Project Officer - Workington, United Kingdom - West House

West House

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Workington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

PROJECT OFFICER

Main Purpose:
To support the Business Director to ensure the viability and stability of West House through:

Project management of system and process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
Oversight and monitoring of objectives and outcomes

Responsible to:
Business Director

Salary:
£28,439 - £30,150

Hours: 39 hours per week

Our Vision What we're working towards**:

Our vision is for children, young people and adults with learning and other disabilities in Cumbria to live a fulfilling life, in the way they want and with the support they choose.

Our Mission How we will achieve our vision:

Offering high quality care and support to people which is centred around individual needs, offers choice, and promotes independence;
Creating opportunities that people want through offering a diverse range of services which enable people to develop,achieve and reach their potential;
Employing good quality, suitable staff that we value and support, because we recognise that a happy workforce does the best job;
Working with other organisations and our communities to promote understanding, equality of opportunity, and inclusion.

Our Values How we will behave:

Person Centred
Inclusive
Positive

PROJECT OFFICER MAIN DUTIES

MAIN DUTIES:

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Use a project management approach to:

Monitor and report on the project's progress, budget and resources
Oversee projects and support to mitigate issues and challenges
Schedule tasks and managing resources
Develop and monitor quality assurance and performance management approaches
Identify and monitor project specific risks
Produce accurate reports to specified deadlines
Research and report upon factors impacting business and project performance
Organise meetings and set agendas
Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Update and maintain project records and documentation
Distributing project documentation

- responding to enquiries from stakeholders
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Support the Business Director and Finance Manager to:

Scope, implement and monitor business systems across the organisation
Develop and implement effective finance and performance administration systems, policies and procedures, including but not limited to following areas:
Contracts and Debt management
Accounts
Sales Ledger
Purchase Ledger
Cash flow management
Banking
Improve and develop business support services to increase efficiency and reduce waste and promote financial independence for the people we support
Improve and develop management information and reporting functions
Develop and manage relationships to support change management across the organisation and with external stakeholders

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Other Duties

To support across the wider Business Team as required to ensure that organisational objectives and demands are met
To uphold and promote the West House Vision, Mission and Values and to have a positive approach to the needs and aspirations of people with disabilities.
To attend relevant training in order to learn and improve professional skills which are relevant to the post.
To take part in an annual performance review.
To always act in a professional manner in accordance with West House policies and procedures.
Keep up to date with West House policies and procedures and ensure that they are adhered to.
To undertake any other duties which may be reasonably required. This may include transfer to another location.
To be aware and adhere to the responsibilities of employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Any other duties as may reasonably be required.

This may include transfer to another location.

SKILLS:

Problem solving.
Analytical.
Report writing.
Knowledge of database management and good command over MS Office.
Good understanding to work with project budgets, forecasts and reports.
Good communication skills (both oral and written).
Proficient in both verbal and written English.

KEY BEHAVIOURS:

Proactive and ready to take initiative
Interpersonal sensitivity
Social and receptive (active listener)
High degree of integrity
Ability to work independently and as a part of the team, as the situation dictates
Ability to assimilate and handle a wide range of information efficiently and effectively
Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision

Salary:
£28,439.00-£30,150.00 per year

Benefits: