Project Officer - Place

Cooper Golding Ltd.; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

North Devon Council is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Project Officer to join the Economic Development and Regeneration team on a permanent full-time basis to help deliver an exciting programme of projects across North Devon, including Barnstaple.

You'll lead projects from idea through to delivery, identify funding opportunities, engage with local businesses and communities, prepare bids, and develop costings, project programmes and business plans to drive town centre improvements and

Qualifications

• Excellent project management, research, organisation and report-writing skills.
• Experience delivering projects in economic development and regeneration.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects on time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects across North Devon's towns, businesses and communities.
• Identify funding opportunities and prepare bids.
• Develop costings, project programmes and business plans.
• Collaborate with Place Managers, councillors, businesses and the public.

Skills

Project management

Research

Organisation

Report writing

Job description

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Job details

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Package We offer a supportive environment in an organisation with flexible working hours and a career average salary pension scheme.North Devon Council believes in valuing diversity and is committed to equal opportunities

Could you help shape the future of North Devon?

Great places don’t happen by accident. They need ideas, investment, partnerships and people who can make things happen. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Project Officer to join our Economic Development and Regeneration team on a permanent basis to help deliver an exciting programme of projects across North Devon.

This is much more than a desk-based project role. You’ll be helping to deliver projects that make a visible difference to our towns, businesses and communities. From finding new ways to boost town centre footfall and breathe life into vacant units, to engaging with local businesses, developing funding bids and supporting major regeneration schemes, you’ll be involved from idea through to delivery.

Following the success of Barnstaple’s Market Quarter regeneration, there’s plenty more to come, with future projects emerging from our regeneration vision alongside major schemes in Ilfracombe and across the district.

You’ll work closely with our Place Managers and collaborate with businesses, communities, partners, councillors and the public.

We’re looking for someone with excellent project management, research, organisation and report-writing skills who can confidently manage competing priorities and keep projects moving. You’ll also help identify funding opportunities and prepare bids, developing costings, project programmes and business plans to help turn great ideas into deliverable projects.

If you enjoy solving problems, working with people and seeing projects come to life, we’d love to hear from you.

If you would like to discuss the post before applying, please contact: Dominie Dunbrook – Place Manager, Economic Development and Regeneration – 01271 388372

Interview Date: 20 November 2026

If you have not heard by the interview date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.