About the role
It is an exciting time to join the Housing Delivery Team as the scale, pace, ambition and complexity of the Council’s housing development activity increases to meet our affordable housing need.
This role will support the delivery of a varied programme of housing schemes, contributing to projects from early feasibility through to completion. Working within a busy team, you will help coordinate activities, maintain governance and reporting processes, and support effective stakeholder engagement. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering much needed high-quality affordable homes for our communities.
What will you be doing?
In this role you will support the Principal Regeneration Officer and Regeneration Officer for Housing Delivery in ensuring projects are delivered on time and to budget.
You will support the team by:
- Providing project coordination and support across a range of housing schemes
- Assisting with project planning, monitoring, and performance reporting
- Maintaining accurate project documentation in line with governance and organisational frameworks and policies
- Supporting the preparation of business cases, reports and programme updates
- Organising and supporting project boards, meetings and stakeholder engagement activities
- Supporting procurement activity, funding processes and budget monitoring
The role will be varied and interesting, with plenty of opportunity to develop professionally whilst supporting the Council’s housing delivery ambitions.
About you
We are seeking an organised and motivated Project Coordinator to join our Housing Delivery Team who will support development projects from inception to completion.
You will ideally have experience working in a project support or coordination role, with strong organisational skills and attention to detail. You will be confident communicating with a range of stakeholders and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
An interest in housing, regeneration or public sector delivery, alongside a proactive and solutions-focused mindset, will help you succeed in this role.
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
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