Programme Support Officer - Finance and Projects

Diocese of Portsmouth; Tipner; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

The Diocese of Portsmouth is seeking a proactive Programme Administrator to join our Strategic Programme Team. You will help oversee financial and administrative processes, gather information, and communicate with parishes as they start and run projects.

Using established project management frameworks, you will support parishes and escalate issues to senior colleagues. There are opportunities to learn from colleagues across Dioceses and undertake further training in a positive environment.

Responsibilities

• Support parishes in starting and running projects so that people and financial management systems are working well and issues are escalated to senior colleagues.

Job description

The Diocese of Portsmouth has been successful in securing a number of large grants from the Church of England's Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board to enable delivery of our Rejuvenate strategy. The Strategic Programme Team exists to oversee the delivery of our strategy, working with our diocesan teams and parishes to support them through advice, guidance and administrative processing.
The successful postholder will be a key part of this small team, ensuring our financial and administrative processes work effectively, and that information is gathered and disseminated efficiently. Using established project management frameworks, you will support parishes in starting and running projects so that people and financial managements systems are working well and the most important matters are escalated to senior colleagues.
There will be opportunities to grow in the role, learning from colleagues and other Dioceses, and undertake further training. You will be joining a positive working environment where we seek to grow the Kingdom through a wide variety of projects and practical action.