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Corporate Projects Officer (2 posts)

Abingdon
4 days ago
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Corporate Projects Officer (2 posts)

Salary and grade: Grade 6 - £44,747 to £51,005 per year
Duration of role: Permanent
Hours per week: 37
Location: Home and Council Offices, Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work.

Closing Date: 21 July 2025 (midnight)
Interviews: 30-31 July and 1 August 2025

About the role and what we're looking for

We are seeking an organised, efficient and experienced project officer with fantastic communication skills to join our Programmes Team. This is an exciting role to deliver projects and assist in providing project management expertise and support across the councils.

You will need to be able to show that you can work effectively and efficiently and deliver projects to deadlines. You will also need the communication and persuasion skills to transform our approach to project management and provide help and support to other service teams.

You'll need to be highly proactive and have the ability to tactfully prioritise your projects with colleagues in a busy environment.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• taking specific responsibility for delivering major and complex projects within your allocated project caseload, for example replacement of specialist IT systems and development of corporate performance reporting.
• use the councils project management methodology to deliver projects on deadline and budget across council departments
• ensure that appropriate authority and governance signoffs are designed into project plans and are obtained as projects progress
• liaise with colleagues, senior managers, councillors and external stakeholders to ensure that projects progress in a timely and prioritised manner and arrange and chair meetings as appropriate
• maintain accurate records and update project plans governance documentation as necessary
• provide support, assistance and training to colleagues across the councils regarding the project management methodology and on the practical elements of delivering projects
• to provide costing and budget projections for projects and monitor spend against the project budget
• develop effective working relationships internally and externally, with colleagues in both councils, with councillors, partners and the community
• writing formal and project update reports and presentations for head of service and service manager as required
• attending formal meetings such as Cabinet or full Council (as required).

The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility, and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post.

About you

Your essential skills, knowledge and experience
• experienced and skilled in project management
• well organised, completer finisher
• excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• excellent IT skills, proficient in Excel, Word and Project
• effective negotiation, communication and presentation skills
• dynamism and drive, be a proven self-starter, enthusiastic, proactive and determined
• experience of planning and managing budgets
• excellent literacy and numeracy including report writing skills
• confident and outgoing, able to liaise effectively with people at senior level in organisations
• flexible approach, able to pick up new tasks quickly using own initiative

Your essential qualifications

• educated to degree level or equivalent, or equivalent level of experience

The benefits we offer

• A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Flexible working and annualised hours -- a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
• Salary pay awards -- most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
• A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
• The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
• Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
• We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
• A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.

You may have experience in the following: Project Coordinator, Programme Officer, Project Support Officer, Business Projects Officer, Corporate Project Coordinator, Strategic Projects Officer, Project Administrator, etc.

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