Project Officer - Property Management

Birmingham's Children and Families Directorate are recruiting a series of posts to the Education Infrastructure service. This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills, knowledge, and experience to facilitate meaningful change for the children, young people, and families of Birmingham. We are looking for a bold and ambitious Project Officer to join our team. This large, diverse city is going through an exciting, yet challenging time of transformation and improvement. If you are looking for your next challenge and have the passion to secure the very best opportunities and outcomes for children and young people, then perhaps this is the role for you. About the role: This is a key role within the Property Management Team and will require coordination of activities across the wider Education Infrastructure Service aligned to the Business Plan. You will support the Principal Officer to deliver a wide range of responsibilities. The key activities associated with the post will include:

• To develop and implement high quality processes to ensure consistency across the Property Management Team.
• To develop and implement appropriate governance arrangements across the Education portfolio in relation to licenses, leases, wayleaves, shared use agreements etc.
• To develop and maintain robust financial systems and databases to ensure accurate records are kept.
• Administering the compliance and maintenance of the Education property portfolios.
• Facilitating and implementing the relevant status changes of schools including School Organisation / Significant Change processes, Academy conversions, etc
The role will also involve working within a multi-disciplinary environment which will include engaging with internal and external stakeholders, the Council's senior leadership, other Local Authorities, central government departments, Schools and Academies.

More important to us than specific qualifications, is that you have an eye for detail, be organised, a good communicator (both written and oral) with enthusiasm for improving opportunities and outcomes for the children and young people of Birmingham. We will need you to be able to multi-task and work flexibly to cover gaps where necessary. Whilst we will help you to prioritise, we would want you to be able to work independently and problem solve confidently. We would like you to be a good collaborator who is able to listen and shape solutions with others., We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

Do you want to make a real difference for children, young people and families in Birmingham? Outside of London, Birmingham is the UK's most diverse city and has the largest number of young people in the city than any of its European counterparts. Birmingham is on a journey of significant change, ready to reset, reshape and restart., Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

We offer competitive salaries and annual leave, membership of the local government pension scheme, and access to a variety of employee assistance programmes, to support the well-being of our workforce. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered., In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.