Technical Services Project Officer
Location: Hybrid / Abingdon
Salary and grade: £36,032 - £42,576 per year, Grade 5
Duration of role: Fixed term contract for 12 months
Hours per week: 37 hours per week
Closing Date: Monday 5 August 2024
Job purpose
To work in support of the Technical Services Team Leader to help deliver the actions arising from current car park and moorings projects and service delivery tasks. The role will take some of the tasks currently carried out by the Technical Services Team leader who is reducing the hours they work. The role will help to develop some policies such as for mooring and also have some involvement with reviewing contracts such as car park security, lighting and electricity.
In addition, there are on-going projects such as:
- Electric vehicles (EVs) working with the OCC project team and county council wide project officer and colleagues in climate action to install additional EV chargers on council land
- Charter car park maintenance to include current inspections, security, health and safety arrangements and review of security contract
- Day to day car park maintenance issues and engineering minor works contract, working with colleagues in property assets to include hard surface repairs to paths and roads (including pot holes) car park lining, installation of bollards and fencing etc.
- Virtual parking permits, rolling out new system to councillors and the Public.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Able to demonstrate good skills in managing different projects measurement of quality of service (car park KPIs)
- Developing written procedures and processes
- Procuring and managing new contracts
- Use of new task management system on council system (Concerto)
- Reporting on service delivery
The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.
About you:
Your essential skills, knowledge and experience:
- At least two years knowledge of developing and implementing office procedures and projects.
- Good knowledge of IT systems such as Word and Excel
- Being methodical and organised
- Using initiative and being pro-active
- Persistent in pursuing positive solutions.
- Good team working skills to liaise with colleagues in Procurement,
- Property, Facilities, Legal, HR, Technical business support and the Parks team.
- Full driving license and access to car
Your essential qualifications:
- Degree qualification or equivalent
If you have the following experience or qualifications – it's a bonus:
- Understand and experience of council policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of grounds maintenance service provision
- Specialist databases – Concerto and GiS mapping
Work related requirements:
- Politically sensitive post No
- DBS check required No
- Full driving licence and use of a car for work Yes
- This role requires you to drive a company vehicle for work No
About us
Our vision and values are important to the councils, and we expect you to support them and embed them in the way we work.
Our vision
We are seen as being customer-focussed, approachable and business-like. We are honest and open and are renowned for providing high quality cost-effective services.
Our values
- We act with integrity and show respect
- We are all accountable
- We are passionate about our business
- We strive for simplicity
- We love success
The benefits we offer
- A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
- Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
- Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we
also review salaries each April.
- A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
- The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
- Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
- We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
- A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.
You may have experience in the following: Technical Services Coordinator, Technical Operations Manager, Project Engineer, Technical Services Specialist, IT Project Officer, Technical Services Manager, Project Support Specialist, Technical Support Engineer, and Technical Services Consultant.
REF-215646