Project Support Officer

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Manchester; Presencial; GBP 30 000 - 40 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX), a division of Comcast NBCUniversal, is delivering a major Bedford project as part of the DCMS-led Bedford Visitor Attraction Programme. Opening in 2031, the project aims to create a world-class attraction with significant economic impact.

As a Project Support Officer, you’ll rotate across the programme, gaining experience in risk management, stakeholder engagement, grant management, reporting, governance and assurance, and financial controls.

Qualificações

• Demonstrable ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently while contributing to a team.
• Ability to work flexibly and take on a wide array of project management activities and roles.
• Ability to plan and coordinate activities, track progress against milestones, and identify potential delivery risks and issues.
• Ability to gather, analyse, and interpret information from multiple sources to support recommendations and decision-making.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.
• A recognised and relevant project/programme management qualification.

Responsabilidades

• Monitoring project spend and managing compliance with contractual obligations
• Preparing project performance reports and providing robust Secretariat support to the running of Boards ensuring a robust approach to decision-making
• Managing correspondence and relationships with senior external stakeholders, and proactively identifying opportunities to build support and advocacy
• Capturing lessons learned and implementing improvements to contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Identifying and managing risks, developing mitigations and escalating where necessary.

Conhecimentos

Stakeholder management

Organisation

Flexibility

Planning & coordination

Analytical thinking

Prioritisation

PM qualification

Formação académica

Recognised project/programme management qualification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX), a division of Comcast NBCUniversal, is building a world class theme park and resort in Bedford, after the UK government agreed a package of support to unlock this £6.4bn inward investment.

Opening in 2031, the park will become the UK’s most popular visitor attraction with an estimated 8.5m visitors a year, supporting the creation of 8,000 new jobs and delivering an estimated £50b in economic benefits.

Bedford Visitor Attraction Programme

is the DCMS-led programme to support delivery of the park by UDX, and its supporting infrastructure, and facilitate cross-government collaboration with local authorities across the region to ensure the wider benefits are realised.

You’ll be joining us at an exciting time as part of an innovative and ambitious team, working hard to embed disciplined delivery and collaborative behaviours to ensure successful delivery of the different elements of the programme.

As a team we’re committed to supporting your professional development. As well as securing the APM Project Management Qualification, you’ll be encouraged to develop your leadership skills, work with a mentor and build your professional network to support your future career progression.

We currently have around 100 project delivery professionals within DCMS and around 18,000 working across Government. These colleagues work as project, programme and portfolio managers or in specialist roles such as risk and issues managers and project planners.

A career in Government Project Delivery Profession enables you to make a difference; improving our public services while building and developing your professional skills. Your career here could take you from climate change projects to building new hospitals or schools to equipping our armed forces. The variety and significance of roles is unparalleled.

Our mission is to attract and retain the best individuals by providing a rewarding career, supporting continuous professional development through our robust learning offering which includes accredited and apprenticeship qualifications, and shaping our community in a way that you can all feel inspired by.

For more information on the Project Delivery Profession, please see the Project Delivery Capability Framework which has been created to support the development of all project delivery professionals across government.

As a Project Support Officer, you’ll build experience across a range of project delivery competencies including risk management, stakeholder engagement, grant management, reporting, governance and assurance, and financial controls.

You’ll rotate around the programme, developing new skills and providing an opportunity to build on your strengths. Your role might include:

• Monitoring project spend and managing compliance with contractual obligations
• Preparing project performance reports and providing robust Secretariat support to the running of Boards ensuring a robust approach to decision-making
• Managing correspondence and relationships with senior external stakeholders, and proactively identifying opportunities to build support and advocacy
• Capturing lessons learned and implementing improvements to contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Identifying and managing risks, developing mitigations and escalating where necessary.

Person specification

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience, please note that desirable skills will only be used in the event of tied candidates:

• Demonstrable ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a team.
• Ability to work flexibly and willing to take on a wide array of project management activities and roles.
• Ability to plan and coordinate activities, track progress against milestones, and identify potential delivery risks and issues.
• Ability to gather, analyse, and interpret information from multiple sources to support recommendations and decision-making.
• Ability to prioritise effectively and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.
• A recognised and relevant project/programme management qualification

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Emma Burton‑Graham and will take place on:

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please note that the session will not be recorded and will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to [e-mail]

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: