Project Support Officer

Sellick Partnership; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

High-profile SEND programme

Meaningful improvements for SEND

Public sector transformation exposure

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is supporting a public sector Berkshire organisation to recruit a Project Support Officer for a SEND Transformation Programme. The role coordinates and monitors improvement activities to deliver better outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their families.

You will work with programme leads and stakeholders to coordinate and deliver transformation activity, maintain accurate records and track milestones, actions and dependencies.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering in complex projects, programmes or transformations.
• Proven project office or programme support in a large organisation.
• Experience maintaining project plans, trackers and governance docs.
• Experience tracking actions, milestones, risks and dependencies.
• Strong organisation and administrative skills with attention to detail.
• Experience coordinating meetings and stakeholder activity including minutes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across levels.
• Ability to juggle priorities and work independently.
• Strong IT skills with MS Excel, Word and Teams.
• Experience in SEND/children's services, education, health, or local government is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide project and programme support across a complex SEND Transformation Programme.
• Maintain and update project plans, programme documentation, trackers and governance records.
• Monitor and track actions, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Prepare project updates, progress reports, presentations and briefing papers.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, stakeholder events and wider programme activity.
• Take accurate and timely minutes and ensure actions are followed up.
• Support programme governance with papers and supporting documentation.
• Maintain well-organised project records and documentation.
• Support communication across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.
• Manage competing priorities independently and use initiative to resolve issues.

Skills

Project coordination

Governance docs

Stakeholder management

Meeting coordination

MS Excel

MS Word

Microsoft Teams

Tools

Excel

Word

Teams

Job description

Project Support Officer – SEND Transformation Programme

Sellick Partnership are currently partnered with a public sector organisation in Berkshire, who are currently seeking an experienced Project Support Officer to support the delivery of an ambitious SEND Transformation Programme.

This is a key project support role, responsible for coordinating and monitoring a range of improvement activities aimed at delivering sustainable improvements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families. The successful candidate will provide effective project office support, maintain accurate programme documentation and ensure actions, milestones and key deliverables are tracked and followed through.

As the Project Support Officer, you will work closely with programme leads, project teams and a range of internal and external stakeholders to support the effective coordination and delivery of transformation activity.

What you will be doing as Project Support Officer:

• Provide project and programme support across a complex SEND Transformation Programme.


• Maintain and update project plans, programme documentation, trackers and governance records.


• Monitor and track actions, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues and dependencies.


• Support the preparation of project updates, progress reports, presentations and briefing papers.


• Coordinate meetings, workshops, stakeholder events and wider programme activity.


• Take accurate and timely minutes, ensuring actions are clearly recorded, monitored and followed up.


• Support effective programme governance, including the preparation and circulation of meeting papers and supporting documentation.


• Maintain accurate and well-organised project and programme records.


• Support communication and coordination across multiple teams and stakeholder groups.


• Manage competing priorities effectively, working independently and using initiative to identify and resolve issues where appropriate.


• Establish and maintain effective systems, processes and trackers to support the smooth running of programme activity.

What you will need experience in for the Project Support Officer role:

• Strong experience supporting complex projects, programmes or transformation activity.


• Proven project office or programme support experience within a complex organisation.


• Experience maintaining project plans, trackers, governance documentation and programme records.


• Experience monitoring actions, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues and dependencies.


• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail.


• Experience coordinating meetings, workshops and stakeholder activity, including taking accurate minutes.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.


• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and use initiative.


• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Word and Teams.


• Experience working across multiple teams and stakeholders within a project or programme environment.


• Experience within SEND, children's services, education, health, local government or a similar public sector environment would be advantageous.

What the successful Project Support Officer will receive:

• Hybrid working, with a minimum of 2 days per week onsite.


• Opportunity to support a high-profile SEND Transformation Programme.


• The chance to contribute to meaningful and lasting improvements for children and young people with SEND and their families.


• Experience working within a complex public sector transformation environment.