This Project Officer post sits in the Employability and Skills team and supports Connect to Work, a supported employment programme funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. The work centres on designing, commissioning and managing projects that help young people and adults with mental health and health barriers into or back into work, alongside project and contract management support. The post involves countywide travel and visits to neighbouring authorities on a 37-hour week. Accurate spoken English is required to advise the public.
What the job involves
- Work with the Supported Employment Service Team Manager, Programme Managers and others to design, develop, commission and manage Connect to Work projects and initiatives
- Provide project and contract management support across Connect to Work projects, programmes, initiatives and campaigns
- Manage individual Connect to Work projects, initiatives and campaigns
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification, or a minimum of one year's work experience
Skills & knowledge
- Project management, including planning and attention to detail
- Financial management
- Good interpersonal skills, working with internal and external stakeholders
- Good communication skills, in person and in writing
- Highly developed IT skills
- Collecting, analysing and understanding data
Checks & eligibility
- Relevant Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Other
- Working on own initiative, planning and organising work with minimum supervision
- Accurate spoken English to advise the public (Fluency Duty)
What’s offered
- Agile working policy
- Cycle to work scheme
- Childcare vouchers
- Pension scheme with employer contribution typically around 19 per cent
- Health care scheme
- Generous annual leave, bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas
- Vivup benefits and discounts platform
- Wellbeing programme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
