Project Support Officer

Solicitors Regulation Authority; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Birmingham office

Closing date reminder

Job summary

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is recruiting a Project Support Officer to join the Change Management team. In this role you will apply project management methods to provide administrative, coordination and support functions to programme and project managers throughout the lifecycle, and help deliver the organisation's strategy.

This is a full-time hybrid role based in our Birmingham office 1–2 days per week with the rest from home.

Qualifications

• Highly developed planning, organisation, and co-ordination skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Understanding of compliance, governance and QA within projects.
• Self-starter who can work on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide admin, co-ordination and support to project managers across the portfolio.
• Establish and maintain project controls using industry-standard methods.
• Ensure accurate data capture and timely flow of information to mitigate risk.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers as needed.

Skills

Planning & organisation

Strong communication

Governance & QA

Self-starter

Job description

Are you passionate about project management and helping deliver organisational change? Do you have experience of working in a project delivery environment? We are recruiting for a Project Support Officer to join our Change Management team.

The role

In the role of Project Support Officer, using your experience and understanding of project management methodology, you will provide highly skilled administration, co-ordination, and support functions to assist programme and project managers in the efficient and successful delivery of programmes and projects throughout the project lifecycle. You will be supporting projects that help deliver the organisation's strategy.

You will establish, maintain, and continually improves effective project controls using industry standard best practice, methodologies, and processes.

Maintaining good oversight of the projects in your portfolio you will answer queries and assist with the matrix management of the project. You will be supported by Project Managers but will be expected to handle matters independently when required.

You will ensure the accuracy of data captured to facilitate the timely and consistent flow of information, effective communication, and proactive risk mitigation.

What's in it for you

• Work in a collaborative and supportive work environment
• Build on your experience in project management
• Gain exposure to wide areas of the SRA on a variety of projects

What we are looking for

• Highly developed planning, organisation, and co-ordination skills
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Understand the importance of compliance, governance, and quality assurance within a project environment.
• Able to liaise and manage internal and external suppliers and other third-party service providers in a confident manner.
• Self-starter, able to innovate and work under own initiative.

Additional Information

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

This is a full-time hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

Closing date for applications is 07 September 2026 at 9am.

We may choose to close this vacancy at a date earlier if we receive a large volume of applications. If you are interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We will not consider applications from candidates who have been unsuccessful in our campaigns for the same role within the past six months