The Borderlands Senior Projects and Programmes Officer is an exciting opportunity to join a small, high-profile team working across the south of Scotland and north of England.
We are delivering over £m of investment through our cross-border Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal.
This is a chance to be part of something unique which will make a different to the lives of the over one million people living across our area.
In this role you will lead on engaging with the key projects in our Deal and be the main link between these project leads and the UK Government and Scottish Government.
It is wide ranging role with an opportunity to influence how this investment is made best use of to transform our region through sustainable and inclusive economic growth.The role will suit someone with an eye for detail, a proactive focus on delivery, flexible and with the ability to build strong working relationships.
You will be guiding projects through the whole life of the project; from the development of business cases and reviewing proposals to maintaining this close relationship through the delivery phase by reviewing performance reports and financial claims to make sure that the project delivers against its commitments.
Through the Deal you will be working on both large capital projects of up to £50m as well as smaller community-led projects across our four themes giving a breadth of work across rural development, skills, energy, digital, place, natural capital, and destination attraction and with a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations.
We work across an area covering 10% of the UK and are therefore have a hybrid working model.
You have the opportunity to work from home, with travel to projects and meetings but will also be allocated the nearest partnership Council headquarters (Carlisle, Dumfries, Kendal, Newton St Boswell and Morpeth) as a base where you are also able to work from.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB A good understanding of principles of project and programme management to keep projects on track for delivery with a public funding context.An ability to understand progress reporting information and distil the implications of these for progress.Experience of working in a partnership setting across different organisations and ability to build strong relationships The ability to attend meetings across the Borderlands areas, for example a full valid UK driving license.For further information about the role, please contact Chris Edwards (Principal Programmes Officer) via email at: