Performance and Projects Officer
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £36,363 to £38,220 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Ipswich Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | REQ01031 |
Summary
Housing is a flagship service of Ipswich Borough Council and it is a service that is vital for our tenants and very much in the public eye – as you would expect with such a range of work. We benefit from working from a brand new environmentally friendly modern depot facility.
It is a great opportunity to make your mark at Ipswich and develop your career at the Council. Innovation and aspiration are encouraged. The varied workload will enable you to refine your existing skills as well as develop new ones.
We are looking for a Performance and Projects Officer who will manage data, report performance and assist with managing all aspects of the compliance of our housing stock, with the sole aim of keeping tenants safe in their homes.
As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free swimming, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.
Specifically, this post will be responsible for:
To be responsible for ensuring reporting on compliance with the ‘Big 9’ across all of the Council’s housing stock
Assisting our Building Safety and Compliance Managers complete all relevant work to ensure full legal compliance with gas, electrical, damp/mould, stock condition, lift safety, asbestos safety, water safety, smoke and CO alarms and fire safety. Ensuring all relevant regulatory certification and data is fully maintained at all times.
You will assist colleagues to ensure any work is allocated, programmed, monitored, reported and progressed. You will assist in ensuring quality and safety standards are met and compliance with specification. You will assist in ensuring performance is reported to CMT, Councillors and Governance Boards when asked to do so.
You will be the key point of contact for maintaining all data relating to compliance and preparing data reports including the use of graphs and analysis.
A good working knowledge in excel, IT forms is highly desirable. Any experience using Power BI may be beneficial. However, full training will be provided.
For details of other responsibilities, see the Job Description
About You
The successful candidate will have:
Preferably, a degree qualification or proven organisational knowledge in a project or business planning environment
Ability to produce and analyse accurate and relevant reports in a variety of formats.
Working knowledge of a broad range of IT and web based applications.
For more information about this role please contact Paul Pledger on 01473 432779
or paul.pledger@ipswich.gov.uk
Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role: Job Description and Person Specification
The selection process will be a panel interview in person. Interview date to be confirmed.
Please note CVs are not accepted.
It is a great opportunity to make your mark at Ipswich and develop your career at the Council. Innovation and aspiration are encouraged. The varied workload will enable you to refine your existing skills as well as develop new ones.
We are looking for a Performance and Projects Officer who will manage data, report performance and assist with managing all aspects of the compliance of our housing stock, with the sole aim of keeping tenants safe in their homes.
As well as a good salary, we offer a career average pension scheme, generous holiday and sick pay entitlements, subsidised parking, public transport discounts, free swimming, cycle purchase scheme, plenty of personal and professional development opportunities, flexible working, hybrid working opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme and the opportunity to work with great colleagues.
Specifically, this post will be responsible for:
To be responsible for ensuring reporting on compliance with the ‘Big 9’ across all of the Council’s housing stock
Assisting our Building Safety and Compliance Managers complete all relevant work to ensure full legal compliance with gas, electrical, damp/mould, stock condition, lift safety, asbestos safety, water safety, smoke and CO alarms and fire safety. Ensuring all relevant regulatory certification and data is fully maintained at all times.
You will assist colleagues to ensure any work is allocated, programmed, monitored, reported and progressed. You will assist in ensuring quality and safety standards are met and compliance with specification. You will assist in ensuring performance is reported to CMT, Councillors and Governance Boards when asked to do so.
You will be the key point of contact for maintaining all data relating to compliance and preparing data reports including the use of graphs and analysis.
A good working knowledge in excel, IT forms is highly desirable. Any experience using Power BI may be beneficial. However, full training will be provided.
For details of other responsibilities, see the Job Description
About You
The successful candidate will have:
Preferably, a degree qualification or proven organisational knowledge in a project or business planning environment
Ability to produce and analyse accurate and relevant reports in a variety of formats.
Working knowledge of a broad range of IT and web based applications.
For more information about this role please contact Paul Pledger on 01473 432779
or paul.pledger@ipswich.gov.uk
Please download the Job Description and Person Specification to find out more about this role: Job Description and Person Specification
The selection process will be a panel interview in person. Interview date to be confirmed.
Please note CVs are not accepted.
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