We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage.
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro‑rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity, and inclusion network
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in‑store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
About the role
We are seeking enthusiastic Project Support Officers to support a variety of projects including those within the Future Council and Major Change Portfolios.
Overview of roles:
* 1 x Project Support Officer (permanent)
* 1 x Project Support Officer (fixed term to 31/12/27)
The roles sit within Cambridgeshire County Council’s Change and Delivery Service, which works across the council and the wider system to plan, implement and deliver the identified outcomes and benefits of the change portfolio. Using the council’s project management framework, standards and practice, your role will be to manage the production and maintenance of key documentation such as project plans, highlight reports, Risk, Actions, Issues Decisions (RAID) logs, and formal and informal meeting and workshop documentation.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Richard Springbett (Richard.Springbett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
What will you be doing?
As Project Support Officer you will support the Programme and Project Managers to oversee a range of Change activity across the whole council. Working effectively, in line with the council’s Project Management methodologies and standards to manage the production and maintenance of key documentation such as project plans, highlight reports, Risk, Actions, Issues Decisions (RAID) logs, and formal and informal meeting and workshop documentation.
The Project Support Officer will be required to communicate well across project/programme stakeholders, within the Programme and Service Improvement Team, staff groups, partner organisations and stakeholder groups within directorates.
A key function of the role will be to support the project team members to fully utilise the MS Project Online system (POWA). Advising and assisting project team members in the application of project procedures and disciplines, taking responsibility for recording and reporting on standards throughout the project lifecycle.
About you
You will have a good level of knowledge and understanding of:
* project management
* reporting and project tools to effectively manage and monitor projects and workstreams.
You will be:
* capable of coordinating a range of projects of varying complexity
* organised with excellent time management skills, with ability to self‑direct and work under own initiative
* keen to support positive project outcomes
* motivated to make a visible difference to our communities and drive forward change.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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