Project Officer

The Role

Lancaster City Council Compliance are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual who will be responsible for project management/contract management for the Council’s maintenance projects. Based within the Asset and Compliance Team, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring all design work, specifications, tender documentation and contractor selection process complies with the Council’s Financial Regulations and Procurement Policy. In addition, the successful candidate will act as Client Representative, overseeing all aspects of the project, including developing project brief/TORS and appoint consultants, as appropriate, to undertake project management responsibilities on behalf of the Council. 

To be successful in this role you will have proven experience of project/contract management as well as experience of reviewing processes – with the ability to identify issues and solutions. This will allow you to demonstrate that you have strong numerical, report writing and verbal communication skills as well as showing that you can work successfully in partnership with tenants, customers, colleagues, contractors and other experts to bring everyone together and achieve more.  The successful candidate must be able to evidence the requirements laid out in the Job Description and you must be flexible in your approach to the overall workload of the team.

This post is permanent. The hours of work for this position are 37 hours per week, working Monday to Friday. Hybrid working would be available, dependent on the needs of the service. 

Flexible working friendly – we offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and opportunity to work with your team to establish working hours to enable you to maximise your work-life balance. 

About You

You enjoy communicating, interacting with and assisting customers. You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.

Interview date: TBC