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Project Support Officer
Rate - 18 an hour
Location - Brighton
Duration - 3 Months initially
Ir35 - Inside (Must use an umbrella company)
We're looking for a proactive Project Support Officer to provide high-quality administrative and coordination support across a portfolio of strategic projects. This role will suit someone organised, detail-oriented, and confident working with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects through all stages of their lifecycle.
- Assist in developing project plans, timelines, and progress trackers.
- Maintain and update risk and issue logs, escalating items where needed.
- Prepare, organise, and distribute key project materials and documentation.
- Arrange and attend project meetings and steering groups, taking accurate minutes and following up on actions.
- Collate data to support progress reporting at project and programme level.
- Maintain project documentation repositories and ensure compliance with organisational frameworks and templates.
- Support the preparation of gateway documentation, such as business cases and benefit realisation reports.
- Manage communications with stakeholders, providing regular progress updates and highlighting key issues.
- Promote innovation, sustainability, and best practice within project delivery.
Skills & Experience
- Experience providing administrative or coordination support within a project or programme environment.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Confident using Microsoft Office and project tracking tools.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Knowledge of project governance frameworks or PRINCE2 methodology (desirable).
- Experience within large or complex organisations, ideally in the public or education sector (desirable).
