Project Support Officer - Colchester, United Kingdom - The Active Wellbeing Society

The Active Wellbeing Society
The Active Wellbeing Society
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Colchester, United Kingdom

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Description

Salary:
£21.216


Hours: 36.5 Monday - Friday with occasional weekend and evening working


Contract type:
Fixed term contract until December 2025


Location:
Hybrid working including home working and community based in Colchester, Essex


The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.


Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference - whether at an individual level or more widely.


By working collaboratively with communities we aim to bring about sustainable change on an social, environmental and economic level; to do the social knitting required to create stronger and more resilient communities and to support communities to identify, mitigate and remove the barriers that prevent them from living active and connected lives.


As Project Support Officer you will be responsible for supporting the project co-ordinator in the role out of the scheme and any admin involved in the bike role out within the local communities of Colchester.


The majority of your working hours would be spent within the office and out in the local community with the team.

When necessary/able, some remote home working may be offered.

Main duties


  • Ensure the programme governance is well run including scheduling, necessary paperwork, record keeping, minute taking and coordination of all committees.
  • Support the Sponsor Group, Core Group and Local Community Action Networks and any special working groups as necessary.
  • Work closely with and support the Essex Pedal Power Coordinators, including supporting scheduling, diary management and project support and implementing appropriate processes and procedures to administer the programme effectively.
  • Supporting project management including administering records such as project plans, risk register, procurement schedules, monthly reports and workforce plans.
  • Using excellent communication skills with multiple stakeholders. Ensuring information flows between the multiple and complex network of contributors to the Essex Pedal Power Programme.
  • Working with TAWS Finance Manager to ensure Essex Pedal Power fiscal control over programme spend and reconciliation.
  • Work closely with other team members to ensure the effective co-ordination of all projects within the programme work streams.
  • Liaise with the Project Coordinators to review and plan work streams, outcomes, priorities and associated budgets.
  • Produce reports, carry out presentations and undertake administrative duties in connection with the post.
  • Carry out all other duties as maybe reasonably assigned from time to time and with the level of this Job Description.
  • Support and adopt the mission, aim and values of TAWS, throughout your work and behaviours.
  • To take responsibility for your own personal and professional development, including responding constructively to internal management performance processes.
Knowledge, skills and experience


  • Proven track record of providing administrative support for complex projects or programmes of work.
  • Substantial IT skills that supports word processing, spreadsheet technology, online data entry systems, outlook and share point file system.
  • Demonstrate ability to understand project or programme methodologies and the administrative requirements to help these run smoothly.
  • Evidence of following processes and procedures within a governance model where pressure exists and where process and procedure are new or have been in need of change.
  • Demonstrate ability to understand budget management from an administrative perspective supporting the fiscal control over complex projects and programmes.
  • Evidence of capability to ensure governance committees and boards run smoothly due to administrative control and support.
  • Ability to respectively challenge and add value to senior or influential contributors such that you are a key go to person in the running of project and programmes with the appropriate can-do attitude.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and presentational skills across a range of mediums.
  • Knowledge of learning and evaluation processes and implementing continuous improvement across projects.
  • Evidence of supporting procuring services and contract managing partners to deliver services.
  • Support in preparation of information for reports up to Programme Board level.
  • Demonstrate empathy and understanding with the citizens and communities who access our services.
  • Evidence of a commitment to ongoing personal development and training.
  • Digitally literate and familiar with a range of software p
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