Project Standards

**Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service **has a fantastic opportunity available for a **Project Standards & Research Officer **to join our Business Change Team at our Service Headquarters in **Exeter.**You will join us on a **full-time, permanent basis**andin return, you will receive a competitive salary starting at **£20,852 per annum**.

**Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service** is the largest non-metropolitan Fire and Rescue Service in England. We provide prevention, protection, and response services across the counties of Devon and Somerset.
Our vision is that together, we will work to end preventable fire and rescue emergencies, creating a safer world for you and your family. Keeping people safe is what we do, and we owe our fantastic reputation to our highly skilled and motivated workforce withover 2,000 staff.

**Benefits of working for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service include**:

- Competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement
- Flexible working and excellent career progression, training, and development opportunities
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Health and Wellbeing provision (including eye care, onsite gym facilities, counselling, physiotherapy)
- Access to Blue Light Card (discount scheme for Emergency Services staff) + Sports and Social Association
- Free on-site parking

**About the role**:
As our **Project Standards & Research Officer**, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of projects and programme boards ensuring standards are applied, as required and supporting activities within the Portfolio and Programmestructure

**What you’ll do as our Project Standards & Research Officer**:

- Supporting in the design and production of a variety of specialist project documents
- Liaising with Project Teams when necessary to determine their requirements with regards to the above, to obtain updated status reports and to provide regular summary reports
- Being responsible for project tracking, by maintaining a database and ensuring that information is accurate
- Carrying out research and data analysis for projects, including gathering and manipulating data, researching, and producing reports as required
- Providing information for the department business plan as required, maintaining Programme and Project Management Governance
- Assisting Project Managers in maintaining core project documents
- Maintaining the department intranet pages, and when necessary, programme and project intranet pages
- Providing information and guidance to Programme/Project Managers and Project Team Members in relation to Programme & Project Management Governance processes
- Facilitating and attending meetings as directed, producing agendas and recording minutes in support of Development Team activities
- Accurately inputting data into the computerised project management systems
- Maintaining and monitoring the team's digitised filing system
- Raising orders and processing invoices for payment as required

**What we’re looking for in our Project Standards & Research Officer**:

- Willingness to acquire/maintain all qualifications and certificates as required by the Service
- Qualified to Prince 2 Foundation level or equivalent - desirable but not essential
- Qualified in Management of Portfolio Foundation Level - desirable but not essential
- Experience of working within a Project management environment
- Working knowledge of Microsoft “Project” or similar IT based project management software
- Research and data analysis experience, including gathering and manipulating data, researching, and producing reports
- Experience of facilitating meetings, producing agendas and recording minutes for project and programme boards
- A high level of organisational skills and the ability to deal with competing priorities
- Commitment to continuous improvement for self and the wider team.

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our **Project Standards & Research Officer **please click ‘**apply’** today, we’d love to hear from you