Evolution project and impact officer

This role is ideal for someone wanting to be a part of a team that drives change across the organisation. Whilst working on key projects that are key to us achieving our vision you will be energetic, organised and take a structured approach to getting things done.

As an Evolution Project and Impact Officer, a typical day might include:

• Supporting key evolutionary and wholesale change projects across the group to drive impact in our communities and for our customers.
• Working with all areas to integrate and develop improved ways of working and new services for our communities to improve their overall experience.
• Working closely with project managers across the group in different teams, ensuring the successful delivery of all projects on time and within budget.
• Reporting on projects progress, budgets and resources whilst overseeing the project brief to make sure that timeframes and governance are adhered to.
• Documenting the progress of projects and feeding back to the project group throughout ensuring that meetings and agendas are set, and actions are followed.
• Managing relationships across the group on a day-to-day basis to ensure people are kept up to speed and included along the journey.
• Documenting and reviewing projects in line with the key project deliverables.
• Having the ability to produce reports and updates for teams involved in all projects.
• Ensuring tight control of action plans, risk registers and key milestones – working with the wider teams to monitor this.
• Delivering key activities to ensure completion of projects are integrated into the group successfully.
• Connecting with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers and customers, making sure that any hurdles are dealt with, and the project is always on track.
• Sharing best practice that you identify both internally and externally to enhance project performance.
• Working closely with the IT project and data team to ensure efficiencies and improvements are incorporated into our evolution projects and that we are all working towards key objectives together.
• Always incorporating our people's voice within our projects and making sure that we evolve our services and projects in line with our corporate strategy.
• Working with customers and communities to ensure their voice is heard and the impact they need to see from projects is delivered and monitored through all projects.
• Capturing impact, success and evaluation of activities across the group – with a particular focus on social value measurement and the difference it makes in our communities.
• Supporting research and insight projects to drive stakeholder engagement and our wider growth ambitions.

Some of the experience/skills we need to consider you:

• Experience of working on projects of any size from start to end.
• Working collaboratively across a variety of service areas to ensure projects are implemented successfully.
• A proven track record in delivering projects to both existing and new service areas alike.
• Ability to create new relationships with external and internal stakeholders to ensure project implementation is a success and projects are embedded in the Acis way.
• Working collaboratively across the team and group to ensure we are effectively implementing evolution projects.
• Ability to multitask and prioritise in a methodical and inclusive approach to maximise the project deliverables.
• Excellent IT skills to confidently document all project stages.
• Being solution focused you will thrive in ensuring projects are completed and implemented fully before handing over and agreeing a timeline to review implementation success.

What will make you stand out from the crowd:

• You will have already had exposure and worked on a variety of projects, which you have successfully implemented within your organisation.
• Experience of working with a variety of teams or services and evidence of how you have brought them together to deliver and embed change.
• Working towards or hold a project qualification.
• Understanding of social value or an interest in developing knowledge of this.
• Community engagement activities or experience.
• Impact measurement tools – or an interest in developing knowledge of this.

Being part of the Acis team, you’ll get:

• Generous holiday entitlement – 25 days annual leave every year increasing by one to a max of 30, plus bank holidays.
• Pension contributions up to 10%.
• The opportunity to undertake professional training, funded by us.
• One day's paid leave a year for volunteering work (in addition to your annual leave entitlement).
• Staff benefits with Paycare – A health and benefits scheme giving you support and contributions towards various health benefits such as counselling, eye tests, vaccinations and much more.
• Benefits with Acis Perkz – a discount scheme giving you savings off hundreds of schemes including discounts on your coffee, weekly shop, days out and much more!
• Employee recognition scheme, where we celebrate and award our Stars within Acis, including gift vouchers.
• Long service awards for our loyal employees.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme to give you confidential advice and support, when you need it.
• Professional membership subscription to support your continuous professional development.
• Death in service benefit as part of our pension scheme.

Acis are committed to equality and diversity, are a proud member of disability confident and welcome applications from any applicant who feel they hold the essential skills to fulfil the role. We recognise that people need flexibility in their role and we’re happy to discuss flexible working options with the successful candidate in addition to any aid with interviewing that you might need.