About Southampton
Southampton is a city of hope, history and diversity. The city is located on the south coast within an hour of London, twenty minutes to the beautiful New Forest and only 30 minutes to the fabulous beaches of Bournemouth and Poole.
Southampton is a city of culture, with a diverse population, vibrant arts and music scene and a busy international port.
About the role
The Southampton Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) brings together colleagues and partners to strengthen research and evidence-informed decision‑making across the city. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative programme and play a key role in helping turn plans and ideas into well‑managed, coordinated activity.
As our Project Support Officer, you will help keep a varied programme of projects and workstreams moving forward. You will coordinate meetings and actions, maintain project plans and records, monitor risks and issues, support programme governance and reporting, and collate, interpret and present data. You will also work with a wide range of colleagues and external partners, helping ensure activities are well organised, properly documented and on track.
We are looking for someone who is organised, proactive and comfortable working across different projects and priorities. You will be a clear communicator, confident using digital tools and able to build positive working relationships with people at different levels. Knowledge of project‑management tools and techniques is essential, with previous experience of supporting project planning an advantage.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to develop their project and programme support experience while contributing to work with a real purpose, supporting the HDRC team and its partners to strengthen how research, data and evidence inform our work.
If you are proactive, detail‑focused and keen to contribute to research that supports better decision‑making, we would like to hear from you.
If you feel you have the necessary background, experience, and skills to undertake this role we would like to hear from you.
If you are applying for this opportunity internally on a secondment basis, you must obtain agreement from your current manager before applying. If you are successful, we will contact your manager to confirm the secondment arrangements.
What we can offer you
Here at SCC, we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.
- Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
- Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
- Generous holiday 25-34 days, based on role and service
- Flexible working options (role‑dependent)
- Family‑friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependants
- Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
- Veteran‑friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
- Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
- Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
- Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
- Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days’ leave to volunteer
For further information on our benefits package please visit
Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)
Contact details for informal discussion
For further information and details regarding the role, please contact:
Becky Wilkinson, Becky.Wilkinson@southampton.gov.uk or Ciara McGee, Ciara.McGee@southampton.gov.uk
For more information about SCC please visit Southampton City Council
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