About the role

Reporting to the LGA’s OPE Assistant Programme Manager, and working with the Cabinet Office Programme Manager, the Programme Support Officer (PSO) post is part of the programme’s Programme Management Office (PMO). The PMO ensures the programme administers funding effectively, monitors and reports programme performance, and supports the day-to-day operation of a national programme.

About you

All our roles require experience of a fast-paced working environment servicing multiple stakeholders, a collaborative mindset, and a continuous improvement mentality.

This role requires an individual who can: work independently across multiple projects at any one time; update and analyse spreadsheets; produce reports including internal and external information; plan, prepare and support meetings and events; raise orders and invoices; routinely keep information up to date; and understand and follow corporate policies and processes.

Successful applicants will need to be team players who are flexible and capable of working with minimal supervision; well organised with the ability to plan and deliver a varied workload; highly capable and well-motivated; excellent communicators. They will also need to have strong interpersonal skills and have excellent attention to detail.

You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

About us

The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. We work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote, and improve local government. We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils to help them deliver local solutions to national problems. We also provide councils with the tools and resources to respond to challenges present and emerging, and support improvement across the sector.

An established national programme, One Public Estate (OPE) helps local councils, government departments and other public sector bodies to reassess, rationalise, and repurpose their property estate to support improved public service delivery and to create opportunities for growth. Our programme is delivered in partnership by the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Office of Government Property (OGP) within the Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

With a network of 69 partnerships across the country, OPE plays a critical role in supporting regeneration, housing delivery and levelling-up, and now is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and deliver further investment in local places on behalf of government partners.

To apply

We are in the process of transitioning our Applicant Tracking System. If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete this offline application form which includes a supporting statement detailing how you meet the criteria of the role and email this to Recruitment@local.gov.uk before the closing date.

We are specifically assessing candidates against the following criteria:

Good knowledge of office systems and procedures, likely to have been gained from previous administrative experience
Experience in a range of software packages inc. word, excel, powerpoint, outlook, MS Teams and Google suite
Experience of organising meetings, events or other activities
Experience in the production of documents and the collation and maintenance of information
Experience of producing work to a high standard, with a level of attention to detail
Evidence of ability to work under pressure, prioritising work against competing and challenging demands to meet deadlines.

Full Programme Support Office Job Description

Closing Date: 5 pm, Friday 14 February

Interview Date: Wednesday 26 and/or Thursday 27 February, interviews will be held virtually.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Amy Nothay, Assistant Programme Manager. Tel: 07464652615.

At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”. If you require a reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have, please contact us via Recruitment@local.gov.uk

Our benefits

LGA annual leave entitlement is 29 days, rising to 31 days after three years’ service and to 33 days after five years’ service, plus all UK public holidays (pro rata for fixed term and part time contracts).
Flexible & agile working – office-based staff are required to work in the LGA’s London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
Future development – face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
Family friendly policies

For more of LGA’s benefits and working with us, please view our webpage https://www.local.gov.uk/benefits-and-working-lga

Our values & behaviours

Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:

how we work with each other
how we work with our members and stakeholders
our expectations for ourselves and each other

Our values are:

Inclusive - We ensure that our work is inclusive of all voices.

Ambitious - We are ambitious for councils and their communities and are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do to support our colleagues, our membership and the sector to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Collaborative - We bring together the expertise and skills needed, working as one team.

Programme Support Officer – One Public Estate