Project Officer

Beighton; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Generous holiday entitlement

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 in Sheffield. The role covers coordination, performance monitoring and stakeholder engagement to ensure change is delivered effectively and benefits are realised.

You will work within the Commissioning and Partnerships Team, coordinating project plans, monitoring progress and preparing reports for managers.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting projects, programmes or service improvement activity.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to analyse information and use evidence for improvement.
• Experience of partnership working and securing commitment to shared objectives.
• Experience in housing, homelessness, or public services is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of service transformation and improvement programmes.
• Coordinate project plans, milestones, actions and governance arrangements.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and support 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

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Independent working

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

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.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyoneand where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.