Fixed term position until 31 March 2021

About us

The LGA is the national voice of local government. We work with councils to support, promote and improve local government.

The Improvement Directorate of the LGA provides support to local authorities across the country. The Directorate is looking to employ a Programme Support Officer to work with our Cyber Security team.

The role

The roles require individuals who can: work independently across multiple projects at any one time, update and analyse spreadsheets, produce reports, chase external stakeholders for information, plan and prepare meetings and events, take minutes, raise orders and invoices, monitor budgets, routinely keep project information and records up to date, understand and follow corporate policies and processes.

Successful applicants will need to be: team players who are flexible and capable of working with minimal supervision; well organised with the ability to plan and deliver a varied workload; highly capable and well-motivated; excellent communicators. They will also need to have strong interpersonal skills and have excellent attention to detail.

The Cyber Security Programme works with a number of stakeholders to promote the information security and service resilience of local authorities across the country.

For enquiries contact Karen Denyer karen.denyer@local.gov.uk