Programme Support Officer - Reigate, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Reigate, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The starting salary for this role is £29,291 per annum, working 36 hours per week.

This is a Fixed Term Opportunity until the 31st March 2024.

Do you love rolling up your sleeves and getting into the detail? _
Do you have a proven track record of supporting projects and providing highlevel administrative support? _
Are you organised, focused, and tenacious? _

If so then we want to hear from you

About Us
Surrey County Council is currently undertaking significant, fast-paced improvements in all departments.

Out 2030 Community Vision is focused on radically improving the council's culture, approach & performance, we're putting our residents at the centre ofeverything we do.

We're transforming our Libraries and Cultural Services,driving continuous improvement to enhance the experience of our customers, and developing new innovative and efficientways of working in partnership with communities and other organisations.

About the Role
The role of
Programme Support Officer will play an important part in the Council's ongoing transformation.

You'll be working on exciting transformation projects in our Communities portfolio - these are significant programmes of work thatwill deliver real improvements to the lives of people who live, work, and study in Surrey.

In this role you will be involved in supporting all aspects of project delivery from business case development through ongoing project management to evaluation of impact.

You will provide support to small teams of Programme and Project Managers to produceand maintain project documentation and to develop and monitor progress against project plans, including monitoring risks, issues, and dependencies.

You will lead on support to project governance, including drafting and maintaining terms of reference, roles and responsibilities and stakeholder mapping documentation, servicing meetings (producing agendas, compiling papers and taking minutes), and supportingthe organisation of meetings and events (virtual and face-to-face).

You will have an opportunity to gain experience of a wide range of tasks and projects including taking a more active role in aspects of project management, alongside the Project and ProgrammeManagers, to support your development.

About You

In order to be considered for shortlisting, we would love to hear about your;

Experience supporting complex projects or programmes of work, with experience managing conflicting priorities and multiple tasks
Ability to think clearly and logically, to maintain focus and close attention to detail, this will enable you to identify opportunities for process improvement and take a lead on putting these into practice.
Experience of working in local government or demonstrable understanding of the sector

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about thevalueswe follow.

Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19 February 2023

Interviews will take place weeks commencing 6 and 13 March 2023

This is a fixed term contract to 31 March 2024

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years'service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit
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