Positive Employment is currently recruiting for a Project/Programme Support Officer for our client local government organisation based in Bristol.
The successful candidate will provide support across two assignments. Housing & Consumer Standards Programme 3 days / week and Procurement Act Project 2 days / week until the end of December 2024.
Both programmes are mid-delivery, so the PSO will be supporting well-established programmes with the management of their boards, reporting, supporting project activity where required, preparing papers for decision pathway, maintenance of plans and financial trackers.
This is a 3 month starting contract with the possibility to extend. Mostly remote, with possible one-off attendance required on special occasions.
Duties and Responsibilities but not limited to:
- 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 to gather information and then consolidating the outputs into a suitable format.
- Maintain assigned portfolio/programme/project control documents, monitoring and challenging where necessary and advising on potential gaps/conflicts/dependencies impacting on time, cost and/or quality of deliverables.
Personal Requirements:
- Knowledge of principles, methods, techniques & tools for the effective management and administration of the portfolio/programme/project lifecycle.
- Appreciation of basic planning concepts such as critical path, milestones, dependencies and allocation of resources.
- Ability to interpret and use financial information to support portfolio/programme/project activities.
- Experience of resolving issues and identify solutions within agreed timescales.
- Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications or equivalent including the following: Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and have a willingness to learn new applications and technology as appropriate.
- PRINCE 2 Foundation qualified or another professional project management qualification.
- Understanding/experience of the working of local government.
Working Hours: 08:30am to 17:00pm - Monday to Friday
Pay: £330.00 per day
Please note this role is within the scope of IR35.