Project Support Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is seeking Project Support Officers to assist project managers in delivering a range of projects. This role involves coordinating meetings, managing project documentation, and ensuring all relevant information is timely and accurate. Candidates should have experience in project support and exhibit strong attention to detail. The position offers various benefits, including substantial annual leave and flexible working options.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in project support roles is necessary.
• Ability to work collaboratively across functions.
• Strong organizational skills to manage project documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Project Manager and project team.
• Coordinate Project Boards and meetings.
• Ensure information is recorded and up-to-date.
• Support the production of project plans and progress reports.

Skills

Attention to detail

Project coordination

Collaboration

Job description

Do you enjoy working on Projects?

Have you got experience of Project Support and have phenomenal attention to detail?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.

We’re working hard to:

• Make roads safer
• Improve services for our customers
• Make road transport greener and healthier
• Harness the potential of technology and data
• Grow and level up the economy

Benefits

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

Find out more about what it's like working at Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Department for Transport Careers

We are looking for Project Support Officers to support and work with the Project Managers to deliver a range of projects across the portfolio and ensure that all relevant information and data is collected in a timely manner.

Become a member of the PSO Team that delivers the PSO Service to the Portfolio Delivery Team, reporting to the Programme Support Officer, and you will be assigned to work on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Provide support to the Project Manager, the project team and the project partners in order to deliver the project.
• Coordinate Project Boards, workshops, reviews and other meetings.
• Ensure that information is recorded, stored and kept up-to-date, in accordance with the Agency PPM standards.
• Support the production and maintenance of project plans.
• Support the production of progress reports.
• Support the recording and resolution of risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies and decisions.
• Act and engage with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, the Department, and the Civil Service.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues across all functions for the good of DVSA and to build an impactful and well-respected Agency.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.