Property Project Officer

at  Derby City Council

Application closing date
17/11/2024
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
Grade G, £30,825 - £33,945 a year
Contractual hours
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Basis
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Job category/type
Project
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Job description

LOCATION: THE COUNCIL HOUSE

We’re looking for a driven Project Officer to join our fantastic team based in Derby City Centre. The Property and Consultancy Services department plays a key role in our organisation, by providing compliance, maintenance, and capital project services on the Council’s vast and diverse property portfolio.
As a Project Officer, you’d be joining a supportive team that will value you, help to develop your skills and enable you to become an expert in the project management within a busy Property department.
If you’ve got exceptional people skills, enjoy working collaboratively in a face-paced environment, and have the desire to develop, this opportunity may be the perfect next step in your career.

WHO WE ARE

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

In the role of Project Officer, here are some examples of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:

• Ensure all the department’s capital projects/programmes are managed in accordance with the Council’s project management methodology and procedures.
• Carry out regular audits on SharePoint to ensure all projects have the necessary project documentation at each stage, in accordance with the Council’s project management methodology
• Review project financial, outcome and output performance against agreed targets
• Ensure project data is recorded in our internal Property Asset Management database, carrying out audits to evidence good practice and to identify development and improvement opportunities.
• Support Project Managers and Senior Managers in the capital quarterly monitoring process by gathering, collating, and analysing project data from both internally and externally funded projects, writing reports where necessary.
• Lead on the management and delivery of distinct work packages within larger complex projects, working with internal and external technical experts.
• Produce reports and communication material to brief Senior Management.
• Develop and implement methods to capture client satisfaction. Analyse the data and report on areas for improvement
• Share good project management practice and motivate others to engage in these processes

To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…

• Experience of working on multiple projects
• Experience in implementing project management methodologies
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Great organisational skills with good attention to detail
• Good level of IT usage (such as Microsoft 365)
• Excellent time management skills, being able to prioritise and meet multiple deadlines.
• High degree of professionalism, inclusivity, and confidentiality