51464 CEPE
County Hall, Norwich
£32,029 - £33,799 per annum
37 hours per week
Permanent contracts

Would you like the chance to join an international team, supporting environmental, social and technology projects, and undertake some travel in the UK and France?

The Interreg France (Channel) England programme is recruiting 5 project officers to monitor and support project activity funded by the European Union until 31 December 2023. We’re offering a fantastic opportunity to work in financial project management, dealing with European co-operation projects.

You will join a growing team which funds exciting collaborative projects between French and English communities in the Channel area. These are aimed at bringing about improvements in innovation, social innovation, low carbon technologies, heritage, and water ecosystems.

We are looking for people with experience in case management and a focus on providing excellent customer service.

The role will include:

Providing advice, training and support to projects, funded by France (Channel) England, throughout the projects’ lifetime;
Monitor projects’ operational and financial progress against stated milestones;
Verification and quality control of expenditure when processing projects’ claims for payments;
Report on performance, operational and financial aspects of projects and the FCE programme.

As well as project management and customer service experience a regulatory and/or financial background would be beneficial.

The posts will be based at Norfolk County Council in Norwich. The deadline for applications is 20 February 2020 and interviews will be held on 9 or 10 March 2020.

For an information pack and to apply, please visit https://norfolkcc.engageats.co.uk or for more information about the Interreg programme visit https://www.channelmanche.com.

For an informal discussion regarding this vacancy, please contact Sara Brown, Deputy Programme Manager via email: sara.brown@norfolk.gov.uk.