Project Officer – Grade E

Job Category : Admin & Clerical

Location : Ballard House, West Hoe Road , Plymouth City Council

Hours Per Week : 37.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Start Time : 09:00

End Time : 17:30

Salary: £13.41

 
key activities

Estimate and forecasting of project deliverables at outset of, medium/low

risk, projects. (10%)

Develop outline and full business case and other necessary documentation

for multiple, medium/low risk projects. (25%)

Report progress of projects as agreed within governance arrangement and at

required intervals in line with standards set out by the Portfolio Office.

(10%)

Use the required systems and tools to undertake effective project

Within their allocated projects, manages risk, issues, dependencies,

resources, budgets, benefits, lessons learned, stakeholders and other

relevant areas. (15 %)

Perform process design, requirements capture/analysis and/or other non-

specialist business analysis (15%)

Monitor budgets (up to £250k) and resources allocated to projects,

monitoring the expenditures and costs against delivered and realised benefits

as the project progresses. (15%)

Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade of the post including the

provision of guidance and support to others in the team.

Essential qualifications/knowledge:

GCSE A*- C (9-4) English and Maths.

Knowledge of budget management.

Prince 2 Foundation.

Change Management qualification.

Knowledge and experience of using the following procedures or similar

Microsoft Project Server (or similar) Align, SharePoint, Microsoft Project and

other systems used in project management.

Understanding stakeholder requirements.

Delivering customer needs effectively.

Can plan, schedule and prioritise activities for self and others.

Managing change

Using Prince 2 methodology in project management.

Excellent communication skills required.

Planning and organisational skills.

Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.