Assurance & Monitoring Executive

Starting Salary: £34,098 progressing to £37,231 per annum (pro rata for part time) - Pay award pending

Hours: 37

Location: Farnham House, Stevenage – 2 days minimum. Hybrid work from home. Expected to be flexible to meet business need.

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract – 2 years

Directorate: Growth & Environment

About the team

Hertfordshire Futures works to accelerate sustainable economic growth, investment, and opportunity across the county. We shape the region's economic strategy, championing Hertfordshire as a leading UK destination for innovation – from advanced manufacturing and space & defence to film, TV, and digital. The Assurance & Monitoring team lead on programme management across many of the key funded delivery programmes. We work with a wide range of partners, stakeholders and applicants to monitor delivery of contracts and ensure compliance.

About the role

This role will support the Assurance and Monitoring Manager by providing a range of data monitoring and administrative activity in relation to the monitoring and assurance across Hertfordshire Futures funded programmes. Be responsible for collation of management information and data extraction, monitor review and produce reporting for the delivery of reports for both new funding sources. Work with colleagues, partners & stakeholders to ensure information is correct, relevant and challenge and report back escalating issues where necessary. Ensure audit trails are maintained and compliant with funding requirements and that all activities are eligible and monitored on a regular basis achieving project objectives and budget requirements. Review and validate applicant claims for funding and monitor spend against contractual arrangements and ensure it is accurately recorded. Liaise with Finance colleagues to ensure timely payments/invoicing. Use Herts Futures CRM to maintain records of relationships and activity, supporting HF colleagues with data review and including extraction of reports for onward reporting.

About you – Essential

• Good level of education: GCSE, A-level or Vocational equivalent.
• Relevant vocational qualification or technical training. May be working towards a professional qualification.
• Ability to plan and organise work to produce a high level of output to quality standards, with a contribution to longer-term planning for the service.
• Ability to communicate and work with others to provide administrative support, and to help them understand different administrative processes and how they relate to programme requirements.

About you – Desirable

• In-depth experience of monitoring and reporting against contract, maintaining audit trails and preferably knowledge of compliance of governance arrangements for HCC & Hertfordshire Futures process/procedures (or similar organisational governance/audit processes).
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Software or similar software including data inputting and extraction of reports.
• Ability to plan and organise work to produce a high level of output to quality standards, with a contribution to longer-term planning for the service.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications. We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

Benefits of working for us

Information to be provided upon request.

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and includes any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Secondment

This role is open to secondments for eligible employees who work for HCC. If you wish to apply on a secondment basis, you must have your line manager's approval before submitting your application. You will be asked to confirm this within your application form. If you are not eligible for a secondment (for example, you are currently on a fixed-term contract that would end before this position does) or you indicate that your manager cannot support a secondment, your application will be considered on a fixed-term contract basis instead.

Additional information

We are changing Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles. LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

To hear more about this opportunity please contact victoria.holland@hertfordshirefutures.co.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: week commencing 20th July 2026