Project Officer - Service Improvement
Waverley Court
Salary: £30,188 - £34,452
Hours: 36 per week
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join the Service Improvement team as a Project Officer.
The Project Officer will be responsible for supporting Project Managers in the delivery and ongoing management of large-scale IT projects, design/delivery of training and management/maintenance of training guides and other project documents. The role will involve working closely with different areas of the Housing and Homelessness service and colleagues at all levels.
In addition to having excellent analytical and organisational skills, resilience in challenging situations, a positive attitude and an interest in training, the ideal candidate must be able to use their own initiative, be confident delivering training to large groups, be innovative in their approach and be able to use strong communication skills when dealing with colleagues, tenants and external stakeholders.
The role combines working from home with office based working when necessary, this will primarily be at Waverley Court but the postholder must be able to work from any of the city's four locality offices as required.
If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities, has contributed to large scale projects, understands the importance of improving services and managing change within the Housing and Homelessness service and have skills demonstrating our behaviours - respect, integrity and flexibility as well as experience of being able to deal with changing demands, we would love to hear from you.
If you have any questions, or would like to discuss the post further, please get in touch with nicola.rutherford@edinburgh.gov.uk
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Find out more about our commitment to equalities
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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