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About the Role
This role sits at the heart of the service, combining financial management, performance analysis, income generation, and service improvement. You will play a key role in supporting the Planning Performance Agreement (PPA) service, helping to maximise income, monitor performance, and ensure the accurate financial management and reporting of a significant revenue stream. You will work closely with planning, building control, finance, and corporate colleagues to produce financial forecasts, undertake income reconciliations, monitor budgets, manage purchase order processes, and support debt recovery activities. You will also analyse service data, prepare reports and dashboards, and provide insights that support operational and strategic decision-making. Alongside these responsibilities, you will contribute to MHCLG funded, high profile, digital transformation and service improvement projects, supporting the development of new systems, processes, and ways of working across Planning and Building Control. This is a varied role offering exposure to finance, data analysis, project delivery, and service development within a fast-paced and evolving local government environment.
Responsibilities
- Managing and supporting systems, software, GIS mapping, online forms and public-facing systems and services.
- Leading financial management activities relating to Built Environment, including budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations, debt recovery, purchase order management, activity analysis and financial reporting.
- Supporting and growing income-generating services, particularly Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs), helping to secure significant revenue for the service.
- Producing performance analysis, dashboards, statutory returns, management information and business intelligence to support decision-making across Planning, Building Control and wider Built Environment services.
- Working on Built Environment systems and digital transformation and innovation projects, including new planning and building control technologies and service improvements.
- Managing programme delivery activities, contracts, supplier relationships, governance requirements, and project implementation.
- Providing customer service support, responding to enquiries, complaints, Freedom of Information requests and Member Enquiries.
Requirements
- Candidates should clearly demonstrate relevant skills in areas such as budgeting, financial management, performance reporting, analysis, service planning and business support, and explain how these experiences and skills would apply within a Built Environment service context.
- To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked “A” for application.
- Please ensure you clearly head each marked criteria from the job specification list and answer clearly against each item.
Skills
- Budgeting
- Financial management
- Performance reporting
- Analysis
- Service planning
- Business support
- Systems management
- Software management
- GIS mapping
- Online forms
- Public-facing systems
- Forecasting
- Reconciliations
- Debt recovery
- Purchase order management
- Activity analysis
- Financial reporting
- Income generation
- Performance analysis
- Dashboards
- Statutory returns
- Management information
- Business intelligence
- Digital transformation
- Innovation
- Programme delivery
- Contract management
- Supplier relationship management
- Governance
- Project implementation
- Customer service support
- Enquiry response
- Complaint handling
- Freedom of Information requests
- Member Enquiries
Location
- South London
Work Type
- Secondment Opportunity
- Fixed Term Contract
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- £51,228 pa in annual increments to £54,360 inc LW
Benefits
- Lambeth Staff Benefits
About the Company
- Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Stretching from the dynamic neighbourhood of Streatham in the South to the iconic landmarks of Waterloo in the North, we are proud to be the 9th largest borough in London. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London's largest LGBTQ+ community, and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community.
- It is an exciting time to join Lambeth Council, we have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth’s communities and residents through our Lambeth 2030 Plan ‘Our Future, Our Lambeth.
- With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment.
- Please have a look at our dedicated One Lambeth Values and Behaviours page.
Equal Opportunity
- At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all.
- We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role.
- For a full list of our accreditations, please click here.