This is your opportunity to join our dynamic Planned Works team as a Project Coordinator for a period of 12 months, and embark on a new career that positively impacts communities! Are you ready to make a difference?

As an integral colleague within our Planned Works Team, you’ll play a crucial role in supporting to deliver major works programmes that improve customer homes and transform lives. Using exceptional administrative skills, you’ll ensure projects progress seamlessly from inception to completion raising orders, processing variations, and keeping customers informed of their work.

Offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract this position will provide you with a great opportunity to develop new knowledge and skills within the Planned Works and Social Housing arena, all whilst enjoying 28 days annual leave and Bank Holidays, alongside other benefits. This is a hybrid role, whereby you will work from home, one of our offices (Boston, Rushden or Peterborough) and may travel for meetings or training across our geography (Midlands, East of England).

This varied role will require you to collaborate with a diverse array of stakeholders, including clients, team members, and management, fostering transparent communication whilst supporting project success. This could include using a keen eye for detail to guarantee our systems remain up-to-date, dashboard tracking of project progress, performance, and expenditure.

In this role you will be part of a team, where we live by our core values, delivering a heartfelt service to our customers to achieve our mission of improving lives. If you’re a motivated and enthusiastic individual with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to work within policies and procedures, then this could be the role for you.

Ready for a new challenge? Please apply now.

What you receive from us

1. • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
   • Pension Scheme
   • Life Cover (as part of pension scheme membership)
   • Health Care Cash Plan
   • Free Eye Tests
   • Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities.
   • Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave
   • Employee Assistance programme
   • Wellbeing Support
   • Free flu vaccinations
   • Carers Networking Group a platform to support Unpaid Carers

How to apply

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time – all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

Vetting Requirements

The important things – We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day.

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities.

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group.

Our company

Longhurst Group is one of the leading housing groups in the Midlands and East of England, providing more than 24,000 homes and a wide range of care and support services.

With a team of 1,300 colleagues guided by our shared values, our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and our colleagues and to enhance the communities we serve. We do this by focusing on two clear themes of work: Health and wellbeing and economic resilience.