Project Officers

We are seeking three enthusiastic and committed Strategic Project Officers to support Children's Services on their journey of transformation, service improvement and are always looking for more efficient ways of working. This team is responsible for the delivery of driving income generation and cost savings and is pivotal in the realisation of service outcomes.

The Project Officers will work within the Children's Services service improvement and efficiency team who are committed to delivering a key council Programme within the transformation portfolio that supports effective and sustainable change.

The posts are responsible for the development and day-to-day execution of the Children's transformation and improvement programme plan - celebrating successful outcomes and swiftly reacting to concerns that which may risk the achievement of the programme. You will be a highly motivated, forward thinking and a systemically minded individual who wants to be part of creating excellence; and who thrives on working in a stimulating, high-pressured, strongly supported environment.

You will support the management teams with the oversight responsibility of quality transformation and improvement projects to deliver key benefits.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and innovative team and make a positive impact on the services Telford and Wrekin Council provides.

There are many exciting and rewarding benefits working for Telford and Wrekin Council including the option of working flexibly between home and the office base.

Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here