Systems Project Officer

South Devon College; Paignton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Employer pension contributions 18% (LG

Training opportunities

Job summary

South Devon College is seeking a Systems Project Officer in Paignton to lead systems and digital process improvement projects. You will gather requirements, map processes, coordinate delivery, and support testing and implementation across IT Services and operational teams.

The role involves writing SQL queries and reports, leveraging Power Automate, SSIS, and SSMS to streamline data flows and ensure consistent working practices. A proactive, user-focused approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating projects from discovery to handover.
• Practical SQL experience for reporting, analysis or development.
• Ability to translate between technical teams and service users.
• Organised, proactive and able to manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate systems projects from discovery to handover, ensuring plans deliver benefits.
• Understand processes with departments to identify improvements.
• Support design, testing and implementation to ensure reliability and adoption.
• Create clear project records, guidance and handover notes.

Skills

Project coordination

SQL

Data analysis

Power Automate

SSIS

SSMS

Stakeholder engagement

Bridge between tech and users

Tools

Power Automate

SSIS

SSMS

SQL

Job description

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

Job details

Job title Systems Project Officer Job reference REQ003272 Date posted 18/08/2026 Application closing date 04/10/2026 Location Paignton Salary £26,045.00 to £28,845.00 per annum Package plus excellent benefits Contractual hours 37 Basis Full Time Job category/type Support Attachments Blank Job description

Salary: £ 26,045.00 to £28,845.00 per annum, plus excellent benefits

Contract Type: Permanent, full time. 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Location: Paignton, Devon

Shape better ways of working

We are looking for a practical, organised and technically confident Systems Project Officer to help deliver systems and digital process improvement projects across South Devon College. Working with IT Services, the systems development team and operational departments, you will help colleagues move from an initial need or problem through to a well-tested, well-documented and sustainable solution.

This is a varied role for someone who enjoys combining project coordination with hands‑on systems, SQL and data activity. You will gather requirements, map processes, coordinate delivery, support testing and implementation, and make sure improvements are adopted effectively into everyday use.

What you will do

• Coordinate systems projects from discovery to handover, ensuring work is well planned, smoothly delivered and creates clear benefits for colleagues and learners.
• Work with departments to understand processes, pain points and improvement opportunities, shaping solutions that make work simpler, clearer and more effective.
• Support solution design, configuration, testing and implementation, helping ensure changes are reliable, usable and ready for live use.
• Write and maintain SQL queries, reports and data extracts that improve insight, support decisions and reduce manual workarounds.
• Use Microsoft platform tools, including Power Automate, SSIS and SSMS, to streamline processes, improve data flows and support consistent ways of working.
• Support user‑interface improvements in third‑party systems, including EBS, so colleagues can access information and complete tasks more easily.
• Create clear project records, guidance, handover notes and communications that help people understand, adopt and sustain changes.

What we are looking for

• Experience supporting systems, data, reporting or digital improvement projects, with an understanding of how well‑managed change improves services and reduces duplication.
• Confidence coordinating project activity, capturing requirements, tracking actions and supporting implementation to keep teams organised and focused on useful outcomes.
• Practical SQL experience for reporting, analysis or system development, turning data into reliable outputs that support decision‑making.
• The ability to translate between technical colleagues and service users, turning operational needs into clear requirements and practical solutions.
• A proactive, collaborative and organised approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining momentum and attention to detail.
• A curious, user‑focused mindset and commitment to practical, sustainable improvements that make systems easier to use.

Why this role matters

You will help connect people, processes, systems and data, ensuring that improvement projects deliver clear benefits, reduce friction and become embedded in everyday College practice.

Interested?

If you enjoy solving problems, improving services and helping people get more from technology, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please apply through the College’s recruitment process, showing how your experience, approach and skills would help you succeed in this role.

Our staff are integral to maintaining our passion and high‑performance levels, and we reward our staff for this. Our benefits are designed to encourage a healthy work‑life balance, and include:

• 25 daysannual leave (pro-rata of fractional) including the option to purchase additional holiday days;
• 1 additional day’s holiday for your birthday (does not have to be used on your birthday);
• 1 additional day’s holiday for every 5 years served;
• Christmas Closure of up to 2 weeks in addition to annual leave entitlement;
• Access to a wealth of training, apprenticeships and funded higher education opportunities as well as dedicated training days;
• Local Government Pension Scheme Employer pension contributions of 18%;
• Subsidised fitness suite facility, onsite hair and beauty salon, access to a wide range of catering facilities, outdoor gym and free eyesight tests;
• Major supermarket and high street employee discount schemes;
• Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme);
• On Site Nursery (Mama Bears);
• Employee Assistance Programmes;
• Access to Blue Light Card membership;
• Discounted travel schemes.

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 04 October 2026

Interview Date: Week commencing 12 October 2026

For a full Job Description and Person Specification please click here .

Having read the job description, should you have any questions relating to the role prior to applying, please contact Ryan Cooper via email at [e-mail]

Please note that you will be required to be in possession of an Enhanced DBS Certificate or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as a condition of employment at the College.

This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of students, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The College is committed to applying its Single Equality Scheme at all stages of recruitment and selection. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion/belief, age, pregnancy or maternity leave, or union membership.

Reasonable attempts will be made to accommodate the particular needs of any candidate who has notified us of a disability. This may include changing the timing or location of any interview to enable the candidate to attend, providing information in different formats or larger type, etc.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).

Working at South Devon College, you can expect access to an exciting range of training, apprenticeship and opportunities for degree level study alongside your work to keep you at the top of your game, as well as generous holiday allowance of 25 days pro rata and a strong emphasis on work‑life balance.

The staff at South Devon College are truly inspirational and this is a reflection on the whole College culture of continuous improvement and support for all of our students and communities.

We aim to provide our learners with excellent teaching and learning. Our staff are highly adept at working with and developing skills and knowledge in learners from different backgrounds. Our staff have consistently high expectations of all students and generate high levels of enthusiasm for participation in, and commitment to learning.