About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GIRO’S PERSUASIVE POWERS

The Environment and City Management team in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. We love it when our work touches lives.

Take Stepping to the Beat, our 3k walk, jog or run for people with learning or physical disabilities or Autism, their families and carers. It’s a life-affirming, music-based event Coreen and Claudia are massively proud of – and they were keen for people to spread the word. So, imagine how thrilled they were when one of our residents, Giro, did just that. Advocating for people with disabilities at a planning meeting for transport in London, he was proudly wearing his event medal. And he decided to use it to encourage others. As he passed it around the room, Giro inspired lots more people with disabilities to get involved. Infectious enthusiasm goes a long way here.

Please view the extraordinary story of Giro’s Persuasive Powers here.

The Role:

As an Operations Officer in our City Highways team, you can make your own powerful contribution to the lives of people living and working in Westminster. Using your knowledge of procurement and contract management, you’ll help to ensure value for money and a high standard of delivery by contractors and suppliers providing everything from IT systems and maintenance services to public lighting and public realm schemes relating to our highways. You will also process payments, monitor performance, track finance and prepare reports. Your expertise will help to keep our highways running safely and smoothly, which includes many key routes through Central London used by thousands of vehicles and pedestrians every day.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

Holding, or working towards a recognised professional qualification in procurement or contract management, you’ll be keen to develop your experience the context of a flagship local authority at the heart of London’s road network. You’ll bring a good knowledge of procurement legislation, including EU procurement law. You’ll also have experience of supplier and contract management. Customer driven, you’ll be enthusiastic about engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders in the highways system. Meanwhile, your strong analytical and problem-solving skills mean you’ll be ready to work as part of a dynamic and high-performing team.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. There are 250,000 diverse residents, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people working here every day. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we service at all levels. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and are empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

We are a multi award winning and forward-thinking Council which appreciates that people work in different ways, and where our staff benefit from working in a range of flexible and agile working patterns.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.