Project Support Officer - New Shire Hall, United Kingdom

Project Support Officer - New Shire Hall, United Kingdom

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

We are seeking enthusiastic Project Support Officers to support a variety of projects including projects within the Future Council and Major Change Portfolios..

Overview of roles:

• 1 x Project Support Officer (permanent)
• 1 x Project Support Officer (fixed term to 31/12/27)

The roles sit within Cambridgeshire County Councils Change and Delivery Service, who work across the council and the wider system to plan, implement and deliver the identified outcomes and benefits of the change portfolio. Using the councils project management framework, standards and practice, your role will be to manage the production and maintenance of key documentation such as project plans, highlight reports, Risk, Actions, Issues Decisions (RAID) logs, and formal and informal meeting and workshop documentation.

The Project Support Officer will be required to communicate well across project/programme stakeholders, within the Programme and Service Improvement Team, staff groups, partner organisations and stakeholder groups within directorates.

Interview date::week commencing 15th June

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Richard Springbett (Richard.Springbett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

About you

You will have a good level of knowledge and understanding of:

• project management
• stakeholder engagement
• reporting and project tools to effectively manage and monitor projects and workstreams.

You will be:

• capable of coordinatinga range ofprojects of varying complexity
• organised with excellent time management skills, with ability to self-direct and work under own initiative
• keen to support positive project outcomes
• motivated to make a visible difference to our communities and drive forward change.

About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers