Project Support Officer

W London

£150 - £200 per day

The Project Support Officer is responsible for the support of all projects undertaken by the Delivery service within Operations.

The Project Officer will play an integral role in supporting the Head of Delivery, Delivery Manager and Project Leads in the management and delivery of projects using Agile and PRINCE 2 methodology as appropriate.

The role will involve administrative tasks and will serve as a key contact point within the service.

Undertake specific project support work as required by the Head of Delivery, supporting the end to end project management process for the Delivery team, including project development, monitoring of progress, risk and issue assessment and final closure.

Providing support with creating project budgets, monitoring spend and producing regular reports for the Head of Service.

Budgeting finances, carrying out risk assessment evaluations and gaining buy in as appropriate.

To act as the secretariat to project boards and team meetings as required, including planning and coordinating resources for meetings and interviews.

Attend meetings, taking minutes and co-ordinating actions amongst internal colleagues and beyond the Council with external stakeholders and partners as required.

Preparing briefing and advice notes on behalf of Head of Delivery, Delivery Manager, and Project Leads.

To use their understanding of relevant methodologies processes and standards to ensure that all Delivery team members understand and adhere to them.

Responsibility for specific project support activities, including creating and maintain logs, reports and presentations and other deliverables as appropriate. Generate and issue regular internal and external project reports and communications