Space Planner - Waverley Court

Job Description

Place

Space Planner
Waverley Court

Salary: £44,257 - £52,373
Hours: 36 per week

Purpose of Job Undertake a range of projects/areas of work to support the optimisation of the Council's estate.

This will include:

• Contribute to the development of the Strategic Asset Strategy and plan
• Contribute to the improvement of the efficiency and utilisation of the Council’s Operational Estate
• Developing viable space solutions to support business cases

MAJOR TASKS/JOB ACTIVITIES

Undertake a range of projects/areas of work ensuring outcomes are delivered on time and to a high standard Design the space and its use for approved business cases to support in the development of these business cases Provide recommendations on the IT and other FF&E requirements for the approved business cases Explore, define and agree co-location, ways of working and space sharing opportunities to develop further initiatives by engaging with internal stakeholders, HR and third party organisations.

Ensure that the CAFM database is maintained up-to-date and appropriate references and links to documents are operational.

Liaise with and manage external consultants and contractors.

Research best practice, processes, methodologies and approaches to interior design and space planning.

Subject to the approval of senior managers, support the Strategic Asset Partnership Manager with the preparation and content of reports, strategic plans, other documents, briefings, presentations and FOIs for Council meetings, external agencies, senior officers, including the Council Management Team and the relevant committees as well as business and stakeholder groups.

Support the Council's democratic process, including Executive committees and Neighbourhood Partnerships, meetings of the Council and Elected Members etc.

Educated to degree level or equivalent - Desirable

Recognised project management skills (preferably knowledge of using Prince2 methodology) - Desirable

Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development - Essential

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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