Project Officer - Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom - Warrington Borough Council

Description

About us

Children's Services have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced admin/business support officer or project assistant wanting to expand their knowledge and experiences. We are offering a temporary Project Officer role for 12 months, with an opportunity to support innovation and projects across the service and to support in the development of systems and processes that will support CSC performance:

The role

What will you be doing?

Providing a professional, high quality project/business support service within the Service Development Function. This will include support for of a range of strategic and operational projects and being involved in a range of innovation work across the service as well as supporting the Service development Manager with regular reports and submissions for external bodies and being involved in the organisation of any internal/external visits and inspections.

You will work as a key part of the team, using initiative and problem-solving to support the service to achieve its objectives, including the taking of formal notes of meetings where required.

This will be an opportunity for the successful candidate to put their own stamp on the role and to help generate valuable income for the service, represent the service in various ways and to support in the development of new processes and ways of working for the service, that improve and demonstrate outcomes for the very valuable and important work our teams do.

Please see the job description for more detail on the role and the person specification to see if your skills and experience match what the role requires.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with the following experience and qualities:

• Excellent IT skills (particularly MS Excel) with experience in a range of software plus basic data management/analysis
• Experience of supporting projects and/or organising events
• Excellent team-working skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise and organise workload despite interruptions
• High-level of communication skills with confidence to communicate with colleagues and partners at all levels
• Flexible and able to work under pressure
• Committed to improving outcomes for children & families

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

If you have any further questions or for an informal chat then please contact (via email in the first instance) - Tania Young:

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer

Warrington Borough Council Offices, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT