Fixed term position until 31 March 2022

About us

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

The Digital and Cyber Security programme works with local authorities to support the improvement of digital services for councils and their residents in as secure a way as possible.

To find out more information about what it’s like to work at the LGA, please visit http://www.local.gov.uk/benefits-and-working-lga and for information on Equality and Diversity at the LGA, please visit https://www.local.gov.uk/equality-and-diversity-lga 

The role

The role requires 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.

Given the scope of the programme we are required to monitor large amounts of information about projects and stakeholders. This role will be essential in supporting the team to track and analyse information across the programme. The applicant should be a confident user of excel, with the ability to input and analyse information held within spreadsheets.

The requirements

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.

You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

For enquiries contact Katie Owen - katie.owen@local.gov.uk 

As a Disability Confident Leader, the LGA values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community