Programme Support Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is recruiting a Programme Support Officer to join the Climate, Homes and Economy team. The role supports the Employment, Skills and Adult Learning Service, acting as the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders and organising quarterly monitoring and project briefings.

You will work across multiple teams, with housing or regeneration background being welcome but not essential, and competency questions replacing CVs for applications.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Programme Support Officer role.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Organise quarterly monitoring with project teams.
• Prepare client care meetings.
• Coordinate project briefings and information sharing.
• Establish working relationships with each programme team.
• Support the smooth running of the Division.

Skills

Multitasking

Clear communication

Relationship building

Tools

ICT skills

Project management software

Report creation tools

Job description

This Programme Support Officer post sits in the Commissioning and Performance Team in Climate, Homes and Economy, supporting programme areas across the Employment, Skills and Adult Learning Service. The holder is the first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, organising quarterly monitoring, client care meetings and project briefings. The work moves quickly across several teams, and a housing or regeneration background is welcome but not essential. Applicants answer competency questions instead of submitting a CV or supporting statement.

What the job involves

• First point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
• Organise quarterly monitoring with project teams
• Prepare client care meetings
• Coordinate project briefings and information sharing
• Establish working relationships with each programme team
• Support the smooth running of the Division

Experience

• Experience in a Programme Support Officer role

Skills & knowledge

• Confident and efficient at multitasking
• Clear communicator
• Ability to build strong working relationships quickly across teams

Nice to have

• Strong ICT skills
• Track record of administrative support
• Experience maintaining project management software
• Experience creating reports
• Experience supporting delivery teams with workflow processes
• Background in housing and regeneration

What’s offered

• Flexible working welcomed