Project Delivery & Governance Coordinator

EMEA3 Recruitment; Chichester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

25 days holiday

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing benefits

Staff discounts

Job summary

West Sussex County Council is seeking a motivated Project Delivery Support Officer in the Highways, Transport and Planning Directorate. You will coordinate projects, maintain documents, and support governance forums across multiple teams.

The role focuses on continuous improvement and timely delivery of transformation initiatives. You will manage meetings, track milestones, and analyse performance data, while supporting stakeholder engagement and planning workshops.

Qualifications

• Understanding of systems and practices that support effective project delivery.
• Strong communication skills, with ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills, able to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Confidence working independently and collaboratively in fast-moving environments.
• Ability to provide clear advice and adapt communication to different audiences.
• Competence in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint, with data collection/analysis.
• Basic understanding of highways, transport and planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide coordination and administrative support to projects and programmes across the Directorate.
• Maintain project documentation, plans, logs and records with accuracy and version control.
• Organise and support project meetings, workshops and governance forums; agendas, minutes, actions.
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies and milestones; identify mitigations and escalate.
• Lead allocated project workstreams; coordinate stakeholders and track delivery progress.
• Prepare and quality-assure reports, presentations, dashboards and governance papers.
• Support stakeholder engagement, including mapping, planning and drafting materials.
• Analyse project data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Assist with planning and delivering workshops and engagement events.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project delivery processes and tools.
• Provide general support to ensure effective delivery of transformation initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Time management

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

West Sussex County Council is seeking a motivated Project Delivery Support Officer in the Highways, Transport and Planning Directorate. You will coordinate projects, maintain documents, and support governance forums across multiple teams.

The role focuses on continuous improvement and timely delivery of transformation initiatives. You will manage meetings, track milestones, and analyse performance data, while supporting stakeholder engagement and planning workshops.