Job Information
ROLE OF THE JOB
This is a great opportunity to play an important role supporting Northumberland County Council's £175m Town Regeneration Programme.
You will provide support to project and programme managers and our wider team developing and delivering major capital and revenue projects. This includes the £35m Ashington Regeneration Programme, £21m Borderlands Place Programme, £110m Energising Blyth Programme and £3.5m Cramlington Regeneration Programme. These programmes include new leisure, cultural, youth, community and educational buildings and sustainable transport infrastructure and public realm works. Projects are varied in scale and at different stages of development located in communities across the county. Each project will make a major impact and difference to the lives and well being of our residents and help our towns to be productive places, something you can help become a reality.
We're looking for an experienced Project Support Officer who can provide assistance to ‘client side’ project and programme management activities. The role requires attention to detail and the undertaking of a range of administrative duties working with autonomy and initiative, to have a proactive, solutions and delivery focussed approach. It requires candidates to have experience and expertise based in a similar setting with knowledge of public sector systems and processes, external funding and reporting, and working in partnership operating effectively within a political and governmental framework.
The successful applicant will organise and manage the provision of project-based administrative support to senior colleagues by undertaking a wide range of tasks including providing co-ordination and support for project progress reporting both internally and to external funders and in the development of bids and project business
cases . You will work as part of a team of eleven full and part time staff, responsible for the development and delivery of town regeneration in Northumberland through project and programme management, co-ordination of partnerships being delivered within the County.
We require an enthusiastic team player who is a good administrator, has excellent communication skills and an eye for detail. You will have the ability to quickly build working relationships within the Team and across the Regeneration Service.
The Service:
The post is located within the Regeneration Service, part of the wider Economic Development and Growth Directorate whose core purpose is to deliver the Council’s priority of Economic Growth. This includes the influencing of national and regional policy and co-ordinating and driving forward of the delivery and management of regeneration and economic growth projects.
The role also involves working closely with colleagues across the Place and Regeneration Directorate, senior representatives of our private, public and third sector stakeholders, and with our business, community and public sector partners on a range of Town Partnerships, you will be responsible for creating and helping to secure commitment to delivery, meeting the objectives of the County Council, North East Combined Authority, Borderlands Partnership and UK Government.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB
You will have experience in the following key areas relating to supporting Project and Programme Management activities:
- Excellent organisational and administration skills
- Extensive experience of minute taking and other associated office duties
- Experience of using Microsoft Office or Office 365 including use of spreadsheets
- Ability to follow processes and prioritise own workload
- Have an awareness of financial procedures
- Knowledge and experience in a related field e.g. regeneration, economic development or similar local Authority/Local Government services
- Knowledge and experience in activities including monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement and consultation, partnership co-ordination, inputting, analysis and use of data and database systems, budgets and finances relating to externally funded projects and the monitoring of spend against specific projects
The job is based in County Hall in Morpeth and you will be required to travel around the county. We operate flexible working arrangements, including home working.
For further information or an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact:
Rob Strettle, Economic Growth and Regeneration Manager: Email: rob.strettle@northumberland.gov.uk / tel: 07770642773 or Reemer Bailey, Projects and Partnerships Manager reemer.bailey@northumberland.gov.uk / Tel: 07880976973
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
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Further information
Please note that this is a full time position but applications on a secondment basis would be considered for the right applicant.
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
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For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.
