East Suffolk Council

Pleased to support Suffolk Mind's Colour Rush event at the weekend - thank you to councillors and officers for their help and well done to everyone who took part! #SuffolkMind

It’s National Customer Service Week! Good customer service is at the heart of everything we do, and it plays a vital role in supporting the delivery of services to our communities. No day is ever the same for our fantastic Customer Service Team who help people with a wide range of things every single day. In the last full financial year, they have answered over 146,500 calls, responded to 21,405 emails and assisted almost 9,000 customers face to face. Need to speak to us? Find our contact details at https://lnkd.in/gw22ygWR Many of our services, like making payments, signing up to or renewing garden waste subscriptions or reporting a missed a bin, are also available online at www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk Our trained Digital Champions are available at various locations across East Suffolk to support anyone who needs help getting online. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/g7rpU72N #NCSW24

Looking for a new job? We have four new opportunities to join our team! - Planning Manager - Organisational Development Lead - Environmental Protection Manager - Development Officer (Place) – Waveney The roles are based across various teams and locations. To find out more and apply, head to our website: https://bit.ly/3lC5swo #JoinEastSuffolk

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📢 Only one day left to apply! 📢 The exciting opportunity to join our Independent Remuneration Panel is still open to applicants. East Suffolk Council are looking to recruit people to become members of our Independent Remuneration Panel, which is the body which considers, and makes recommendation to Full Council on, the allowances paid to councillors. Applications close 3 October. Please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected] For more information visit: https://bit.ly/3N9QGHL #JoinEastSuffolk

We have an exciting opportunity to join our HR Team as a HR Advisor Responsibilities of the role include providing responsive HR advice to employees, recruiting staff and managing occupational health cases. The successful applicant will support employees based at The Port of Felixstowe. This role is based in Melton, working one day a week at The Port of Felixstowe. Applications close 2 October Find out more: https://bit.ly/3XKkGPl #JoinEastSuffolk

Council officers have taken part in a multi-agency day of action to improve community safety in Bungay. Organised by the East Suffolk Community Safety Partnership, officers from East Suffolk Council’s Communities, Environmental Protection, Licencing, Housing, Tenant Services, Fraud, Waste and Private Sector Housing teams joined forces with Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service and Bungay Town Council for a day of checks and inspections, aimed at strengthening community safety and addressing environmental issues. Checks were carried out on several potential empty properties, fly-tipping sites and possible abandoned vehicles. Suffolk Police provided patrols on foot and carried out vehicle checks, while Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service focused on improving residential safety. The event saw: - 4 potential empty properties identified - 1 building site safety issue identified - Unsafe equipment identified at a play park - Littering at a play park - 1 unroadworthy vehicle reported - 2 suspected abandoned vehicles - 1 abandoned cycle - 3 waste compliance issues - 4 fly-tipping sites - 5 unkept properties - 2 incidents of dog fouling - 3 improvements required by Suffolk Fire & Rescue at a licensed premises - 13 Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans discussed with residents - 42 households engaged with by housing officers

Local construction company P.J. Spillings has been awarded the contract to deliver the second phase of construction work at the Jubilee Parade development in Lowestoft, subject to signing of contracts.  The contract will deliver a two-storey restaurant and café complex together with three new leisure concession units, public toilets, and a Changing Places facility for those with accessibility needs. A new lift will also be installed to greatly improve accessibility along the seafront for those with mobility issues and for pushchair users. The lift will connect the Upper Esplanade with the Lower Promenade, providing access to the restaurant space and first floor Eastern Edge beach huts. Construction is expected to start in October, with completion scheduled for late summer next year. We are accepting expressions of interest for the available concession spaces and operators can contact our Asset Management team at [email protected] The redevelopment of Jubilee Parade supports wider regeneration projects outlined in the Lowestoft Town Investment Plan, and complements the Seafront Vision project which will see improvements at Royal Plain, Royal Green and South Quay Wharf.

We have five new job opportunities across various teams in East Suffolk: - HR Advisor - Pitched Roofer - Senior Auditor - Independent Remuneration Panel Member - Operational Lead Responsive Repairs and Empty Homes Find out more and apply online: bit.ly/3lC5swo #JoinEastSuffolk

East Suffolk Council has allocated £1.5million to fund the expansion of three local doctors’ surgeries and ensure that residents benefit from improved health facilities in areas of housing growth. The allocations are included in the annual Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Spending Report on how funding levied against new housing development is used to help deliver essential infrastructure. The report highlights the work of East Suffolk Council’s CIL Spending Working Group (CSWG) during the preceding window of funding bids for proposed infrastructure projects. Among 13 District CIL (DCIL) bids that were allocated a total £3.5m, following review through the CSWG, were proposals to expand Haven Health Surgery and Grove Medical Centre, in Felixstowe, and Cutlers Hill Surgery, in Halesworth, in order to meet the growing demand for clinical services. https://lnkd.in/eDSaZmK3