Project Development Coordinator - REQ03187 - 397300

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA MYSELF

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*Fusion Assets, NLP LLP

NLC12 - £45,243 - £49,765

Do you have the vision, skills and proven experience to be part of a team that delivers infrastructure or physical regeneration projects to drive economic growth and enable local communities within North Lanarkshire to thrive.   

To support the delivery the Plan for North Lanarkshire, the council wish to appoint a Project Development Co-ordinator as part of the Enterprise Projects Team within Enterprise and Communities.

In this role, you will be part of a project team that primarily delivers the North Lanarkshire’s City Deal Programme, an exciting and challenging £277m regeneration initiative to deliver large scale infrastructure to stimulate sustainable economic growth for our area and the wider Glasgow City Region. A key focus will be on providing the City Deal team support on managing project budgets, financial governance and cost profiling. The remit of this role will also involve working across a number of delivery teams within the council’s Place service to coordinate project delivery and financial monitoring including the council’s Growth Team and Infrastructure and Transportation. 

As Project Development Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of infrastructure and regeneration projects of ranging scale. You will work across the city deal team and Place teams and with external consultants to develop projects and support delivery with a particular focus on financial management. Project management skills will be critical with abilities to have an oversight of a project from inception to completion; working collaboratively across teams, services, partners and stakeholders; preparing and monitoring project documentation including cashflows and supporting procurement and the management of consultants.

To support project development and delivery, you will be involved in writing project business cases, funding bids and status reports in line with Council and GCR City Deal project management guidelines. 

With a Degree, SVQ4 or HND in a related discipline, you will have significant relevant work experience in project development and delivery. You will also have excellent coordinating and partnership working alongside experience project budget management. 

With a focused approach to achieving outcomes, you will be a self-motivated individual with a flexible approach to work and have the ability to cope with multiple and changing demands whilst meeting deadlines. Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills are a prerequisite of this post alongside IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office. 

You must be able to travel throughout North Lanarkshire and at times the wider Glasgow City Region to undertake the duties of this post.

You must hold a current UK driving licence to apply for this role.

Working Pattern

• Monday - Thursday: 8:45am - 4:45pm (including a 55-minute unpaid break)
• Friday: 8:45am - 4:15pm (including a 50-minute unpaid break)

Working here at North Lanarkshire Council 

If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at  work well NL.. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career. 

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*For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work. 

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description. 

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