At a Glance
- Tasks: Support place-based regeneration projects and manage funded works in Glasgow's neighbourhoods.
- Company: Join Glasgow City Council's Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability team.
- Benefits: Generous leave, flexible working, and a contributory pension scheme.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your city while developing your project management skills.
- Qualifications: Relevant degree and experience in project management and planning required.
The predicted salary is between 49533 - 52944 £ per year.
An opportunity has arisen within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability for a Project Officer to join our Spatial Strategy team on a 2-year fixed term basis. NRS brings together a diverse range of Glasgow City Council operational, technical and development services that focus on sustainable transport, place making and delivering essential city services. If you’re interested in working within a service that touches on all aspects within the city, please read on.
Position Details
Based within Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability, the Project Officer will support a Principal Officer to deliver a number of place-based regeneration preprogrammes and projects in the city’s neighbourhoods. The postholder will ensure that funded works are properly managed and raise additional funding to ensure that the requirements are met in terms of developments delivered and fully realise all required outcomes of relevant programmes and the City Development Plan.
You should have a relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in relevant discipline, project management, planning, building surveying, architecture and previous experience of programme management in a place-making and Planning context, including project appraisal and financial management skills. You will have previous experience of effective project planning & management (preferably capital investment or physical regeneration) and ability to manage projects from inception to completion. You should have previous experience of project monitoring and evaluation / benefits realisation and of commissioning work from consultants and external parties.
Further details regarding what this role entails are noted within the Role Profile for the post, whilst the Person Specification document confirms the key competencies you are required to demonstrate in your application.
Contract Details
- Weekly Hours: 35 per week
- Work Pattern: Monday - Friday
- Annual Salary: £45,495.33 - £52,944.70 on an incremental scale.
If you’re shortlisted for the post, we look forward to telling you more about our approach to ensuring needs of the business are met along with flexibility to maintain your work-life balance through our family friendly policies, such as our flexible working procedure and work/life balance policy.
Benefits of working with us
Glasgow City Council employees have access to a wide-ranging and generous benefits package. These include 182 hours paid annual leave (the equivalent of 26 days for a Monday – Friday worker), rising to 203 hours (29 days) after 5 years’ service, as well as an additional 12.5 days paid public holidays each year. Details of some other staff benefits, including our contributory pension scheme, can be found on our website.
Application Packs
We want everyone to be able to apply. If you need the Application Pack in another format, like Braille, large print, or another language, please call us on 0141 287 1054. If we need to post it to you, we’ll send it by second-class mail within three working days. Please allow enough time to complete and return your application before the closing date. If you think you might need more time because of accessibility needs, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to help.
Further Information
The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance. We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce. As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.
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