Project Support Officer | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare service in Birmingham is seeking a Project Support Officer to assist in developing a new Community Forensic LDA Service. This is a two-year project focusing on improving care pathways for individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism. The successful candidate will provide vital project support, manage documentation, and liaise with various stakeholders. Ideal for someone with strong project management abilities and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discount schemes

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Experience in project management support.
• Ability to produce high-quality reports and documentation.
• Strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the mobilisation and delivery of the service.
• Undertake data analysis and produce project plans.
• Manage and coordinate data and information for reporting.

Skills

Programme and project management support

Data analysis and reporting

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Overview

We are seeking expressions of interest for a Project Support Officer (Band 5) to join the newly established West Midlands-wide Community Forensic LDA Service. This service is being developed as a partnership between Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) and Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT).

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of a new regional hub-and-spoke model, supporting improved pathways for people with learning disabilities and/or autism who present with forensic risk.

This is a non-recurrent, two-year project funded via the Reach Out Collaborative, with the contract commencing upon appointment. This post is available as a fixed-term contract or 20-month secondment opportunity for internal applicants.

The Project Support Officer will play a key role in supporting the mobilisation and delivery of the service, providing high-quality programme and project management support to the Project Manager and Project Lead.

To provide programme and project management support to the Project Manager and Project Lead.

Provide programme/project support on key work streams to include progress monitoring, chasing, and preparation of programme/project documents.

Undertake data analysis and production of reports / programme/project plans, and stakeholder communications as required. Undertake research and literature reviews and produce summary reports.

To manage the co-ordination and delivery of data and information linked to routine reporting cycles for the provision of programme/project reports, and updates internally and externally to key stakeholders.

Benefits

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

They include the following responsibilities:

• To assist in the planning, management, co-ordination and delivery of projects within agreed timescales;
• Provide project support and co-ordination to the Clinical leads and Project Manager on key locality and service improvement work streams;
• Promote and follow a consistent approach to project management across the service delivery areas;
• Development of programme and project documentation including risk and issue management registers, and early warning/escalation systems to help mitigate the impact on programme/project management;
• Updating of programme/project wide documents as and when required including templates, procedures, master registers, dashboards and formal documentation such as Board Reports;
• To ensure that the monitoring of programmes/projects and progress against key deliverables including tracking registers is maintained;
• Build strong working relationships with a range of stakeholders within the organisation and externally with partner organisations;
• Organisation and facilitation of project meetings, workshops and events including engagement and consultation forums;
• Devise and co-ordinate effective ways of sharing information with key stakeholders including the provision of regular update reports;
• Collate and produce regular performance monitoring reports for key programme/project areas and where required organise performance monitoring meetings for programmes and projects;
• Exercise flexibility to constantly re-prioritise work in response to frequently changing demands;
• Use initiative to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and prioritise own workload.

This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025