Project Coordinator

Salary £32,020 - £36,298| Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Preston | Can you provide project support within Lancashire County Council's Capital Programme Team? We are offering exciting opportunities to join us in Lancashire as we develop and deliver our capital building programmes across the county. **The Role**: The Asset Management Service provides strategic management of the council's property, schools and highway assets to ensure that they meet the aims of the Corporate Strategy and support service delivery across the county. This role will assist in the development and delivery of capital works to the council's property and school's portfolio. **About You**: The successful applicant will have experience of coordinating complex projects and working with a range of different service areas to meet challenging deadlines and collate the detailed information required to deliver desired outcomes. Adaptable and resilient, you will have excellent communication and negotiation skills combined with strong organisational skills. Highly developed critical thinking skills are required, alongside innovative problem-solving ability and experience of successfully managing complex issues and requirements. With a proven history of effective partnership working, you will have the ability, expertise and confidence to both work collaboratively with, support and challenge internal and external stakeholders and partners, including a wide range of professionals and senior managers. This is an essential car user post; you will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. In certain circumstances consideration may be given to applicants who, as a consequence of a disability, are unable to drive. **Why join us ** **Benefits**:There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased too - we have a generous public sector pension, with employers contributions of 16.3%, with shared AVC's available then a benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes and eye tests plus much more **Development**:you'll get support and development along the journey - there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal/professional qualifications, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted plus all the benefits of working with Lancashire County Council **Inclusivity**:we don't have a "one size fits all" idealism, we embrace diversity and that includes around personal and family requirements so appreciate that you'll want to be working from home when you can, your hours may vary or change and for us - delivering successful outcomes is more important than watching the clock - Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat: _ Or **Closing Date: 10/09/23 Interviews: w/c 25/09/23** You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability. **Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.** In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website. **Job Description and Person Specification