Project Officer

Project Officer
Location: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work.
Salary and grade: £33,833 per year, Grade 5
Duration of role: Fixed term contract for six months
Hours per week: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 16 April 2024
About the role and what we’re looking for
Job purpose
To work alongside Technical Services Project Manager and Parks team leader to help deliver the actions arising from the ground’s maintenance audit and other projects. The role will take some of the tasks currently carried out by the Technical Services Project Manager and the Parks team leader.
The role will help to develop service monitoring data, compile and check inventories and condition surveys of new and existing equipment and machines. It will also have some involvement with fleet management, ground maintenance task management and the implementation of new systems.
Main duties and responsibilities
• able to demonstrate good skills in managing different projects.
• developing a means of measuring quality of service and publishing
• developing written procedures and processes
• ensuring all consumables, equipment, tools, and machinery are accounted for and condition is recorded and training in place.
• procuring and managing fleet of GM vehicles and the transition to electric vehicles
• introducing new task management system on council system (Concerto)
• developing tools to measure cost of service provision and cost of carrying work out for others.
• The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.
About you
Your essential skills, knowledge, and experience
• At least two years’ knowledge of developing and implementing office procedures.
• Good knowledge of IT systems
• Being methodical and organised
• Using initiative and being pro-active
• Persistent in pursuing positive solutions.
• Good team working skills
• Good knowledge of health and safety requirements
• Full driving license and access to car
Your essential qualifications
• Degree qualification or equivalent
If you have the following experience or qualifications – it’s a bonus
• Understand and experience of council policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of grounds maintenance service provision
• Specialist databases – Concerto and GiS mapping
The benefits we offer
• A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
• Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
• A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
• The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
• Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
• We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
• A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.
We look forward to hearing from you.
You may also have experience in the following: Project Support, Project Assistant, Customer Service, Facilities Management, Community Enablement Officer, Community Centre, Local Government, Local Authority, Local Government etc.
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