Senior Policy and Project Officer

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO4 (£50,676 – £53,919)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 29th November 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 14th December 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Senior Policy and Project Officer to join our Housing Asset Management team. This is a varied and rewarding role with responsibility for leading and participating in strategic projects, developing policies and driving service improvements that support the delivery of safe, sustainable and high-quality homes for residents. Working closely with senior managers, you will provide support across a broad range of Asset Management priorities, helping to coordinate activity, progress key initiatives and ensure the effective delivery of departmental objectives.

You will lead and participate in research, policy development, service improvement projects, funding bids and business cases. You will work across organisational boundaries, preparing reports, briefings and performance information for senior officers and elected members, while helping to coordinate and progress a diverse programme of work. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, problem-solving and influencing positive change.

About the team

You will join a collaborative and strategically focused team dedicated to strengthening organisational performance and insight. The team has a strong focus on continuous improvement and transparency. As part of this team, you will contribute to a culture focused on improving services, delivering tangible outcomes, and ensuring the organisation meets its commitments to tenants and stakeholders.

About you

You will be a proactive, organised and adaptable professional who is comfortable managing a varied workload and responding to changing priorities. You will have experience of leading projects, developing policies or delivering service improvements and will be confident working with senior managers to progress key pieces of work.

You will have strong analytical, research and communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality reports, briefings and recommendations for a range of audiences. You will be equally comfortable working independently, coordinating multiple activities and providing support across a wide-ranging portfolio of strategic and operational priorities.

Most importantly, you will be someone who enjoys identifying opportunities for improvement, taking ownership of complex work and helping to deliver better services and outcomes. Your ability to build effective relationships, work collaboratively and maintain a strong attention to detail will be key to your success in this role.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk