Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ6263
Date posted
19/11/2025
Application closing date
03/12/2025
Location
Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary
25,583 - 25,989 per year
Package
Blank
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Early Careers, apprentices and graduates

Graduate Project Officer

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Job description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for up to 1 Year



Are you interested in improving the lives of some of our most vulnerable people in Leicester?



Join us, as a Graduate Project Officer within the Drugs and Alcohol Team in Public Health and help us bring our vision forward for a fairer society in which everyone can live healthy, happy, and fulfilling lives.



You will influence work around the substance misuse agenda and wider Public Health interventions, helping to bring about lasting and beneficial change for those living with and affected by substance misuse in Leicester.



This is a full-time, fixed term post for up to one year, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Dependent on availability of work/vacancy at a higher level, there may be a possibility to offer a permanent Project Officer, following a successful graduate placement. This will be progressed by satisfactory performance, agreed at annual appraisals and through on-going supervision. You'll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office-based, at City Hall or working from home to suit your needs.

What you'll be doing

You'll be involved in contract management, developing processes around monitoring and evaluation and project management. Day-to-day you'll support various colleagues including Contract Officers, the Group Manager and wider members of the Drugs and Alcohol team to provide updates on key projects, workstreams and up-to-date data.



Within this role, you'll undertake a variety of tasks include, but not limited to, drafting reports, writing minutes and agendas for meetings, as well as undertaking project work. In addition, as you progress, you'll act as the lead on aspects of your work where appropriate.



You'll be given opportunities to learn about different aspects of contract management, with the opportunity to work with both external and internal partners on shared objectives to develop your knowledge and network.

What you'll need

As someone who has graduated within the last 24 months, you'll show a keen interest in the wider health and wellbeing of the population in Leicester. With an enthusiasm to learn and develop your knowledge and skills, your degree doesn't need to be in a specific subject we're just looking for graduates who can show how their transferable skills will benefit the role, team and Council as a whole.



You'll be able to organise your work efficiently, work under pressure and be adaptable. You'll be someone who can successfully work as part of a team but also thrive in independent working. Having experience, whether it be within a work or education setting, of solving problems and thinking creatively to do so. In addition, you'll have experience of utilising Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint to present confidently and showcase your strong literacy and data analysis skill sets.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

If you'd like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact Denise Stone

Denise.Stone@leicester.gov.uk

Interviews and assessments are expected to be held weeks commencing 1st and 8th December 2025. Interviews will be held in person at City Hall in Leicester. As part of the recruitment process, you'll be required to deliver a 10-minute presentation. Details of this will be shared with candidates in the interview invite.