Regeneration Officer

About the role

North Northamptonshire is currently on an exciting journey to regenerate its town centre and as part of this, we are looking for a Regeneration Officer to join our Capital Projects team.

As part of this role you will contribute to the design, development and implementation of the council’s regeneration strategy and deliver regeneration projects.

You will have responsibility for the develop plans and deliver multiple projects at one time across a variety of areas, ensuring objectives are delivered realising all benefits with full governance observed.

You will need experience of working with a range of people internally and externally to deliver a project or initiative. Alongside this you will also need good organisation, literacy, numeracy and communication skills.

Meetings and projects will be based across North Northamptonshire and you will need you to attend site meetings or meetings in the office on average 2 days a week.

If you would like more information about this role or are interested in applying, please contact Brian Degruchy brian.degruchy@northnorthants.gov.uk

What will you be doing?

Strategy development. To contribute to the design, development and implementation of the council’s town centre masterplans and regeneration plans. To provide the link between other officers, service areas and projects to connect, co-ordinate and take into account corporate and wider objectives.

Stakeholder Engagement. Plan, develop and lead engagement exercises with stakeholders on specific projects executing workshops etc. Creating effective, relationships with stakeholders and partners, both internal and external to the council.

Communication. To develop a communication plan to ensure effective communication with all stakeholders and the project team is maintained.

Governance. To work within the legal requirements, policies, financial procedures, governance, procurement and adhering to the recommended practice to protect the council from risk.

Project Management. To manage regeneration projects in accordance with the council’s corporate plan and project management methods, ensuring objectives, timescales, benefits, budgets and any other targets outlined in the project plan are implemented and monitored.

Funding & Finance. To identify and secure potential funding support for regeneration related projects, developing business cases and funding submissions both internal and external for these projects aligned with the council’s regeneration project priorities, working with services across the council and with partners.

Procurement. Where appropriate procure and manage external consultants to deliver reports and elements of the projects. Including the development of consultant briefs tendering, selection and awarding of the contract for the specialist roles and contractors for projects. Responsibility for monitoring expenditure and performance in line with the appropriate procurement rules.

Reporting. To support, manage and report to relevant Project Working Groups and Project Boards. Producing regular monitoring reports and claims for funders on the spend on relevant projects to ensure the conditions are met and the assurance processes are followed.

About you

The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring projects have flexibility within their parameters to allow for change should the strategy, regulations or outcome require change during the delivery of the project. The post will be remote working, however there is a requirement to attend the meetings, site and team meetings in person as needed, it is anticipated this would be on average 2 days a week.

You will have good numeracy and literacy and ideally a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of manging projects.

Knowledge and experience of local authorities is key particularly to provide a knowledge of elements such as governance, approvals and procurement processes.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

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