Project Support Officer

Fixed Term Contract / Secondment
10 months
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£23,611 per annum
Birmingham
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Support Officer to provide highly skilled project support to Programme and Project Managers and project teams in the establishment, monitoring and implementation of programmes and projects, using industry standard best practice project management processes and procedures.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Prince2 Foundation qualification or equivalent experience in a Prince2 environment

MS Office suite to intermediate level including MS Project and MS Visio

Proven experience of development and implementation of project processes and documentation

Experience of project planning and working in a project office environment

Highly developed coaching, influencing and negotiating skills

Highly developed communication and stakeholder management skills

Ability to liaise and manage internal and external suppliers and other third party service providers

Experience in project office document and quality management

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
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Vacancy closing date: 14/11/2014, 12:00

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to the performance of our organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.