Economic Regeneration Project Officer

Job information Economic Regeneration Project Officer from the Company Leicester City Council, this latest Economic Regeneration Project Officer job vacancy is located in the city Leicester. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Networking field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Description : Job details Job reference REQ5468 Date posted 03/06 Application closing date 17/06 Location City Hall Salary£34,314 - £37,035 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £50,337.32 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Business Support Attachments Job Description (85).pdf Economic Regeneration Project Officer Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term until 31st of March due to funding

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of the Construction Hub project which is supporting individuals to move into the Construction Industry across Leicester & Leicestershire. The post will work with the Construction Hub manager to support individuals to apply, advice and support them through the training course and into job opportunities within the construction sector. The construction hub provides individuals with the support to gain knowledge and understanding on working within the construction sector, certified training around the construction sector and opportunities to gain the CSCS card to work in the industry. The post will work with individuals to progress through the 3 week course, complete the course, link to work experience and job opportunities. The current funding is upto March which is why this is being sought on fixed term basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity to for someone to gain new / more skills in the field of Individual Adviser Support but also in relation to project management skills. Key benefits are seeing the individuals being supported from the start and seeing them being successful in achieving employment and the benefits they have gained throughout the programme.

We will consider this vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis then please make your line manager aware before applying.

What you'll be doing:

As the Economic Regeneration Project Officer, you will be part of a small team to support the delivery of the Construction Hub project which is a project supporting individuals (unemployed, economically inactive or working in other industries) to move into the construction sector.

• Working with the Construction Hub Manager to support, manage and track the individuals from initial engagement to job outcome. The role will be to advice individuals throughout this process, support and guidance individuals and help them on their journey.
• Effective tracking, monitoring of the individuals will be essential to ensure the targets each month are being met to secure the external funding for the project.
• You will be expected to build a good rapport with external organisations who provide advice, guidance and support to refer candidates into the construction hub, this will include aspect such as attending job fairs, employer events etc where to encourage support from employers and individuals within this sector.
• The post will ensure all relevant documentation is chased, checked and recorded to ensure correct audit evidence for claims and are delivered time, scale, quality and quantity. You will be part of the team to ensure all funding requirements are met.

What you'll need:

We are seeking an individual who will has experience or has the ability to support individuals, has clear attention to detail with good communication skills in particular supporting the range of hard to reach individuals looking to go into this sector and being able to advice, guide and support from engagement to employment, have good attention to detail to check paperwork, track, monitor and chase individuals through the various elements of the programme.

Good networking skills to link individuals / employers as possible; The individual must have excellent IT/data skills to be know where individual is in terms of their support and update and to ensure these reports are maintained for management, funding requirements. Good time management and organisations skills are essential.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal chat about this role please contact Jo at

Interviews / Assessments will take place week commencing 23rd of June