Project Officer

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector support service is seeking a Project Manager to manage furniture and equipment projects from inception to completion. This role involves coordinating with clients and stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong communication and project management skills, a problem-solving mindset, and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively. A hybrid working arrangement is available, promoting work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple F&E projects ensuring timely, cost-effective delivery.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with clients and stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel across the UK for client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the entire project lifecycle from inquiry to invoicing.
• Understand workspace needs and translate them into clear specifications.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, and risks.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Problem-solving mindset

Ability to manage multiple tasks

Job description

Organisation:ESPO

WorkLocation:Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES

WorkerCategory:Hybrid Worker

Salary: £35,451- £39,165 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

WorkingHours:37 hours, Full time

ContractType:Permanent

Closing Date: 11th January 2026

ESPO was created over 40 years ago and provides a valuable service to public sector organisations who support our communities throughout the UK. Our customers include education providers, NHS, charities, housing associations and local government and any profit is reinvested back into local communities. Underpinned by our values of Customer Focused,Positivity, Working Together, Trust & Respect and Openness & Transparency and supported by our friendly workforce, we offer a great working environment.

About the Role

The role requires working closely with clients, end users and other stakeholders to understand their workspace needs and translating project briefs into clear specifications, before presenting fully-costed furniture and equipment solutions drawn from ESPO’s product portfolio and frameworks.

The post manages the entire project lifecycle—from initial enquiry and procurement through delivery, on-site installation, supervision of goods receipt, and final invoicing. Throughout, the role coordinates with suppliers, contractors, and internal teams to ensure projects are delivered accurately, on time, and within budget.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

1. Manage multiple F&E projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery
2. Demonstrate excellent communication skills when liaising with clients, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, to understand requirements and define project scope as well as manage project timelines, budgets, and risks
3. Undergo UK travel for client meetings as well as attendance at various exhibitions and events to promote the services of the F&E Projects team and the wider ESPO offer
4. Coordinate delivery, installation, and snagging activities on-site. These tasks may require overnight stays
5. Strong project coordination and organisational skills with the ability to self- motivate and manage your own time
6. Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in all aspects of work whilst still managing multiple tasks and prioritising under pressure
7. Problem-solving and collaborative mindset with a practical, can-do attitude

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Neil Mackie – F & E Project Manager

Telephone: [phone]

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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