The role
About Southwark:
As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to tackling injustice, inequalities and rebuilding our local economy following the pandemic, ensuring that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
As a diverse central London borough Southwark faces a range of challenges which we aim to address through the delivery of the Borough Plan. We are looking for candidates to join our passionate and forward-thinking team to help us continue to make Southwark an inclusive Borough for all our communities.
Project Officers: New Homes Development TeamDo you have an interest in housing development and project management?
Do you want to be part of the largest council home building programme in the country and help to delivery one of the council’s main strategic objectives? Have the opportunity to take the first steps towards a career in housing development? Then this is the post for you!
The Role:
The New Homes Development Team is looking to recruit two Project Officers.
One position is for a 12 month Fixed Term Contract and the other is for Maternity Cover.
The successful applicants will have a practical or theoretical background in housing, project manager skills’ experience of providing administrative and financial processing support and a keen focus to further their career. You will be working alongside Project Managers delivering new housing schemes from inception through to delivery. You will be involved in all aspects of our work such as site identification; consulting with residents; liaising with architects and consultants, contractors and internal departments as the new homes are brought into council management. The right candidate will take a keen interest in this area of work and develop their own understanding to provide the right support at crucial times in the project. You will also have the opportunity to work on small new build projects.
For more information about our programme, follow this link:
To discuss the opportunity call Tim Bostridge (Head of Development) on 0207 525 1222
Benefits and more information:
Recruitment timetable
Application closes: 11:59pm Sunday 7th November 2021
Interview Date: W/C Monday 22nd November 2021
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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