Project Officer - 14 month fixed term contract

Location: Wimborne or remote

Hours:  Full-time

Salary: DOE

About the role

We’re looking for a project officer to join us on a fixed term contract for 14 months.

Your responsibilities will include

• Working closely with the project manager, wider project team and business leads to provide support and knowledge sharing to meet project workload demands
• Working closely with subject matter experts to understand business requirements
• Investigating potential solutions and evaluating their viability
• Identifying and communicating risks, remediations, assumptions, issues and dependencies
• Coordinating implementation of agreed solutions
• Supporting testing activities to ensure that all is delivered within time and quality expectations
• Producing and delivering papers, reports and communications relevant to the work packages
• Supporting business transition and helping establish change
• Assisting with development of business cases

About you

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has strong interpersonal skills with ability to work independently and within a team
• Has a methodical approach to process; an aptitude for accuracy and attention to detail
• Has a good organisational and communications skills.
• Has am awareness of agile and waterfall project methodologies
• Is familiar with delivery tools such as Teams and Jira
• Shows excellent communication skills - written and verbal, with an ability to convey complex information to a broad audience
• Is comfortable and flexible working in a fast paced environment
• Is self-motivated with the ability to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
• Has an ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Has an understanding of change management and experience in identifying and applying appropriate approaches
• Shows a positive "can do" attitude and is highly analytical;
• Understands project management principles, practices, techniques and tools including facilitation, organisation and co-ordination
• Has a risk management awareness including analysis of root causes

Details

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Apply now

To apply for this role please send your CV and a covering letter (a maximum of one page in length please) to jobs@teachersbs.co.uk. The covering letter should summarise the experience and skills you have which would be an asset to this role and why you believe you should be shortlisted for this position.