Pupil Place Planning and Capital Officer
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | Salford, M275DA |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75718838 |
Summary
About the Role
Pupil Place Planning and Capital Officer
Driving Licence:Required
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our School Organisation and Assets Team within Salford Children's Services working on delivering quality places for children.
The main role (please review the job profile for detail) :
Supported by the Capital Projects Manager you will work across Salford to prioritise the needs of the service through Capital funding including; Basic Need, SEND capital and Capital Maintenance, developing schemes to support this against the available budgets.
Your will be a key provider working with the Service Lead/Capital and Projects Manager to deliver the Statutory Pupil Place Planning Programme (Primary, Secondary Phases and Special Schools and PRU’s) in accordance with the specified scope, quality, timescale and resource objectives.Helping to assess need and looking for opportunities to deliver quality places and provision.
You will be responsible for Creating a programme of projects and bids directing day-today Building Projects against available Capital Resource (e.g. Capital Maintenance programme) and responsible for managing the City Council Technical Partners in this regard.
You will work with finance colleagues to support financial monitoring of the required budgets areas and projects in detail providing monthly reports to the Capital and Projects Manager
Physical Project development you will be responsible for the commissioning of individual projects to support educational needs and individual needs of the school and communities.
Manage the Annual Capital Maintenance Programme and Support the partnership working with all stakeholders, schools and faith groups. Working closely with the City Council’s in house technical team through supporting schools ensuring projects are delivered in line with the most up to date Government Guidance and meet educational aspirations and the needs of pupils and young people.
To work with the statistical team analysing and reviewing of the Pupil Place Planning forecasts data and Scorecard, undertake national comparisons and report outcomes where necessary.
You will be working as a client within the Children Services area, an active and important part of the team integral in developing projects from inception through to delivery as a client side with two days never alike and working across the city with our schools and educational facilities and partners.
For further information about this role please contactmichael.goddard@salford.gov.uk
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Up to 34 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays).
Competitive salary
Free parking.
Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance and arrange site visits within the city.
Our team usually work together in Swinton at Unity House.
A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £ £21.50 . The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £5.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £21.50
If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
The post will require a full driving licence as site visits to sites within the city will be required as part of the daily workload.
Job profile attached.
We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.
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