• Do you want to help make homes in London safer for their residents?
• Do you have an eye for detail while working in a fast-paced environment?
• Can you administer critical programme processes, ensuring they run smoothly and efficiently?

All Londoners deserve to live in homes that are safe. The tragedy at Grenfell Tower in 2017 revealed an urgent and high-profile crisis, with many buildings in the capital, and across the country, found to have cladding and other fire safety concerns. In response, the government set up the Building Safety Programme to ensure that these buildings can be made safe.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Programme Officer to join the GLA’s existing Building Safety Team. The team is responsible for managing the funds that make up the government’s Building Safety Programme in London. Our work directly supports the Mayor in his role as a core participant in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and our team helps to advise the Mayor on his policies related to building safety.

In the Programme Officer role, you will monitor and report on programme performance, assist with reviewing and progressing applications and payments, help to co-ordinate input from legal and technical advisors and deal with correspondence from a variety of stakeholders, including central government, London boroughs, consultants and building owners. This role will enable you to work with colleagues in a supportive team environment with lots of opportunities to learn and share skills and ideas. You will also have opportunities to influence and enhance existing processes, and to design new ways of working that help the Building Safety Team function efficiently and deliver to a high standard.

Our ideal applicant is highly organised, self-motivated and proactive with excellent attention to detail. You will also be used to building open and collaborative relationships and ideally have experience of working on complex projects or funding programmes. Whilst a background in housing, construction or building safety sectors is helpful, it is not essential for the role and we welcome applications from candidates with experience in other relevant sectors to bring applicable expertise to the role. The Building Safety Team has a comprehensive training and induction programme to get you up to speed on the key issues related to building safety, coupled with wider learning and development to promote individual growth and expertise.

Want to find out more about what it’s like working in the GLA’s Building Safety Team?

Read Interviews with some of our current Senior Programme Officers and Programme Managers.

If you would like to hear more about the job, we are holding two informal sessions with members of the team on Monday 31 January at 19:00 and on Friday 04 February at 12:00. If you are interested in attending, please email Beth.Lackenby@london.gov.uk to register your details and receive an invite. These sessions will be held virtually via Microsoft teams.

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We are also advertising Senior Programme Officer posts in the same team, if you would like further information please visit the GLA vacancies page.

This role will be based at City Hall, in the Royal Docks (Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE).  At present GLA staff are working largely from home, with office space available.  Over the coming weeks and months, we will be moving to hybrid working as part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme

If you have specific questions about the role, please contact George.Neal@london.gov.uk.If your question is about the recruitment process, please contact a member of the Recruitment Team via email on glarecruitment@engageats.co.uk quoting reference GLA4306.

To apply, please visit our website.

Application closing date: Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 23:59 GMT.

Interview date: Wednesday 9, Thursday 10 and Tuesday 15 March 2022.

London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.