Salary - £29,733 to £31,553
Permanent and Full-Time (37 hours per week)
Hybrid working (50/50)
Closing date for applications Tuesday, 7th May 2024. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.
UKCEH is looking for an experienced Project Support Officer to join our 600-strong team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.
Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.
As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:
1. 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years
2. 10% employer pension contribution
3. Enhanced maternity and paternity leave(subject to qualifying requirements)
4. 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues plus access to our trained Welfare Officers
5. Flexible working opportunities
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You will be a key point of contact for projects sitting within our Catchment to Coast group, whose research monitors the countryside to predict and measure the impact of climate and land use change on our environment.
You will support the Environment and Rural affairs Monitoring and Modelling Programme (). The programme is one of the highest income projects in UKCEH’s science portfolio, encompassing three main components:-
6. annual national field survey of Wales
7. integrated land-use modelling platform
8. a series of rapid evidence provision
You’ll also be supporting, the longest integrated national monitoring programme of the countryside for Great Britain, which began in 1978.
We need your administrative expertise, excellent communication skills and organisational ability to manage a broad range of duties to multiple project stakeholders.
You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.
Your main responsibilities will include:
9. Organising meetings, events and workshops. Schedule, source and book venues, facilities and catering. Booking associated travel, accommodation, and other meeting requirements. Note taking and dissemination of minutes and tracking actions
10. Support finance activities such as procurement, receipting, monitoring project spend including expense claims, and invoices, budget revisions, running pre-defined finance reports
11. Supporting communication with a variety of stakeholders and project partners. Assisting with collation of articles for newsletters, updating websites, coordinating outreach activities, and responding to requests for information
12. Maintaining project records including sensitive data. Implement required IT security and GDPR training, and maintain training records
13. Production of reports for a variety of stakeholders. Proof reading, layout and formatting of reports and presentations to high standards
14. Coordination of Welsh language translations
15. Participate in the field ‘buddy’ safety support system, following established procedures to maintain contact with lone workers
16. Provide administrative cover for ERAMMP Field Manager
For the role of Project Support Officer, we’re looking for somebody who has:
17. The ability to engage confidently with a variety of stakeholders
18. Experience in handling confidential information/working to specific data security guidelines
19. Advanced skills in Microsoft Office 365, together with good numeracy skills
20. Ability to adapt to using new software systems and to effectively train others where necessary
21. Flexibility to take on different tasks from a variety of projects and people, and keen to develop new skills
22. Ability to work with autonomy, showing initiative to manage own time and priorities effectively. As well as being able to work well in a team, with a collaborative and inclusive approach
23. Experience in writing minutes
24. Experience of maintaining websites
25. Ability to travel occasionally, with nights away, and work outside of standard office hours when required
26. A full, UK driving licence – please confirm in your CV
Desirable Skills:
27. A foundation-level professional certification in PRINCE2/PRINCE2 Agile, APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ) or equivalent
28. Ability to use spoken and written Welsh
If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.
We welcome applications from international candidates; however, at present, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.