Project Assistant in Portsmouth

Salary: £27,500

Hours: Full-time or Part-time hours will be considered (min 30 hrs a week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: The role can be undertaken remotely within the UK, with occasional travel for away days and meetings.

We are an independent, non-profit organisation responsible for the Retail Energy Code — a key part of how the GB retail energy market is regulated. We deliver secure digital services, clear governance, and practical solutions that protect consumers, support innovation, and help the energy system move towards net zero. Our Data, Technology and Transformation Team supports this mission by delivering improvements to RECCo’s services, systems and ways of working, as well as leading projects that support and improve how the retail energy market operates.

This role will provide hands-on support to the Data, Technology and Transformation team, while structured development is offered for someone at an early stage in their career or returning to work following a career break.

Your Responsibilities

• Project Delivery & Coordination
  • Supporting Project Managers with day-to-day delivery activities across multiple projects
  • Maintaining project plans, action trackers and RAID logs (risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies)
  • Coordinating tasks, timelines and deliverables to ensure projects remain on track
  • Supporting smaller internal projects or discrete work packages under supervision
  • Supporting alignment between business requirements and delivery outputs
• Governance & Reporting
  • Supporting the preparation of project and portfolio reporting (status reports, dashboards, KPIs)
  • Maintaining accurate documentation and ensuring version control of key artefacts
  • Supporting project governance processes, ensuring adherence to PMO standards and frameworks
  • Assisting in the tracking and escalation of risks and issues
  • Supporting maintenance of requirements documentation and traceability alongside project artefacts
• Stakeholder & Meeting Support
  • Coordinating project meetings, including working groups and SteerCo sessions
  • Preparing agendas, papers and meeting packs
  • Taking minutes and tracking actions through to completion
  • Supporting communication across project stakeholders
  • Supporting requirements workshops and capturing structured outputs (e.g. notes, actions, requirements)
• Planning & Resource Support
  • Supporting planning activities, including timelines, milestones and dependencies
  • Assisting with resource tracking and forecasting
  • Helping ensure deliverables align with project scope and objectives
• Process Improvement & PMO Support
  • Supporting continuous improvement of project management processes and tools
  • Assisting in maintaining standard templates, guidance and frameworks
  • Supporting workshops, training sessions, completion of project health checks and team activities to improve ways of working
• Business Analysis Support
  • Supporting Business Analysts in gathering and documenting requirements
  • Assisting with stakeholder engagement activities (e.g. workshops, interviews, surveys)
  • Documenting requirements, user stories and process flows
  • Supporting the tracking and management of requirements throughout the project lifecycle
  • Assisting with impact assessments and traceability of requirements to delivery outputs
  • Supporting testing activities (e.g. UAT coordination, test case preparation, results tracking)
  • Assisting Business Analysts in analysing business problems, documenting current and future state processes, and identifying opportunities for improvement

Development Opportunity

This is a structured development role designed to:

• Build practical experience across project delivery, governance and stakeholder management
• Provide exposure to a range of projects across RECCo’s portfolio
• Support progression into a Junior Project Manager, Business Analyst or PMO role over time through mentoring, training (formal & informal), and practical project exposure

About You

Skills & Experience

• Great organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks accurately
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail and ability to maintain structured documentation
• Comfortable using Microsoft tools (e.g., Teams, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Interest in project management, governance or delivery environments
• Ability to capture and document information clearly and accurately
• Interest in understanding business processes and translating stakeholder needs into requirements
• Analytical mindset with an interest in problem solving through project delivery
• Curiosity and confidence in using digital tools, including AI-enabled tools, to support research, analysis, drafting and productivity

Behaviours & Attributes

• Proactive and willing to take ownership of tasks
• Collaborative, with the ability to work across different teams
• Eager to learn and develop new skills
• Adaptable in a fast-paced, project environment

What You’ll Get In Return

We offer a great range of benefits and a collaborative culture in which you’ll have the opportunity to shape how we do things from the ground up during an exciting period of growth.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays and a holiday buy scheme
• Private medical insurance and life cover
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to an online portal containing a wealth of wellbeing resources, online self-help courses and shopping discounts
• Company pension scheme with 7% employer contribution
• Enhanced parental leave and pay
• 2 paid volunteering days per annum to get involved with a charity or community group of your choice
• £45 well-being allowance every month
• Access to lease an Electric Vehicle via a salary sacrifice scheme
• Learning budget which you can use towards courses, books, webinars or conferences
• Knowledge-sharing sessions, e-learning and an online hub of training resources to aid your professional development

Our Commitment

At RECCo we are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We want you to bring your authentic self to work every day and feel comfortable being you, no matter your age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, disability status or otherwise.