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Project Support Officer

About the role

Do you have a background in supporting business development in a large complex organisation, and are you passionate about supporting service improvement and innovative changes within a local authority?

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Project Support Officer, to provide business support and assist with the delivery of projects within the Adults, Health Partnerships and Housing Directorate at North Northamptonshire Council. You will report to the Programme Manager for this service, and will be accountable for a variety of administrative and project related activities, supporting strategic projects delivering transformative change across multiple service areas.

You need a background within an administrative support function within a corporate environment, and it would be advantageous if you have understanding of how projects are delivered within complex organisations, including knowledge of project management methodologies, processes and documentation.

Above all, we are keen to attract people who, with solid experience of supporting administrative functions and projects, will embrace the values and behaviours of North Northamptonshire Council to support services to innovate and implement improvements which positively impact our service users.

This role will be primarily home based, with the expectation that you are able to attend meetings or other face to face engagements across North Northamptonshire Council sites as required.

What will you be doing?

Working alongside our colleagues in the Adults Health Partnerships and Housing teams, you’ll act as a key delivery officer in respect of delivering change and improvement projects, and supporting the day to day business activities of the directorate.

You’ll work closely with colleagues in the team on project matters to ensure activities are delivered in time, accurately and in line with requirements.

You will develop relationships with many internal and external services delivering projects, giving you valuable insight into different teams and opportunities to collaborate. You will administer and maintain accurate, compliant records as well as be involved with processes relating to matters such as procurement, legal and more.

You will support the delivery of project and programme activity, providing administrative support for meetings, financial matters, project promotion and more. This will include events associated with project activity, assisting with the planning and administration to ensure successful outputs.

Each day will look slightly different and you’ll be able to get involved in various projects across the directorate. You will also be involved with the day to day business support functions, directly supporting the Senior Leadership team.

About you

We’re looking for someone with a keen eye for detail that takes pride in their work and has proven experience and skills in project support, developing effective internal & external relationships and innovative processes to deliver successful outputs.

You will be passionate about working to achieve desired outcomes, combining creativity with project support skills to ensure compliancy and accuracy in all that you do.

Exceptional interpersonal and collaboration skills are key. We are also looking for experience of administration including report writing, minute taking & effectively keeping records to achieve a consistently high performance. You’ll thrive when working collaboratively and be a team player through and through.

You’ll need to have a solutions driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment with a positive approach to challenges!

Ideally you will have previous experience of supporting projects or business administration, with processes for administering and supporting programmes. You will be able to work across a variety of projects and activities, being able to use your own initiative. You’ll use your great attention to detail to ensure our activities are focussed and achieve results.

Finally, your organisational skills will be utilised as part of the wider service, supporting senior leadership and service managers in day to day administrative tasks, enabling you to have a diverse experience and work collaboratively across the full service.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

a competitive salary
a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

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