Project Officer

Posting date:	19 September 2025
Salary:	£32,089 to £32,724 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	12 October 2025
Location:	NG21 9JL
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	428736/1

Summary

What you’ll do…

As Project Officer, you will support the development and delivery of district projects with a particular focus on recreation projects. The Project Officer works closely with district and national staff. The role will cover projects across the district and report to the Programme Manager.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

Location is ideally Cannock or Delamere but willing to consider any Forestry England office in Central District. This is an exciting opportunity to support on a variety of projects across the district and develop project management skills.

• gathering and analysing relevant data in order to assess options and present recommendations which
will inform project pipelines and business cases - examples may include:
- SWOT analyses for multiple sites where there may be future recreation/commercial opportunities
- organising the collection of car parking data to support business cases
- gathering information to support external funding bids
• providing project management support on larger schemes including managing and maintaining project
systems e.g., action logs, dashboards, claims & reporting processes
• providing project management of smaller projects including multi-discipline projects, in line with
Forestry England guidance - this will include:
- building a project team
- understanding the scope
- completing procurement exercises
- developing programmes/ timescales
- monitoring budgets
- monitoring and reporting on objectives
• liaising and maintain good working relationships with colleagues locally and across Forestry England
to gain understanding and sharing knowledge to obtain improvement/efficiency
• supporting the preparation of business cases in line with the Forestry England Business case guidance

And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

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