Project Support Officer

Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a talented HR Project Support Officer to join the Strategic Programmes Team within the Human Resources and Organisational Development Service.

You will provide vital support across a range of projects and improvement programmes, help ensure projects are delivered effectively, maintain standards, and translate strategic priorities into action. This role offers varied work and opportunities to collaborate across services and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• We are seeking someone who can combine strong organisational skills with attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Experience coordinating and assisting with projects, including performance management, reporting against targets.
• Communicating and liaising with a wide range of people.
• Maintaining sensitive and confidential information.
• Producing detailed written information to communicate information, ideas and opinions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the planning, delivery and monitoring of strategic projects and improvement programmes.
• Producing reports, action plans and management information to support decision-making.
• Maintaining project documentation, records and performance information.
• Coordinating meetings, working groups and stakeholder activities.
• Supervising and supporting administrative colleagues to ensure the efficient delivery of administrative and project support services.
• Building positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Job description

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

We are looking for a talented HR Project Support Officer to join the Strategic Programmes Team within the Human Resources and Organisational Development Service.

About the Role

Working as part of a supportive and collaborative team, you will provide vital support across a range of projects and improvement programmes. You will help ensure projects are delivered effectively, standards are maintained, and strategic priorities are translated into action.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same.

You’ll work with colleagues across services, supporting key workstreams and contributing to the delivery of important organisational priorities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the planning, delivery and monitoring of strategic projects and improvement programmes.
• Producing reports, action plans and management information to support decision-making.
• Maintaining project documentation, records and performance information.
• Coordinating meetings, working groups and stakeholder activities.
• Supervising and supporting administrative colleagues to ensure the efficient delivery of administrative and project support services.
• Building positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

We are seeking someone who can combine strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

You will ideally have experience of:

• Coordinating and assisting with projects, including performance management, reporting against targets.
• Carrying out research and producing the relevant reports/action plans.
• Communicating and liaising with a wide range of people.
• Maintaining sensitive and confidential information.
• Producing detailed written information to communicate information, ideas and opinions.

With strong analytical skills you will be confident making decisions as to when and how duties are to be carried out. Being a competent user of a range of computer applications including spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, internet and e-mail is essential.

Why Join Us?

This role offers the opportunity to work at the heart of strategic HR activity, supporting initiatives that help shape services and improve outcomes across the organisation.

If you're looking for a role where you can continue to develop your career in Human Resources and make a meaningful impact, we would like to hear from you.

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

Head Office

Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE