Programme Delivery Support Officer

3 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Full time

**Job description**

**Hours**:Post 1: 37 Hours

**Contract**:Permanent

**Salary**:£27,344 - £30,151 per annum

**Location**: Sheffield

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) brings together the local authorities of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, and the private sector through the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). These bodies together serve the communities and businesses of South Yorkshire. From transport to housing, from business growth to skills, the SYMCA has a great story to tell. We have ambitions to deliver recovery and renewal for people, businesses and places across South Yorkshire after the COVID pandemic.

In recent years significant funding has been secured through the Transforming Cities Fund, and further funding has recently been secured through the region’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement. Significant capital funding will be invested in support of the Bus Services Improvement Plan, developed in response to the government’s National Bus Strategy. As result we have a large and growing capital programme to deliver in support of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Mayor’s 2040 vision for transport and the Strategic Economic Plan.

We are currently recruiting a **Programme Delivery Support Officer** to join the public transport projects delivery team, where you will be responsible for providing support to the project team enabling them to effectively deliver on time, within budget and within scope.

You will have proven experience of supporting projects, including support to projects boards and committees, and be used to a ‘front facing’ busy team environment. You will also need to have a good understanding of project and programme financial control and budget management..
- **About your role**_
- Day-to-day responsibility for the activities of the Public Transport Project Delivery support team, monitoring workloads and allocating resource as necessary to ensure the to ensure the delivery of an efficient support service.
- Provide technical and administrative support for the Public Transport Project Team to ensure their efficient operation and assist project delivery.
- Work collaboratively with SYMCA teams in order to effective plan, monitor including highlighting any issues relating to the Public Transport Capital Programme budget.
- Responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of progress associated with the delivery the Public Transport Capital Programme based on information supplied by responsible officers.
- Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of work programmes, risk and issue logs, and other key project management documents for public transport projects, ensuring they are kept up to date.
- Provide support to ensure robust financial management of the Public Transport Capital Programme, liaising with project teams and other internal teams (e.g., Finance) to ensure that all projects have the correct approvals, funding sources and properly coded expenditure, and that project costs are accurately recorded.
- Lead on the completion of multiple funding stream grant claims for the Public Transport Capital Programme.
- Proactively provide support on procurement processes to allow projects to be progressed efficiently through the work undertaken by external suppliers.
- Responsible for ensuring that all processes, systems, databases and records necessary to deliver the Public Transport Capital Programme are kept up to date and continually meet the changing needs imposed on them.
- Ensure systems are updated on a regular basis to ensure high quality accurate information that enables the organisation to monitor performance and plan activity.
- Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role as requested by management.
- **Essential Requirements**_
- Educated to A Level standard or equivalent (must include English language and Maths to GCSE level) or equivalent.
- Project or Programme Management Qualification.
- Excellent knowledge of IT systems, including Microsoft Office.
- Previous experience of working in a multimillion-pound project management environment.
- Previous experience of utilising, developing and maintaining project management databases.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships.
- Strong time management and prioritisation skills.
- High level of tact, diplomacy, and ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to produce quality documentation including reports, ensuring they are suitable for audiences.
- Able to work as part of a team as well as use own initiative.
- **Benefits**_
- We offer a competitive salary.
- Hybrid working.
- Generous entitlement leave
- 27 days of annual leave and Bank holidays (pro rata).
- Active travel facilities, Local Government Pension scheme, a variety of salary sacrifice scheme.
- Development opportunities and



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