This Project Support Officer post sits within the Mental Health & Wellbeing Partnership across BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire, supporting service change and integration. The work centres on coordinating project plans, action trackers and meetings, gathering input from stakeholders in change processes, and keeping projects on track to agreed deadlines and quality standards. It is a new 12-month fixed-term role, part-time and open to flexible or home working with some in-person meetings. Candidates need senior-level experience in administration and business support, along with working within a project management approach.
What the job involves
- Coordinate and maintain project plans, associated documents and action trackers
- Set up relevant meetings and establish priority tasks
- Ensure robust accountability of operational colleagues
- Collate and present information from key stakeholders involved in change processes
- Ensure projects are delivered to deadlines and quality measures set by management
- Support service change and integration across the Partnership
What’s required
Experience
- Senior-level experience in administration and business support
- Experience of organising meetings and events, including training
- Experience of working within a project management approach
- Experience of research and project work
- Experience of drafting, editing and producing complex reports and presentations
Skills & knowledge
- Experience of using project support tools
- Organised and methodical, with a strong eye for detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Ability to manage competing deadlines
- Ability to work with a level of autonomy
- Ability to engage with others to build effective relationships
Other
- Commitment to improving the lived experience and health of people using mental health services
Nice to have
- Experience of working in the voluntary sector
- Website updating experience
What’s offered
- Friendly team with direct support from the Senior Operations Manager and a Senior Project Support Officer
- In-depth induction to Second Step and the Partnership
- Hybrid working, with some in-person meeting attendance as required
- Monthly one-to-one sessions with line manager
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
