Project Support Officer - Children's/Education

We are currently working with a Local Authority who are looking for a Project Support Officer to be part of a Child-focused transformation programme that will ensure that children, young persons and their families are at the heart of assessment and planning to deliver better outcomes at the same time as addressing the financial challenges budget pressures. It comprises of a whole system change by a ‘relentless focus on doing things well, coupled with innovation’ making improvements across Children and Education Services

Project Support Officer – Part Time

Location:    South West

Rate:               £330 per day via Umbrella

IR35 Status:    Inside IR35

Duration:        6 Months – 18 hours per week

Duties:

• Provide the first point of contact for portfolio/programme/project stakeholders offering day-to-day issue resolution, escalating to an appropriate manager as required
• Coordinate the portfolio/programme/project reporting process, collating data/information from numerous sources and preparing monthly Highlight Reports (and other key reporting documents as required)
• Oversee delivery of specific/discreet work packages and/or projects, monitoring budgets for these areas of responsibility
• Undertake ad-hoc portfolio/programme/project management duties as required, including deputising as and when necessary
• Manage portfolio/programme/project governance through coordination and administration of the Board (and other associated decision-making bodies) meetings – including overseeing resultant action management/delivery
• Provide input into day-to-day work through the collation of background research information from a variety of sources - including facilitating workshops

Experience:

• Knowledge of principles, methods, techniques & tools for the effective management and administration of the portfolio/programme/project lifecycle
• Comfortable challenging the accepted way of doing things and able to offer new and innovative solutions for consideration to resolve operational problems / improve working practice
• Appreciation of basic planning concepts such as critical path, milestones, dependencies, and allocation of resources
• Understanding/experience of the working of local government

If you’re interested, please send through an up-to-date CV then I can drop you a call to discuss further