Overview
Project Officer (Internal Only) – NN15 6EY
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
Internal Only
North Northamptonshire is currently on an exciting journey to transform its buildings and infrastructure and as part of this, we are looking for a Project Officer to join our Capital Projects team.
As part of the capital projects team you will work to define, develop and deliver projects that range from £25k to £10M of which many can be considered complex projects due to the variety of internal/external stakeholders – funders, services, end users, clients and developers. To lead projects managing external consultant design teams and contractor delivery teams.
You will have responsibility for the delivery of multiple projects at one time across a variety of areas, education, leisure, assets, communities and children’s services, ensuring objectives are delivered realising all benefits with full governance observed.
You will need experience of working with a range of people internally and externally to deliver a project or initiative. Alongside this you will also need good organisation, literacy, numeracy and communication skills.
Projects will be based across North Northamptonshire and you will need you to attend site meetings or meetings in the office on average 2 days a week. DBS check is required.
If you would like more information about this role or are interested in applying, please contact Victoria Phillipson Victoria.phillipson@northnorthants.gov.uk
About you
The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring the project has flexibility within its parameters to allow for change should the strategy, regulations or outcome require change during the delivery of the project. The post will be remote working, however there is a requirement to attend the project site and Team Meetings in person as needed, it is anticipated this would be on average 2 days a week.
You will have good numeracy and literacy and ideally a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of manging projects.
Knowledge and experience of local authorities is key particularly to provide a knowledge of elements such as governance, approvals and procurement processes.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
