Project Officer

Westfield Secondary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Project Officer to support a major transformation programme within the homelessness and supported housing service.

You will coordinate project plans, monitor progress, manage stakeholders and prepare reports, briefings and presentations to ensure changes are delivered on time and benefits are realised for customers.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting projects, programmes or service improvement activity.
• Ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and ability to present information clearly.
• Experience of partnership working and securing commitment to shared objectives.
• Experience in housing or public services would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of service transformation and improvement programmes.
• Coordinate project plans, milestones, actions and governance arrangements.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and support the resolution of barriers to delivery.
• Collect, analyse and interpret data to support performance monitoring and decision-making.
• Prepare reports, presentations and briefings for managers.
• Organise and facilitate meetings, workshops and engagement activity.
• Build positive relationships with internal and external partners to support collaborative working.
• Support the development and implementation of policies, procedures and service improvements.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Presentation

Partnerships

Job description

Homelessness and Supported Housing Service

Do you enjoy turning plans into action, building strong partnerships and helping deliver meaningful change?

Sheffield City Council is looking for an enthusiastic and organised Project Officer to support a major transformation programme within the homelessness and supported housing service.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in of a new operating model and support delivery of an improvement project that will help shape the future of homelessness and housing services in Sheffield. The role will provide dedicated project coordination and delivery support across a number of strategic workstreams, helping ensure change is effectively implemented and benefits are realised.

About the Role

Working within the Commissioning and Partnerships Team, you will support the coordination, monitoring and delivery of projects linked to service redesign and transformation. You will work closely with managers, colleagues, partners and stakeholders to track progress, coordinate activity and ensure projects remain on track.

This is a varied role which combines project coordination, performance monitoring, reporting and stakeholder engagement. It offers the opportunity to work across a wide range of services and contribute directly to improvements that benefit customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Support delivery of service transformation and improvement programmes.
• Coordinate project plans, milestones, actions and governance arrangements.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and support the resolution of barriers to delivery.
• Collect, analyse and interpret data to support performance monitoring and decision-making.
• Prepare reports, presentations and briefings for managers.
• Organise and facilitate meetings, workshops and engagement activity.
• Build positive relationships with internal and external partners to support collaborative working.
• Support the development and implementation of policies, procedures and service improvements.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience of supporting projects, programmes or service improvement activity.
• Can build effective relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
• Has strong organisational skills and can manage competing priorities.
• Is confident analysing information and using evidence to support improvement.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Can present information clearly and adapt communication to different audiences.
• Is proactive, solution-focused and able to work independently when required.
• Has experience of partnership working and securing commitment to shared objectives and outcomes.

Experience within housing, homelessness, supported housing, public services, partnership working or project delivery would be advantageous.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to influence improvement of the homelessness and supported housing service in Sheffield.

You will:

• Support projects that make a real difference to customers.
• Work alongside colleagues and partners within the homelessness and supported housing service.
• Support delivery of a major transformation programme within a statutory service.
• Play a key role in embedding lasting improvements.

If you are passionate about supporting change, improving services and achieving better outcomes for customers, we would love to hear from you.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.