Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £27,717 - £30,066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24th February 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Officer within the Special Projects Team. Special Projects are based within the Business Support and Management function of the Environment and Transport Department.
The team delivers a wide range of projects that support the management team and wider department. These can include medium term financial projects that aim to reduce costs or increase income, business service and customer improvements, procurement projects.
One of the key roles of the team is the liaison with Elected Members, MPs, Parishes and Communities.
The postholder will have a diverse and varied range of non-construction projects to deliver that often require careful stakeholder management and partnership working.
About the Role
This role will require the post holder to work independently with an allocated caseload of projects; as well as supporting projects that are managed by the Team Manager, Members and Communities Liaison Manager and Senior Project Manager.
You will already have some experience as a project officer with a track record of delivering successful and varied projects that are relevant to this role. You will need to demonstrate a positive attitude to problem solving and be able to overcome barriers. Applicants will need to demonstrate proven capability of delivery in a large organisation and be able to work across teams and departments as part of a project management team with minimum supervision and support.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
1. Support the operation, maintenance, and development of both departmental and service systems including the provision of reports and management information to managers and stakeholders. This will involve identifying and delivering service improvements through working collaboratively with both internal and external customers and stakeholders.
2. Lead and Support the setup, delivery and closure of a variety of business improvement and efficiency projects across the Department in line with corporate standards.
3. Undertake business process mapping on behalf of managers, through the documentation of existing and new processes, through working with service teams and using appropriate process mapping software.
4. Use significant knowledge of team & departmental performance to set up systems to monitor and identify service delivery issues or concerns and proactively liaise with managers to address concerns.
5. Provide assistance in relation to specialist tasks relative to efficiency and improvement projects and activities using appropriate methodologies such as Six Sigma, Lean Thinking, and Kaizen.
6. Support Special Project officers, project managers and delivery managers in the production and maintenance of project plans, RAID logs and evaluation processes.
7. Liaise proactively with team, department and corporate colleagues to provide appropriate challenge and resolve complex queries as appropriate; including public consultations and Elected Members.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Guy Darragh
Team Manager Special Projects
01163057785
guy.darragh@leics.gov.uk
or
Sue Dann
Members and Communities Liaison Manager
Special Projects Team
0116 3057122
sue.dann@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Please apply by sending us your CV as well as a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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