{"id":1327,"date":"2019-12-03T14:35:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T14:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2019-12-03T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:19:40","slug":"tunbridge-wells-borough-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/2019\/12\/03\/tunbridge-wells-borough-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunbridge Wells Borough Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) is a district council; responsible for services including planning and building control, waste and recycling, environmental health, cemeteries and crematorium, leisure services, parks and tourism.<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Passionate about making a real impact through the work that you do? Do you tackle new challenges with innovative flare? Do you want to make a difference locally in an organisation with big ambitions? If the answer is yes, then a career with Tunbridge Wells Borough Council might be for you.<\/p>\n<p>Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) is a district council; part of the two tier structure of local government in Kent. As a district council TWBC is responsible for local services including planning and building control, waste and recycling, environmental health, cemeteries and crematorium, leisure services, parks and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative controlled Council seeks to position itself as an \u2018enabler\u2019 \u2013 encouraging, supporting and facilitating others, such as parish and town councils or businesses or voluntary groups, to take a lead role on things where they are best equipped to do so.<\/p>\n<p>As an employer TWBC recognises the value and experience that our staff bring to the diverse range of services provided. \u00a0In return TWBC offers fulfilling and challenging opportunities for professional development in a friendly working environment.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk\/\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1329\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1329 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/files\/2018\/09\/Copy-of-750px-\u00d7-400px-\u2013-Untitled-Design-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/files\/2018\/09\/Copy-of-750px-\u00d7-400px-\u2013-Untitled-Design-8.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/files\/2018\/09\/Copy-of-750px-\u00d7-400px-\u2013-Untitled-Design-8-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Rikke Tveit Sletten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Rewards 2019-20<\/h2>\n<p>Tunbridge Wells are offering Work Shadowing opportunities for a student to shadow William Benson, Chief Executive, as well as the Director of Change and Communities. This will provide the students with a unique and comprehensive insight into local government management.<\/p>\n<p>The council are also offering a skills workshop focusing on working in local government. The interactive session will have presenters from heritage, museums, environmental health and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Case Study<\/h2>\n<p>In 2019, Politics and International Relations student, Alister Brady spent two days shadowing the Chief Executive, William Benson. You can check out the full case study <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/2019\/10\/24\/tunbridge-wells-borough-council-work-shadowing\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (TWBC) is a district council; responsible for services including planning and building control, waste and recycling, environmental health, cemeteries and crematorium, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/2019\/12\/03\/tunbridge-wells-borough-council\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44118,"featured_media":1328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[205101],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2924,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/2924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/employabilitypoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}