The role
About Southwark
Southwark is an ambitious, vibrant, culturally diverse and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We value our people, celebrate diversity and seek to find effective and creative ways of supporting our communities. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promises, which ensure that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
The council is investing over £30m in parks and leisure facilities over the next 5 years to support our work in improving the health and wellbeing of residents through the provision of high quality public open spaces and leisure facilities.
The role
The Parks & Leisure Service is offering an exciting opportunity to join our hard working and committed Business Development team. We are seeking to appoint a Service Development Officer to contribute to shaping the future of the service. The role is responsible for leading on the formation of policy and strategic development proposals alongside project managing a portfolio of medium to large-scale construction projects. Extensive consultation and engagement with internal stakeholders and residents from all of Southwark’s diverse communities is a key part of this role.
About You
You will have a keen interest in parks, open spaces and leisure provision, enjoy teamwork and be capable of managing a small team of specialist consultants and contractors. You will bring with you experience of developing strategic policies and best practice guidance for council services based on research, benchmarking and consultation. You will be an experienced project manager demonstrating excellent budget management, financial reporting and communication skills. You will be capable of producing complex reports and presenting briefings for a wide range of audiences.
For an informal discussion, please contact deborah.mckenzie@southwark.gov.uk
Recruitment timetable
Advert Closing Date: 11:59 PM on 29th March 2022
Interviews: 12th April 2022
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 in the Council.
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