Project Officer – Employment & Skills

Company: East Sussex County Council
Apply for the Project Officer – Employment & Skills
Location: Lewes
Job Description:

Project Officer – Employment and Skills

Do you have the experience of working with partners to support work and learning opportunities for disadvantaged young people and adults and are you keen to help residents in our county thrive? If you do, then you may be the perfect fit for our Project Officer in the Employment and Skills team at East Sussex County Council.

Responsibilities

  • Bring employment and skills programmes to life, coordinating delivery, managing key information, and supporting strong partnerships.
  • Turn insight into action, ensuring projects run smoothly and make a meaningful, measurable impact.
  • Support the coordination and development of employment and skills projects, ensuring they meet stakeholder needs and funding requirements.
  • Maintain project systems, documentation, and templates, acting as a central source of information.
  • Identify and manage risks in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Act as the main point of contact for enquiries, ensuring clear and professional communication.
  • Contribute to stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.
  • Monitor budgets, expenditure, and income, and research, analyse, and produce reports to support evidence-based decision making.

Key Qualifications

  • Can plan and organise varied workloads.
  • Communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
  • Interpret and analyse data.
  • Ability to provide effective customer service.
  • Ability to work in a team and on own initiative.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role. For further information please go to Work in the UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to a disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

#J-18808-Ljbffr…

Posted: July 6th, 2026