Project Officer

Job Description

Project Officer £28,606- £33,683Birmingham, B37 7YN (Hybrid)Basis: Full TimeWork pattern: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per weekType: PermanentThis is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK’s most trusted social housing providers.You will be joining them at an exciting time as we develop our plans and deliver their new Asset Management Strategy, implementing major investments to maximise the positive impact we can make through our planned programmes to create safe, secure and sustainablehomes and communities:As Project Officer you will play a key role in planning, implementing and supporting colleagues in the delivery of Asset Management Projects. This will include leading on key project activities that impact on Citizen’s future investment decisions under thesupervision of our Portfolio Manager.If this sounds like you, you’ll feel right at home. As well as a generous benefits package, they enable all Citizens to achieve the best possible balance between work and personal life and provide opportunities for everyone to reach their full potential.In housing you can make a real difference, the role of Project Officer will involve:

• Leading, planning and administrating asset related projects as requested by the Portfolio Manager
• Supporting in reviews of specific assets, or groups of assets, including undertaking financial appraisals
• Collating and producing reports and or supporting documentation for monitoring and reviewing projects as required
• Being responsible for the documentation, development and review of policies and procedures to effectively deliver elements of the Asset Management Strategy
• Undertaking research pertaining to the Directorate e.g. Government Agendas and Policy, market conditions, including providing executive summaries
• Implementing, co-ordinating and monitoring project targets
• Assisting the Asset Team in their role in developing and delivering the sustainability agenda

As Project Officer they need you to have:

• Understanding of the legislative and regulatory framework surrounding the role
• Level 4 education in a building related discipline or equivalent through relevant training/extensive experience
• Excellent data analysis skills, used to exporting and manipulating information, preparing, and issuing reports to Senior Leadership Team, Executive Leadership Team and Board
• Experience of taking a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring risks and issues are identified, addressed, and reported and where appropriated, escalated.
• Ability to respond constructively to conflicting demands and pressures, and changes in priority or interruptions from colleagues, stakeholders and customers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Thier people are everything and they offer:

• Opportunities for salary progression, which is directly linked to performance reviews
• Live work better’ scheme which actively encourages work-life balance
• Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
• Enhanced family leave
• Company Pension - theymatch up to 10%
• If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
• Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
• EAP - a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
• Medicash scheme -which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more!
• Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
• Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards

• Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
• Access to their Wellbeing platform
• Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
• Occupational Health
• They believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave

Closing date: Monday 1st January 2024Interview date: Friday 5th January 2024Please note they will be reviewing applications throughout the campaign and may invite candidates to interview at any time. They reserve the right to close this role earlier than the published closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.