CWCA Delivery Officer

This post sits in the newly formed Finance function of the Cheshire & Warrington Combined Authority, hosted by Cheshire West and Chester Council on the Authority's behalf. The work centres on monitoring funding, delivery and performance across the Authority's programmes, and producing the reports that go to its boards and committees. The role is agile with travel across the sub-region, and it carries oversight of grants made through the Mayoral Investment Fund and of returns to central government.

• Monitor funding allocations, commitments, spend and forecast outturn across programmes and projects
• Track delivery against plans, milestones, outputs and outcomes
• Oversee grants and investments made through the Mayoral Investment Fund
• Identify variances, overspends, underspends and funding pressures, and accelerate them through governance
• Produce performance reports, dashboards and management information for senior officers and boards
• Maintain programme delivery plans, milestone trackers and performance measures
• Coordinate reporting with Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington councils, central government and delivery partners
• Support preparation of papers for Combined Authority committees, boards and assurance gateways
• Track agreed actions to completion and identify where escalation or intervention is needed
• Ensure performance information is timely, accurate and backed by evidence
• Maintain records of funding allocations, programme spend and governance documentation
• Support compliance with the Local Assurance Framework, grant conditions, eligible expenditure and funding deadlines