Project Officer

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Wyre Forest District Council

About Wyre Forest District Council

Whatever your role within Wyre Forest District Council, every day you will be working to benefit people living in the area. The District is a mix of urban rural, market and riverside town communities covering 195 square kilometres. The three main towns of Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn and several surrounding villages including Arley, Rock, Chaddesley Corbett and Wolverley make up the district. Over 100,000 people live here and you can help shape our district’s future as part of our 390 strong workforce that strives to make a difference in making sure the services we offer meet the aspirations and needs of our local community.

Working for us:

At Wyre Forest District Council, people depend on us – every day we provide essential services across the district which make a real difference to residences’ lives. That’s why we need people we can depend on too, who can perform well within a challenging social and economic environment. We value our employees and aim to create a positive, progressive and open work culture that supports everyone to thrive. We focus on supporting your physical, financial and emotional wellbeing so working for us you can expect to enjoy a range of learning and development opportunities designed to enhance you in your role and our excellent benefits package includes:-

• a competitive salary
• an excellent local government pension scheme
• favourable holiday entitlements with an option to purchase additional annual leave
• flexible working options, hybrid working is part of our culture
• Regular job-specific training
• Discounted gym and swim membership
• Health and wellbeing support with an optional health cash plan
• Employee Assistance Scheme including access to counselling services
• Employee discounts with a range of companies
• Kaarp discount scheme which provides employee discounts on days out and holidays
  

If you have ambition for yourself and this district, thrive on challenges and getting results, share our values and strive to make others feel valued, then we want to hear from you.

The Role

We’re looking for a Community Project Officer to work as part of a small team to provide support and management of community and strategic projects for Community and Environment Services. The post holder will join a small but dedicated team based at our Green Street Depot. The post holder will co-ordinate a wide range of projects, help to generate income and liaise with a wide range of partners and community groups.

We are looking for someone with strong communication and negotiation skills, project management skills, experience of managing and developing partnerships and volunteers. Having good organisational skills and the ability to build strong and productive relationships is fundamental to this role, as is the ability to implement projects which involve internal colleagues and partners. The post holder is required to have both excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels. Ability to work effectively as a team member and independently as required. This role is a great opportunity for someone with a positive attitude, the right drive and ambition to join our highly motivated team. The successful applicant will share our enthusiasm, contributing to making a difference with our teams and within our communities.

Special Conditions

The normal working hours for this post are 22.5 per week but reasonable working hours beyond this will be required in the effective performance of your duties and responsibilities and such working will include attendance at evening meetings. Hours worked over and above will be taken as time off in lieu.

Special working arrangements for Bank Holidays and Christmas working applies.

The Council’s scheme of flexible working hours applies to this post. This allows an officer some discretion in arranging working time.

You may be required to provide a suitable vehicle in connection with the duties of this post.

Wyre Forest District Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Role Profile Project Officer