Neighbourhoods Project Officer (Street Care)

Neighbourhoods Project Officer (Street Care)
Salary: Scale 6 (£31,537 - £33,699)
This role is eligible for an Essential Car User allowance of up to £963 per annum.
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Based at Stopford House Edward Street Stockport SK1 3XE, On site around the Borough throughout the working day.

Application Deadline: 1st June 2026 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 3rd June 2026
Interview Date: 11 / 12th June 2026
Interview Type: In Person

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Your Role

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to work for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and are seeking to recruit a Neighbourhoods Project Officer to join our Street Care Team.

Based within the Thriving Neighbourhoods Service, the successful applicant will be part of a team providing and maintaining safe, clean and sustainable neighbourhoods. The role will be involved in a wide range of work within the community, including working with partners and community groups to ensure public spaces are the very best they can be.

The post works with and supports colleagues within the council to ensure that our neighbourhoods are a safe and clean place for Residents.

About the Role

This is a great opportunity to help communities shape and improve the places they live.

As a Neighbourhood Project Officer, you’ll work closely with residents, community groups, councillors and partners to plan and deliver projects that keep Stockport’s public spaces safe, clean and welcoming.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensuring the borough is a clean space for residents to live in and visitors to enjoy
• Working directly with communities and stakeholders to plan and deliver neighbourhood projects
• Supporting consultation, engagement and community events
• Identifying and managing funding to improve local public spaces
• Delivering landscape and infrastructure works within set budgets
• Helping resolve land, boundary and public realm issues
• Ensuring residents’ enquiries are handled professionally and clearly

About You

You enjoy working with people, are well organised, and care about public spaces.

You’ll bring:

• Experience working with community groups
• Experience in a land based or public realm setting
• Strong communication and record keeping skills
• Confidence managing multiple tasks and priorities
• A practical, positive approach to problem solving

Why Join Us

You’ll be part of a supportive team, doing work that makes a visible difference to neighbourhoods across Stockport. We offer flexible working and are committed to inclusion, with Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant accreditation.

About Us

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Samantha McNichol samantha.mcnichol@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

Privacy Notice

Eligible at-risk employees are entitled to have their applications considered ahead of internal employees in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy. At risk employees are either employees in the last three months of their fixed term contract, or those who have been notified in writing that they are at risk by Human Resources following an employee consultation meeting. Employees wishing to be considered as an at-risk applicant are requested to email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk to inform Human Resources. At risk applications are only permitted for opportunities at the employees’ current grade or grades below.