About the role
North Northamptonshire is currently on an exciting journey to transform its buildings and infrastructure and as part of this, we are looking for a Project Co-ordinator to join our small Capital Projects team.
You will be responsible for developing and delivering minor projects or initiatives and providing support to our Construction Project Managers on larger scale projects.
You will need experience of working with a range of people internally and externally to deliver a project or initiative. Alongside this you will also need good organisation, literacy, numeracy and communication skills.
Projects will be based across North Northamptonshire and you will need you to attend site meetings or meetings in the office on average a minimum of 2 days a week.
If you would like more information about this role or are interested in applying, please contact Victoria Phillipson Victoria.phillipson@northnorthants.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
Project Management – supporting Construction Project Managers on larger projects or delivery of small projects from brief through design and delivery.
Developing Project Briefs - understand and interpret documentation that supports service areas to work together with them to develop project briefs/scope.
Stakeholder Management & Engagement - develop effective relationships and communication with stakeholders and partners both internal and external to the council.
Risk & Issue Management – develop, manage and monitor the project risk and issues register ensuring that the risks are costed and mitigated to the lowest possible level that the council can accept.
Finance – cost planning, developing business cases, monitoring the project budget maximising value for money including value engineering.
Procurement – identifying, procuring and awarding contracts for the required professional services, surveys, other specialists, design teams and contractors.
Relationships – developing relationships internally and externally to overcome challenges and progress projects effectively.
About you
The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring the project has flexibility within its parameters to allow for changes should the strategic, regulations or outcome required change during the delivery of the project.
The post will be hybrid working, there is a requirement to attend the project site and team meetings/office in person as needed, it is anticipated this would be on average 2 days a week.
You will have good numeracy and literacy and ideally a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of manging projects.
Knowledge and experience of local authorities is key particularly to provide a knowledge of elements such as governance, approvals and procurement processes.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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