Project Support Officer
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £17.42 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Southwark, South East London |
| Company: | Brackenberry Limited |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | RQ1247444 |
Summary
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Southwark to assist with the appointment of a Project Support Officer, on a 7-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: £17.42 - £22.23 per hour
Summary:
To deliver high quality and flexible project support for the short breaks programme mobilisation designed to provide assertive support to children and young people with SEND and their families at the earliest opportunity to prevent an escalation of needs in the future.
The Project Officer will be expected to support the Programme Manager with all aspects of project management, including but not limited to planning, delivery and meaningful evaluation of and reporting on project achievements against agreed KPIs and lessons learned.
This role will include collaborative working across consortium partners.
Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with our VCS infrastructure organisation, Community Southwark to stimulate the short breaks offer for 16+ provision.
Be a key point of contact in matters relating to administration duties and responsible for disseminating internal and external information on behalf of the divisional leadership team
Coordinate and facilitate work of various working groups, ensuring that they function appropriately, records are kept and actions delivered.
To work within a framework of anti- discriminatory and anti- oppressive practice, to seek to address equality issues in practice provision. To recognise, uphold and promote the Councils Equal Opportunity and Diversity agenda.
To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post and grade.
Knowledge:
Practical working knowledge of project management practices and theory
Excellent operational knowledge of the full suite of Microsoft Office software
Knowledge and experience of working to directorate and corporate policies, procedures and practice including performance frameworks and their application within a social care setting.
Experience:
Experience of providing project or service support at different stages of its life-cycle, which may include planning, implementation and/ or monitoring
Experience in the development of appropriate project monitoring, governance and reporting approaches
Experience researching, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information for specialist and non-specialist audiences
Experience of collaborative working with a variety of professionals, agencies and service users
Experience of working to strict deadlines in a demanding and intense environment and able to maintain productive and collaborative working relationships.
Please note:
You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Rate of Pay: £17.42 - £22.23 per hour
Summary:
To deliver high quality and flexible project support for the short breaks programme mobilisation designed to provide assertive support to children and young people with SEND and their families at the earliest opportunity to prevent an escalation of needs in the future.
The Project Officer will be expected to support the Programme Manager with all aspects of project management, including but not limited to planning, delivery and meaningful evaluation of and reporting on project achievements against agreed KPIs and lessons learned.
This role will include collaborative working across consortium partners.
Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with our VCS infrastructure organisation, Community Southwark to stimulate the short breaks offer for 16+ provision.
Be a key point of contact in matters relating to administration duties and responsible for disseminating internal and external information on behalf of the divisional leadership team
Coordinate and facilitate work of various working groups, ensuring that they function appropriately, records are kept and actions delivered.
To work within a framework of anti- discriminatory and anti- oppressive practice, to seek to address equality issues in practice provision. To recognise, uphold and promote the Councils Equal Opportunity and Diversity agenda.
To undertake any other duties appropriate to the post and grade.
Knowledge:
Practical working knowledge of project management practices and theory
Excellent operational knowledge of the full suite of Microsoft Office software
Knowledge and experience of working to directorate and corporate policies, procedures and practice including performance frameworks and their application within a social care setting.
Experience:
Experience of providing project or service support at different stages of its life-cycle, which may include planning, implementation and/ or monitoring
Experience in the development of appropriate project monitoring, governance and reporting approaches
Experience researching, analysing, interpreting and presenting data and information for specialist and non-specialist audiences
Experience of collaborative working with a variety of professionals, agencies and service users
Experience of working to strict deadlines in a demanding and intense environment and able to maintain productive and collaborative working relationships.
Please note:
You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
You should have right to work in U.K
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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