Environment Project Support Officer

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EnvironmentProject Support OfficerGrade8

Salary£33,835 to£35,930 per annum

ContractPermanent

Working hoursCore hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm,with flexible working available

LocationBromley Civic CentreWorking patternHybrid workingavailable, with a minimum of two days per week in the office

About the role

We are looking for an organised and proactive Environment Project Support Officer to join Bromley Council’s Greenspace team. This is an opportunity to help deliver capital improvement projects across the borough’s parks and open spaces, including waterbody and play area improvements, park infrastructure works and wider investment programmes.

Working with the Greenspace Contracts and Programmes Manager and the wider parks project team, you will provide practical project, funding and administrative support. Your work will include coordinating project information and actions, monitoring budgets and progress, supporting procurement and contract records, researching funding opportunities, preparing grant applications, and assisting with reports, consultations and communications.

You will need strong organisational and communication skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of project or administrative support who can work confidently with records, spreadsheets, reports and financial information. Experience of grants, procurement, stakeholder engagement or work in a parks, environmental, construction, regeneration or public-sector setting would be an advantage.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to visible environmental improvements that benefit Bromley’s residents and communities. You should be willing to travel across the borough for site visits and occasionally attend evening or weekend meetings or consultation events when required.

If you are motivated by well-organised project delivery and want to help improve Bromley’s parks and open spaces, we would welcome your application.

Applications will be assessed based on the criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, which can be foundhere.

If you would like to speak to the Hiring Manager about the role, please contact Mollie Lyon 0208 313 4767 or email Mollie.Lyon@bromley.gov.uk for a confidential discussion.

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Bronze Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.

We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies. If you are a candidate and would like to contact the Recruitment Team regarding the application process, please email Recruitment.Team@bromley.gov.uk