View Vacancy -- Temporary Graduate Officer Project Management

Fixed Term - 2 Years

RCT Council's Graduate Scheme 2020

A Graduate position with Award Winning RCT Council is a step in your journey to excellent career opportunities.

This is an exciting and challenging time for Local Government as it seeks to continue to provide high quality services alongside delivering value for money. The role of local government in shaping the future of local communities will be more important than ever.

Working in Local Government offers some of the toughest and most intellectually stimulating challenges, as we provide services that affect thousands of lives in many different ways.

The Council is once again preparing to recruit to its Graduate Programme that provides fantastic opportunities to work in a vibrant environment, learn new and transferable skills, meet people from a range of backgrounds and develop a professional career in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The role will provide on-the-job training and support attendance at college, a competitive salary, the option of joining the Council’s Pension Scheme, 25 days annual leave (in a full year) and the opportunity to access other benefits such as subsidised membership fees for Council run Leisure Centres within Rhondda Cynon Taf and a staff benefits scheme.

Corporate Design operate within the Corporate Estates service area and is an ‘in house’ multidisciplinary professional service unit that provides service support to clients across the authority. The service comprises of project management, building surveying, construction management, quantity surveying, mechanical and electrical engineering with project officers further supporting the main disciplines.   The team provide support across the Council, offering project services to areas such as leisure, education, homes for the elderly and other corporate service groups.

We are seeking a graduate to work within the Project Management Team in Corporate Design and welcome applications from graduates with a degree qualification in building surveying, construction management, quantity surveying or any other construction related degree. Graduates with a non-cognate degree will be considered on their merits. The successful candidate shall assist the project management team in the delivery of a varied and diverse portfolio of projects. The team have recently embarked on the next tranche of 21st century school projects and the majority of experience and knowledge of the construction process will be gained in assisting the team within this strategically important portfolio. Experience will also be provided to allow the use of specialist software such as Computer Aided Design (CAD) for the production of detailed designs. Candidates will also gain experience in a wide range of other software when producing specifications, budget costs and project programmes.

You will be expected to possess excellent communication skills and able to communicate with clients and construction professionals both verbally and in writing and will assist the Project Management Team during all stages of the construction process. The role will require excellent organisational skills and candidates will be required to demonstrate a range of experience & technical skills developed through academic study. In return you will be offered a number of training opportunities in order to develop your skills and the team will actively support you with your further career development.

If you are expecting to gain a minimum 2:2 degree in a relevant discipline, or have been in the workplace since gaining your 2:2 degree, and have drive and passion to help us meet a huge range of responsibilities then you could apply to be part of our Graduate Programme.

Following initial shortlisting, for those invited onto the next stage there will be assessments and individual interviews, which will take place during September. Due to the high volume of application forms these dates are not flexible but are subject to change.

For further information about the post, please send an e-mail to eett@rctcbc.gov.uk.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf welcomes applications from all sections of the community.