Project Support Officer (PSO)

PSO - Cheltenham - £500 per day Inside IR35 - 12 Months contract - DV needed

Job Description:

• Prince2 or APM qualified 
• Proven track record of providing support to projects
• Experienced in applying appropriate and differing methodologies/techniques to aid projects and maximise delivery success
• Facilitate the creation and update of project plans
• Identify and track progress against project milestones
• Facilitation of project workshops
• Scheduling of project meetings including checkpoint and board meetings
• Ensuring all documentation and communication is distributed as established in the project plans
• Implementing project improvements as and when identified  
• Managing and updating of key project reports including: 
• Monthly highlight reports
• Risk and issues log
• Finance forecasting spreadsheets
• Action logs
• Ensuring all project activity meets with the organisations compliance standards
• Producing ad-hoc reports as requested by the project manager

Skills:

• General administrative skills including the use of MS packages
• Good communication and listening skills and the ability to deal with key project stakeholders 
• Excellent organisational and administration skills
• Good interpersonal traits, able to work with all levels within the programme team and multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
• Experience of using project tools (i.e. MS Projects, Primavera)