About Us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats, and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park, and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces, including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK, with 77 million visits every year.
We are now looking for a Project Support Officer- Security Coordination Project to join us on a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract.
The Benefits
* Salary of £33,666- £38,000 per annum, depending on experience
* 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays
* Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
* Hybrid/agile working options
* Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
* Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
* Learning and development opportunities
* Cycle to work scheme
* Offices in a beautiful location
This is a fantastic opportunity for an administration and project support professional to join our prestigious organisation.
You will have the chance to take on an exciting and new project that will strengthen our security model, coordinating across five interdependent workstreams to ensure TRP has a sustainable, compliant, and effective security model in place.
What’s more, you will discover that each day brings a fresh new challenge, and this role will offer plenty of variety, ensuring you stay engaged and continuously develop your skills.
The Role
As a Project Support Officer, you will provide support to the Security Coordination Project. You will be supporting the Project Manager on the project coordination, documentation, reporting and administrative support across all aspects of the project.
Additionally, you will:
* Coordinate meetings, workshops and stakeholder sessions including scheduling, agendas and minutes
* Act as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on project related queries
* Provide general administrative support
About You
To be considered as a Project Support Officer, you will need:
* Experience in a project support, project coordination or administrative support
* Experience supporting risk and issue management processes
* Working knowledge of project management methodologies
* Strong organisational, time management, written and verbal communication skills
The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please visit our website to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity please get in touch with Megan Nicholas at megan@tarkatalent.co.uk.Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.