Project Support Officer

Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference? Join our dynamic team of talented individuals and work on exciting projects that shape the future of our transportation systems.

About the Job

Salary: £33,673 to £36,581per annum.

Working pattern: 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available, to be agreed with your line manager.

Location: Your main office will be in Chichester. With hybrid working options to work from home.

Contract: Fixed term/Secondment until31/10/2028

Interviews: 7^th October and 8^th October

In this role as a Project Support Officer, you will be responsible for providing day-to-day support and management of information. Your duties will involve collecting and analysing management information, as well as maintaining project documents.

You will directly support our Digital Infrastructure (DI) Team, which is a highly skilled and specialised team operating across local and central government, as well as directly with the commercial telecommunications market.

You will play a key role in supporting the Digital Infrastructure Team's programme of work, maintaining project information, coordinating activities, supporting governance processes and helping to ensure projects are delivered effectively. The role will involve working across multiple workstreams, supporting stakeholder engagement, maintaining project records, documentation and contributing to the production of reports, briefings and other project outputs.

You will be responsible for planning and assisting with various events, such as meetings, workshops, partner/stakeholder events, and Member briefings. You will serve as a point of contact for public inquiries regarding connectivity plans and assist in managing correspondence to ensure consistent messaging and timely responses.

We are committed to investing in our people and will support the successful candidate with training, development opportunities and practical experience to help build their project management and professional skills

What we need from you:

• Advanced analytical skills to interpret and manipulate complex project information to deliver high-quality documents with minimal guidance for client services.
• Ability to organise, plan and meet set targets.
• Developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently.
• Advanced IT skills.
• Relevant knowledge of project management processes, procedures and policies associated with working within a demanding project management service.
• Knowledge of project management to effectively contribute to the project process.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a competent member of a project team, ideally in a project support role or equivalent.
• Worked in a rapidly changing environment and of working within project management systems/practices and providing effective support.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is EIE01606.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Nicola Scullard (Delivery Manager) at [email protected].

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact [email protected].

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion, accessibility and diversity is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all cultures, ethnicities, identities, backgrounds and lived experiences, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

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