The Requirements Project Officer role is to write requirement statements and gather information for options appraisals for future projects. The role requires working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders from both within and outside the council to achieve effective integrated and best value outcomes for residents of Barnet.
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- IT skills: Computer literate – advanced experience with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
- Project Management: Experience of managing projects in a complex organisation with a large and varied stakeholder base
- Experience of budget management
- Experience of financial modelling and business case development
- Experience of delivering projects to time, quality, and cost
- Highly developed problem solving and analytic skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills as this role requires working with a range of people
- The ability to present to stakeholders and managers
- The skill of persuasive communication
- To be able to make strong connections with a wide range of people
- Setting direction: The applicant should be able to demonstrate a level of autonomy in managing their own workload
- Team working: An understanding of local authorities and the context in which they operate
- Experience of working with senior managers to develop and implement projects and initiatives
- The willingness to work as a wider team is essential for this role
- Work collaboratively with peers and stakeholders
- To take ideas from different members of teams, analysing what can and cannot be used
- To be able to work with a wide range of people who achieve goals in different ways
- The ability to create an open environment for discussion
- Constructively use conflict as an opportunity to generate innovate solutions
- The ability to work with different departments to ensure across-department collaboration
- Managing performance: Experience delivering projects to time quality and cost
- Managing the performance of the projects is essential to the role
- Managing the performance of external teams is also a key feature of the job
- Striving for excellence: To strive for excellent results in project delivery
- The candidate should demonstrate high levels of personal motivation and drive for results
- Exemplary written work
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance
