Contract Monitoring Officer Leisure

Contract Monitoring Officer

£29665.00 per annum, 22 hours per week

Permanent

Cirencester/Coleford/Witney/Agile & Homeworking

Do you have experience in the Leisure sector and a passion for data, compliance, and monitoring performance? Do you want to have a positive impact on the community and to contribute to achieving the Council’s corporate priorities by ensuring good quality leisure services?

We are looking for a Contract Monitoring Officer to join us on a 22 hours per week permanent contract based in either Cirencester, Coleford or Witney. This role will be part of the Leisure and Wellbeing team working across the three partner councils, supporting the contract monitoring activities for the Leisure services.

Your responsibility will be to ensure contract compliance and to monitor performance and to collate and review data and information. The role requires regular travel to attend meetings and to undertake site visits to engage with providers, colleagues, and customers. Working with your stakeholders, building, and maintaining effective and positive relationships will be a big part of your role.

You will need

• Relevant professional qualification or relevant industry experience.
• Experience in the leisure industry, a similar field or transferable skills.
• Confidence and experience in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Good level of IT skills - MS Office and experience of using service support systems

Special conditions

• Ability to travel with a Full UK Driving License and access to a car
• There may be a requirement to work at other Publica Group (Support) Ltd and/or client locations to meet the needs of the business
• You will be expected to work reasonable additional hours in line with the needs of the service

For more information about this role please see the Job Description/Person Specification.

You will be employed by Publica Group Ltd which was created by four partner Councils (West Oxfordshire District Council, Cotswold District Council, Cheltenham Borough Council and Forest of Dean District Council) to deliver more efficient and improved services. 
Publica is a unique place to work – we are a local government organisation with a twist! Publica wants to transform the way local services are delivered. To help do this we have started to fundamentally rethink the way we design our services in the digital era so that Publica is a customer-focused organisation driven by real user needs.

What can we do for you

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
• Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
• Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary

To apply for this position please click on "apply now" within this page and submit your CV and supporting statement. Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criteria listed above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for Publica Group Ltd..

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