Senior Projects & Facilities Officer (Seaford Town Council)

Job introduction

Salary: £13,019 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time

Closing date: 11 May 2025
Interview date: 20 May 2025

How to apply: The full recruitment pack can be accessed from the Town Council’s website: https://www.seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/

About the role

Reporting to: Head of Place

Work location: Town Council offices, with a minimum of 50% office working as agreed with manager and dependent on business needs

Salary grade: STC5

Salary bracket: SCP 21 – 25, starting on SCP 21 £13,019 per annum (calculated pro-rata to working hours)

Are you an experienced project officer looking for an opportunity to apply your skills? Do you thrive on variety? Are you able to find the balance between strategic project development and delivery, and supporting operational delivery and reactiveness?

Seaford Town Council is seeking an experienced high level projects officer to take the lead with various capital projects, serving as the key link between the Town Council and the delivery team, providing advice and identifying risks. You will also work closely alongside the Operations & Facilities Team to support the management and delivery of a wide range of projects and facilities of the Town Council.

You will be responsible for leading on the delivery of capital projects, which can be very high profile in the local community and, as a result, potentially controversial. You will work with others to assist in the development and review of strategic policy and projects.  You will also provide support to the Operations & Facilities Team to aid in the smooth running of the management and maintenance of the Town Council’s extensive portfolio of land and assets.  

As an employer, we believe that experience and knowledge can develop and grow within the business if you have the right attitude and personal skills to bring to the role. You will be a very strong communicator, comfortable negotiating, able to plan and monitor performance against budgets and procurement processes, very adaptable and resilient, and experienced with risk management during project planning and delivery. As a public body, there are very set working practices and approval processes, so you will need to be comfortable working in this way and have the patience to ensure due process is followed.

We are offering you a warm team to join in central Seaford, reassurance of a secure job with a public sector employer that understand and practises its duty of care to its staff, flexibility with your working hours and/or to carry out hybrid work at times (although you will need to be within a commutable distance of Seaford), a competitive public sector salary and pension and importantly, a role that you can take ownership of and thrive in!

The hours of the post are 15 hours per week.

Recruitment Process Information:

If the above has struck a chord and you’d like to know more, the full recruitment pack can be accessed from the Town Council’s website: https://www.seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/

Please note that CVs cannot be accepted and applications must be made using the application form available on the website.

Both internal and external applications must be made electronically using the Town Council’s application form.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 11 May 2025. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 20 May.

Seaford Town Council is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

The Town Council reserves the right to close this vacancy early.     

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.