Project Support Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Salary:

- £31,745 - £34,280

Programme and Project Management pay enhancement (£1,570)
A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
DSIT
Science, Innovation and Growth
Geospatial Commission
Type of role:
Project Delivery
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, ManchesterAbout the job

Job summary:

Our priorities

Optimise public R&D investment to support areas of relative UK strength and increase the level of private R&D to make our economy the most innovative in the world.

Promote a diverse research and innovation system that connects discovery to new companies, growth and jobs - including by delivering world-class physical and digital infrastructure (such as gigabit broadband), making the UK the best place to start and grow a technology business and developing and attracting top talent.

Put public services - including the NHS and schools - at the forefront of innovation, championing new ways of working and development of in-house STEM capability to improve outcomes for people.

Strengthen international collaboration on science and technology in line with the Integrated Review, and ensure our researchers are able to continue to work with leading scientists in Europe and around the world.

Deliver legislative and regulatory reforms to drive competition and promote innovation, including the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill and our pro-innovation approach to regulating AI.

Our Inclusive Environment

We have an inclusive culture which makes the Department a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued and can be their authentic selves.

We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us be more innovative.

We offer flexible working benefits, employee well-being support and a great pension.

We are fortunate to have a range of staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer.

We support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

Job description:

The Geospatial Commission is looking for a Project Support Officer to play a key role in the delivery of a high-profile programme to build a new digital map of what is buried beneath our streets.

This is an opportunity to work within a high-performing team to deliver a significant innovation which will unlock huge economic value for the country.

About the Geospatial Commission

The Geospatial Commission has been set up to pursue an ambitious national strategy to unlock the economic, social and environmental opportunities offered by location data technologies and services across the whole economy

This means we:

Provide strategic oversight of the geospatial ecosystem in the UK, setting geospatial strategy, policy and standards.
Hold the budget for the public sector's largest investment in geospatial data.

This role supports one of those key priorities, the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR).

NUAR is a live Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programme delivering a new digital map that will revolutionise the way we install, maintain, operate and repair the pipes and cables buried beneath our feet.

NUAR for the first time standardises, centralises and makes available privately and publicly owned data from 700+ organisations about the location of their underground utilities assets.

It is envisaged to deliver at least £490 million per year of economic growth through increased efficiency, reduced asset strikes and reduced disruptions for citizens and businesses.

The use of NUAR will also underpin the government's priority to get the economy growing; expediting projects like new roads, new houses and broadband roll-out.

The Project Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the programme and contract management function in the NUAR team.

This will be a varied role, including managing the different plans across the programme, and supporting with information management, recruitment and workforce planning.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the different teams within the programme have the support they require, organising and running different governance and oversight groups, and providing ad hoc support to the programme's leadership team.

Specific objectives and deliverables include:

Supporting all programme and contract management processes and reporting.
Providing a secretariat function for the NUAR programme's governance boards and decisionmaking forums.
Managing the programme's FOI responses, correspondence, and parliamentary questions processes t