Job details
Job reference
REQ5620
Date posted
17/08/2025
Application closing date
31/08/2025
Location
Halford House
Salary
£28,598 - £31,022 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £42,300.95
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Adult Social Care
Attachments
Job Description June 2025
Project Officer
Job description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Join us to provide essential project support to working groups as part of work being delivered by the Social Care and Education (SCE) Project Management Office and other key departmental work.
Social Care and Education aims to provide choice and control that enables personalised care and support to people who draw upon services. This means we can enhance quality of life and promote independence in a way that matters to individuals. Furthermore, it enables our dedicated workforce to deliver outstanding quality care.
Join us to deliver this vision, in partnership with care providers, care staff, NHS and those who draw on care and support and their carers. Working closely with the Projects Team and other officers, you'll support the essential work delivered via the SCE Project Management Office alongside undertaking other key projects and tasks that align to SCE strategies. Projects can vary from service change to process change, so you'll have the opportunity to be involved a variety of programmes.
Predominantly working from home, you'll have the flexibility to work from our office base at Halford House. We have a full-time, permanent, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday.
What you'll be doing
Providing critical support to the SCE Project Management Office, you'll produce project plans, accurately and maintain action/risk logs, and carry out notetaking in meetings. You'll support the effective management and delivery of projects by monitoring budget expenditure and project milestones as well as preparing reports and briefings. Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, you'll respond to queries, organise stakeholder meetings as well as update and inform on the progress of the projects.
What you'll need
You'll have strong administrative skills to be able to maintain key project management documentation such as risk logs, schedules, milestone plans, and communication plans. Using excellent communication skills, you'll engage and work with a diverse range of colleagues and stakeholders. With proficient IT skills, you'll be able to prepare formal reports, briefings, updates, and presentations to support the delivery of the project. You'll have an enthusiastic approach to work, a willingness to learn and the ability to advocate for improvement and change. An innovative thinker, you'll be able to solve problems, and work well within a team environment.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.
Join us
We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.
For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Matthew at
Interviews / Assessments will take place week commencing 15th of September