Project Support Officer

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Hertfordshire is looking for a Band 5 Project Support Officer for a fixed-term contract until March 2026. This full-time role involves supporting the Autism and ADHD Transformation Programme, providing project support to a friendly team and working closely with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate should be proactive, organized, and willing to learn about services for neurodivergent children and young people.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and proactive approach to work.
• Some knowledge of neurodivergent services is ideal.
• Comfortable working with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple projects while collaborating with team members.
• Coordinate key meetings and keep track of action items.
• Monitor project plans and present information on project delivery.

Skills

Project support skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Creativity

Ability to multitask

Job description

Thank you for considering joining our team. We are recruiting a Band 5 Project Support Officer on a fixed term contract until end March 2026. This full-time role is part of a small friendly team working on the Hertfordshire-wide Autism and ADHD Transformation Programme. The ambition of this Programme is to develop a needs-led Hertfordshire Model, that provides timely, tailored and appropriate diagnostic and support services to children and young people (CYP) suspected as being autistic and/or living with ADHD and their families. The aim of the programme is support CYP to have good health, well-being and attainment as they grow into adulthood.

*Proposed interview date: 05-Sept-2025*

We need an enthusiastic and proactive candidate to support this work. Ideally, you are someone who has some knowledge and / or experience of services for neurodivergent CYP in Hertfordshire but most importantly you are enthusiastic and willing to learn. You will need to be able to hit the ground running as this is a complex programme working across many different organisational boundaries. The role will work closely with the Programme and Project Managers to support a range of projects and to provide fantastic project support to the team. You will need to be comfortable working with a range of different people including clinicians, senior leaders, children and young people and parent / carers across several organisations.

The postholder will need to be able to work on multiple projects at one time and have the ability to multitask. We very much welcome candidates who can use their own creativity and ingenuity to contribute their ideas, whilst also having fantastic organisation and project support skills.

The post holder will support the monitoring of various projects, collating and presenting information on the delivery of projects whilst working closely with Programme and Project Managers to coordinate key meetings including agenda planning, minute taking and action tracking. The post holder will develop, maintain and monitor project plans as appropriate and support the coordination of specific projects as delegated by the Programme and / or Project Manager.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Spalding Job title: Programme Manager Email address: [e-mail]