Job Details: Salary range: £40,005 - £41,286 per annum Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW1E 6QP Hours per week: 36 Contract type: Temporary for 9 months Closing date: 19th September 2024 Contact details for Informal discussion: Stephanie Murphy, Programme Manager, via email: SMURPHY1WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK About Us: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE’S PASSION AND DEDICATION The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London. It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet. When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss. Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we’re holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making. To see the work of the Westminster Citizens’ Climate Assembly, click here. The Role: As a Project Support Officer you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. You’ll join our Consultation and Engagement Reform team and be responsible for managing a range of projects that focus on improving consultation with the communities we serve. Supporting the team with the organisation of training and the internal engagement network, you’ll manage our resource hub, ensure guidance is up to date, and help with the delivery of our important work. This is a role where you’ll undertake research to support the evaluation and delivery of priority projects, write reports and adopt a continuous improvement approach to the maintenance and development of systems, processes and procedures. We’ll also expect you to help organise meetings and take minutes, consult on plans and projects, share knowledge and best practice, and help champion our approach to improving the services we provide. You’ll be working in a fast-paced and supportive environment, and be expected to collaborate positively with your colleagues, partners and other stakeholders. You should also be fully committed to upholding and promoting the values of the team and our organisation, and work with fairness, respect, confidentiality and inclusiveness. You should be aware that some out-of-hours working may be required as you attend evening or weekend community events and meetings. Please refer to the Job Description for more information. About You: With a practical understanding of local government and experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders, you’ll be a skilled project manager and capable of dealing with a range of administrative tasks, including raising purchase orders, handling correspondence and maintaining filing systems. We’ll expect you to possess the ability to identify and overcome complex problems, and build trust and confidence with everyone you work with. In addition, you’ll be ready to establish productive working relationships with managers, colleagues and a range of other bodies such as public and private sector partners and organisations, business groups, local communities and public agencies. You should have experience of maintaining and developing processes, procedures and information systems, analysing qualitative and quantitative data, and have strong verbal and written communication skills. With excellent research and analytical skills, we’ll look for good IT abilities, with a particular focus on the Microsoft Office suite of software including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and your interpersonal, negotiating and diplomatic skills will allow you to work alongside a diverse range of people within our communities. It's important that you have good budget management abilities and understanding of financial reporting processes, and as we’ll expect you to coordinate and prioritise tasks, projects and events you should have strong organisational and time management skills. Capable of handling sensitive information with tact and confidentiality, you’ll also be proactive, flexible, self-motivated and capable of independent problem-solving. What We Offer: Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe. At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working. The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.