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Projects and Performance Coordinator (Maternity Cover)

Lancaster City Council

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Lancaster Town Hall (Hybrid)

Temporary, Full time

No DBS check required

£28,770 - £33,945 per annum

37 hours


The Role

Working as part of a small and friendly team, the post holder will be required to provide support and reporting for Strategic Projects, Performance Management and Risk Management to aid informed decision making across the Council.

Duties include:

  • To coordinate the process for reviewing and reporting on strategic projects including collecting and analysing appropriate supporting documents, such as but not limited to: project plans, risk logs and benefits registers.
  • To support effective performance management, liaising with services to establish key indicators of success along with how these can be measured. Referencing local or national data sources for comparable data where applicable. 
  • To assist in the design, implementation and ongoing support of the council’s project and performance management system.
  • To support the councils risk management process. This includes, but is not limited to: making changes within the risk management system, advising officers on our risk management process and techniques, producing management information and chasing up officers where risk information is missing or overdue.
  • Maintain and manage the projects and performance pages, and risk management pages of the council’s intranet, adopting self-service principles where possible.

This post is temporary for 14 months, to cover a maternity leave, commencing in November 2024.

The hours of work for this position are 37 per week, working Monday to Friday. Part-time / different working patterns will be considered. Occasional out of hours working (e.g. early evening) in line with the needs of the service may be required.

The base for this post is Lancaster Town Hall, with travel to other council sites within the district necessary. We offer hybrid working meaning you can also work remotely in line with the needs of the business.

Flexible working friendly – we offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and opportunity to work with your team to establish working hours to enable you to maximise your work-life balance.

The Council currently operates an excellent Flexible Working Hours Scheme which applies to this post. Subject to the needs of this business, this may allow employees to work between the hours of 6:00am-10:30pm.

About You

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

You will have some previous experience in:

  • Project support and reporting
  • Performance reporting
  • Coordinating management information

For this role you will need:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A high standard of IT literacy
  • To be a self-starter and be able to work alone or as part of a team

Our Benefits

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

  • Generous annual leave allowance
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve, and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.

Provisional interview dates: 30th September or 1st October


Closing date: Thu 19/09/2024 at 23:55
Job reference: 55_24
Vacancy downloads:

LCC573_Projects_and_Performance_Coordinator_2024.pdf

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