Project Support Officer

West Sussex County Council; United States; Remote; USD 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and mobile provided

Generous annual leave

Local government pension scheme

Job summary

West Sussex County Council’s Refugee, Resettlement and Migration Service (RRMS) seeks a Project Support Officer to join the Strategy and Delivery Team. You will support governance, documentation and delivery, maintaining project documents and change control while helping plan and implement several small projects.

You will collect and analyse management information, assist in organising events and collaborate with internal teams and partner organisations to provide access to education,

Qualifications

• Advanced analytical skills to interpret and manipulate complex project information.
• Ability to organise, plan and meet targets and provide urgent reports.
• Developed communication skills to interact with high-level clients and stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills to anticipate and resolve issues.
• Advanced IT skills for Word, PowerPoint, Excel and web-based tools.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy for financial analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide project governance, documentation and delivery support across RRMS.
• Maintain and change-control project documents within corporate frameworks.
• Plan, manage and implement several small projects.
• Collect, coordinate and analyse management information.
• Plan and assist in developing and staging events (meetings, seminars, briefings).

Skills

Advanced analytics

Planning & targets

Communication

Problem solving

IT skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Literacy & numeracy

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent experience

Job description

We are seeking a Project Support Officer to serve as a key member of the Refugee, Resettlement, and Migration service (RRMS)., In this role you will be part of the RRMS Strategy and Delivery Team. The teams support individuals and families to independently sustain their tenancy and maintain safe and suitable accommodation. Support with accessing English language learning, work collaboratively with internal teams and partner organisations to provide access to education, employment, training opportunities, healthcare and local services for both adults and children and young people., In this role you will provide support across the Refugees, Resettlement and Migration service in all project governance, documentation and delivery. You will be responsible for maintaining and change control of project documents, for planning, managing and implementing several small projects, working to/within corporate project frameworks. You will collect, co-ordinate and analyse any management information required. You will plan and assist in the development and staging of a variety of events, including meetings, seminars, briefings etc.

Please refer to the job description for the full list of key skills in your covering letter and detail how you demonstrate the skills/knowledge in your career to date, as this is how we shortlist our roles. Key Skills: (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

• Advanced analytical skills in order to interpret and manipulate varied and complex project information.
• Ability to organise, plan and meet set targets e.g. for provision of urgent reports required by customer, or to manage progress against plans to achieve successful outcomes.
• Developed communication and interpersonal skills in order to interact effectively with a range of high-level clients/stakeholders and create and maintain effective working relationship and provide coaching to colleagues on process or documentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently, planning solutions and making sound pragmatic decisions.
• Advanced IT skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other web-based applications, for word processing, analysis and research of data, creating electronic presentations.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills in order to carry out financial analysis and reporting.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• HNC/HND in an appropriate area or equivalent practical experience/range of knowledge.
• Relevant knowledge of project management processes, procedures and policies associated with working within a demanding service.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a competent member of a project team, ideally in a project support role or equivalent, whilst confident to implement projects independently.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment and within project management systems/practices, and to provide effective support.

Experience of project planning and implementation. Planning and implementing more than one project or project work stream at any given time. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

Benefits

• A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.
• You will benefit from generous annual leave, plus the opportunity to buy additional leave and an excellent local government pension scheme A range of discounts give our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform.