Assistant Project Support Officer
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,900 to £36,771 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National pay locations: Salford- £30,900 - £32,445 London pay locations: Croydon - £35,020 - £36,771 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | Salford |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 448849/2 |
Summary
Home Office Digital (HOD) designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Home Office Digital. End User Compute & Collaborate (EUC&C) develop, maintain, and support End User Devices, Collaboration tools and Voice and Video products and services to approximately 67,000 users from across the Home Office, including the Private office, operational arms of Border force and Immigration Enforcement. EUC&C also offer users the ability to collaborate efficiently, on joint documentation, with other government departments. The Programme vision is: ''to empower Home Office Staff by providing an outstanding designed user experience through the right IT products.''
This post will report to the Project Management Office (PMO) and be responsible for supporting project outcome, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and delivery focused organisation who will change the way we deliver for our customers now and in the future
EUC&C is geographically spread across three primary locations (Croydon, Manchester and Southport) with most staff working in line with the Department’s hybrid working arrangements (a minimum of 60% of time in an office location, with the remainder working from home). You will need to agree a base location of either Croydon or Manchester, and there will be a requirement for occasional travel to other locations. Due to the nature of this role this post is available on a full-time only basis.
The role of the Assistant Project Support Officer covers a diverse range of activities to support the delivery of the project’s objectives. As an Assistant Project Support Officer you will enable the smooth running of the project by supporting the project manager through the operation of project management processes, and the co-ordination of business management actions and activities on their behalf.
Key responsibilities
- Assist with and maintain appropriate systems to enable effective planning and scheduling, maintaining project controls and in producing project reports
- Responsible for project file management using robust version control and organise key project meetings, and provide secretariat support
- Management of staff as appropriate, including their development
- Assist with maintaining the stakeholder log for internal and external stakeholders
- Act as the focal point for project responses to external requests for information and assist with the monitor of project spend and contribute to the compilation of budgets
- Maintains an accurate asset register for the project and assist with and maintain risk and issue log
The successful candidate will need to be adaptable and willing to work flexibly across the wider team as required, performing additional duties reasonably expected within the scope of the grade.
Travel
Occasional travel to other work locations within the UK according to business needs may be required and may include overnight stays. All related costs will be reimbursed in line with Home Office policy.
Working Pattern
This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working.
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