Project Support Officer - Internal presso Barnet Council Business Unit

An exciting opportunity, to play an essential role in supporting the placemaking in London’s largest borough.  With a focus on the priority town centre and major growth areas including Colindale, Edgware, North Finchley and Burnt Oak, reporting to the Strategic Placemaking Lead, the role will support the delivery of workstreams derived from the council’s new Placemaking Framework which underpins the council plans for great placemaking.  The role will involve supporting the creation and fostering of effective partnerships with internal and external public and private partners to deliver social and community infrastructure and assisting in setting the vision, financing and delivery of future growth in Barnet. 

The post holder will be required to work collaboratively across council services and in a multi‐agency environment with a range of internal and external partners to achieve wider integrated outcomes for residents of Barnet.

• 1+ years experience of working on placemaking and regeneration projects
• Experience working with a diverse range of community groups and organisations to deliver complex projects. 
• Experience of supporting best-practice project management 
• Strong stakeholder and partnership support ideally within a multi-agency, public and private sector environment, with ability to manage support, manage time and competing tasks within workload.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbally, to a range of audiences both internal and external to the council. 
• Knowledge of finance processes such as raising purchase orders, paying invoices and other related works.
   

Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures, this may include AI Detection Screening, Biometric ID/Right to Work Checks, Qualification and Registration Checks, Up to 6 years of Employment Data and Insights to Accelerate Screening (Konfir), Up to 5 years of Employment History References, DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Checks, Credit Checks and Social Media, Sanctions and Occupational Health Screening.

 

To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folders) that you use to submit your application, as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically. Should you not hear from us within four working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.