28927 - Project Support Officer - South West
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27,245 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bridgwater, Somerset |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 5 days per week |
| Company: | Environment Agency |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 28927 |
Summary
We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community wishing to join a workforce which embraces difference and welcomes everyone.
We are looking for Project Support Officers to support the delivery of exciting, innovative projects including flood risk management studies and schemes that reduce the risk of flooding to communities and enhance the environment.
You will give teams the support they need to do their jobs more effectively by assisting Project Managers with administrative, financial, data or organisational tasks supporting the delivery of their projects. This might include tasks for the wider hub team as well. It’s a valued role with a diverse range of work across a wide range of workstreams, giving you an in-depth understanding of large-scale projects.
You will become involved in a range of activities such as handling and processing data, creating GIS layers, setting up new project workspaces, organising and taking meeting minutes, preparing notice of entry letters and public newsletters, ordering site signage, running reports, and accompanying Project Managers on site visits.
You’ll develop your interpersonal skills, building a network of relationships. You will learn how to apply EA legislation, policy and guidance and will be fully immersed in a professional project management service. As you grow in confidence, we’ll support your ambitions too, helping you use the experience as a springboard for your career.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
We are Programme and Contracts Management (PCM), creating a better place through excellence in project and programme management. Our teams provide the Environment Agency with an effective project and programme management service. Our well-qualified staff manage projects throughout their lifecycle to deliver flood risk management, environmental improvements, and shared ownership with local communities. Although dispersed through offices across the region we create collaborative spaces to share learning and develop our people.
Essential:
• Experience in using MS Office, particularly Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meeting deadlines, with relevant support.
• Experience in accurate data management, report writing and presenting relevant information to stakeholders.
• Efficient and adaptable communication skills, with a variety of audiences.
• Organisational and planning skills.
Desirable
• A Levels (or equivalent). Subjects that may be particularly advantageous include maths/statistics, geography, English, environmental studies, business studies, economics, and computer science.
• This role interacts with many different contacts across the Environment Agency, so a background of working in a customer-facing environment, demonstrating good communication skills useful.
• Experience or exposure of working in a project environment.
We are keen to explore transferrable skills so if you are unsure whether this role is for you, please contact the hiring manager.
We are looking for Project Support Officers to support the delivery of exciting, innovative projects including flood risk management studies and schemes that reduce the risk of flooding to communities and enhance the environment.
You will give teams the support they need to do their jobs more effectively by assisting Project Managers with administrative, financial, data or organisational tasks supporting the delivery of their projects. This might include tasks for the wider hub team as well. It’s a valued role with a diverse range of work across a wide range of workstreams, giving you an in-depth understanding of large-scale projects.
You will become involved in a range of activities such as handling and processing data, creating GIS layers, setting up new project workspaces, organising and taking meeting minutes, preparing notice of entry letters and public newsletters, ordering site signage, running reports, and accompanying Project Managers on site visits.
You’ll develop your interpersonal skills, building a network of relationships. You will learn how to apply EA legislation, policy and guidance and will be fully immersed in a professional project management service. As you grow in confidence, we’ll support your ambitions too, helping you use the experience as a springboard for your career.
Responding to incidents is a central part of what we do. You will be required to have an incident role and make yourself available to respond to incidents or provide business continuity support during an incident. This may attract an additional payment and full training and alternative working arrangements will be available to support you with your incident role.
We are Programme and Contracts Management (PCM), creating a better place through excellence in project and programme management. Our teams provide the Environment Agency with an effective project and programme management service. Our well-qualified staff manage projects throughout their lifecycle to deliver flood risk management, environmental improvements, and shared ownership with local communities. Although dispersed through offices across the region we create collaborative spaces to share learning and develop our people.
Essential:
• Experience in using MS Office, particularly Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meeting deadlines, with relevant support.
• Experience in accurate data management, report writing and presenting relevant information to stakeholders.
• Efficient and adaptable communication skills, with a variety of audiences.
• Organisational and planning skills.
Desirable
• A Levels (or equivalent). Subjects that may be particularly advantageous include maths/statistics, geography, English, environmental studies, business studies, economics, and computer science.
• This role interacts with many different contacts across the Environment Agency, so a background of working in a customer-facing environment, demonstrating good communication skills useful.
• Experience or exposure of working in a project environment.
We are keen to explore transferrable skills so if you are unsure whether this role is for you, please contact the hiring manager.