Project & Assurance Officer

Morgan Law; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organisation seeks a Project & Assurance Officer on a fixed term contract for 6 months, paying £44,000 pro rata. The ideal candidate should have experience in public sector organisations, particularly with grants, and possess strong project management and assurance skills. Responsibilities include processing grant claims, maintaining records, improving assurance processes, and coordinating audits. This role offers a start date in January 2023.

Qualifications

• Experience in Public Sector organisations with a focus on grants.
• Strong project management and assurance experience.
• Ability to interpret and analyse multiple data sets.

Responsibilities

• Process and validate grant claims ensuring compliance.
• Maintain records of checks and decisions for grants.
• Coordinate external audits and provide necessary information.
• Work with Strategic Partnership to improve information accuracy.
• Support the development of assurance processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Risk identification

Stakeholder relationship building

Assurance and compliance experience

Grant management

Job description

A Public Sector organisation is seeking a Project & Assurance Officer on a Fixed term Contract for 6 months paying £44,000 pro rata. You will need to have worked in Public Sector organisations in previous roles, ideally have experience of grants, strong project and assurance experience. Start date in January.

Key Functions

• Help process and validate grant claims, ensuring compliance with funding eligibility rules
• Assess adequacy and accuracy of evidence provided for grant claims
• Maintain clear records of checks and decisions taken
• Work with members of the Strategic Partnership to improve the accuracy and quality of information provided
• Support the development of assurance processes and compliance checks
• Coordinate external audits – working effectively with member organisations to provide information to auditors
• Maintain and update grant management systems and databases
• Assist with the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans, performance dashboards, and programme reports.

The ideal candidate

• Ability to interpret and analyse multiple data sets – with a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent organisational skills – able to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
• A proactive approach to identifying risk and process improvement
• Able to build effective relationships with different stakeholders
• Experience working in assurance, compliance, grant management