Project Support Officer

3 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 287525**Salary**:

- £30,792**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Rapid Response Team**Type of role**:

- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

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Location
- Birmingham, WolverhamptonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
DLUHC’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) works with other teams across the Department on priority projects. We inject our specialist support and delivery focus into planned peaks of activity or unexpected crisis situations. Individuals in the RRT are deployed for 3-4 months at a time to help to deliver other teams’ projects and activities. Deployments are varied and range from working with local government and partners on local effects, to areas such as homelessness, building safety, planning regulations, housing programmes, and levelling up. Our team have provided surge resource to delivery policy to support refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, and on Covid-19.
We are looking for a dynamic, resilient individual who can work at pace, delivering impact and contributing to the success of the RRT. As a Higher Executive Officer (HEO) in the RRT you will be deployed to priority projects across the department as well as holding responsibilities for team cohesion and collaboration within the RRT.

The team is based in Birmingham and Wolverhampton. We work in accordance with DLUHC’s smarter working model (a mix of 40% office working each week on average and home working). The teams we support are based across UK locations so there may be a need for you to travel to work directly with them at times. This is an exciting and varied role that will provide individuals with the ability to influence and deliver key priorities for central and local government.

**Job description**:
As part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), you will be deployed as a Project Support Officer, or as part of a Project Management Office (PMO function) to work with other teams on projects across DLUHC for 3-4 months at a time. You will be responsible for supporting teams on core project management functions which might include, for example: recording, storing and disseminating information to key decision makers, ensuring good quality version control and information management.

Other responsibilities may include creating, and maintaining, project plans, risk, issue and key decision registers, and communication and engagement plans using a variety of tools.. The projects the RRT work on range from helping people throughout the country to have access to affordable and high-quality housing, through to providing opportunities for all parts of the country to thrive economically. You will be deployed to work on key priority projects, to help deliver the department’s objectives.

This is a great opportunity for individuals who thrive in complex and fast paced environments, enjoy problem solving, and managing and delivering rapid change.
We welcome people from any sector or background to play a key role in developing and delivering our part of the government's policy agenda. The RRT and the Department will also support you in attaining formal PPM qualifications.

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for**:

- Strong, responsive, and adaptable self-starters who are comfortable working with changing priorities, situations, and deadlines at pace.
- Individuals from all walks of life, who will contribute to developing a diverse and inclusive team - empowering colleagues to deliver and perform at pace and under pressure. We want to hear from people who are diverse in thought, ethnicity, and background.
- Individuals with a broad range of skills to contribute to and be part of a high performing team.
- Solutions-focused people with a focus on problem solving and delivery - with good analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- People who are used to working in a changing environment and comfortable with managing change.
- Individuals who can establish and build relationships quickly across diverse teams and varied situations - supporting the team to deliver the department’s priorities.
- Individuals who thrive in a project-based environment
- seeing rapid outcomes and with a real focus on delivery.
- Strong communicators with the ability to shift stubborn views and clearly and concisely articulate complex issues
- Resilient and motivated individuals, who can work away from a ‘typical’ team and embed themselves effectively within their deployment teams, deal with setbacks and can motivate those around them.
- Build own capability and help to develop the capability of others to create a strong knowledge base for the future

**Key responsibilities and abilities will include**:
Support with the following, and/or a willingness to lead where appropriate:

- Project initiation - write or contribute to

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