rhyngasiantaethol, gan allu cyd weithio a dysgu gan arbenigwyr mewn gwahanol feysydd.
•Sgiliau negodi a chyfaddawdu rhwng gwahanol bartïon sy’n disgwyl pethau gwahanol gennych
•Sgiliau ymgysylltu a hwyluso
•Sgiliau trefnu ardderchog sy’n sicrhau bod eraill yn glir am amserlen, amcanion a phwrpas unrhyw weithgaredd.
•Gwybodaeth am Ddeddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Llesiant (Cymru) 2014, Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol 2016, a’r 5 ffordd tuag at Lesiant (Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru).
•Gwybodaeth fanwl am agenda Heneiddio'n Dda Llywodraeth Cymru gan gynnwys yr agwedd o Bontio’r Cenedlaethau
•Adnabyddiaeth o faes pobl hŷn.
•Gwybodaeth am y 3ydd sector, y mentrau cymdeithasol, a’r amrywiol ffynonellau cefnogaeth lleol sydd ar gael i gefnogi pobl hyn
•Sgiliau hyrwyddo ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol.
•Gwybodaeth o feysydd gwaith y Cyngor a’i bartneriaid sy’n cael effaith ar ansawdd bywyd pob hyn yng Ngwynedd
Gallu dilyn sgwrs neu drafodaeth drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg ar lefel broffesiynol a thrafod pynciau cyffredinol bob dydd yn y maes er mwyn cyflwyno gwybodaeth a mynegi barn.Gallu darparu cyflwyniad wedi'i baratoi o flaen llaw ac ymateb i unrhyw sylwadau a chwestiynau arno drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg.
Gallu deall Cymraeg a Saesneg ysgrifenedig safonol, ffurfiol ac anffurfiol.Medru casglu gwybodaeth o amrywiol ffynonellau megis llythyrau, adroddiadau, erthyglau, drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg er mwyn cyflawni'r swydd.
Cyflwyno gwybodaeth ysgrifenedig gyda hyder ar ffurf llythyr, adroddiad mwy manwl a thechnegol ac ymateb i geisiadau ysgrifenedig gan gyfleu gwybodaeth, syniadau a barn drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg. (Mae'n bosib cael cymorth i wirio'r iaith)
