Project Assistant

1 day ago

Isle of Wight, United Kingdom Sovereign Housing Full time

We have a fantastic opportunity for a **Project Assistant** to join our communities team to provide project and administration support to the Skills 4 Work Programme. You'll support the programme by being the central point of contact, managing all inbound service referrals and enquiries.

This is a fixed term opportunity for 2 years and we're looking for someone to join us on a full-time basis. You'd be based from our office on the Isle of Wight combined with the flexibility for some home working and travel as required across the Island.

As a leading Housing Association, we are committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities. We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

**What you'll be doing**

At Sovereign, our residents are at the heart of everything we do and we want to ensure that this role allows us to support Isle of Wight residents to access employment support, training and paid for work opportunities.

You'll provide administrative support to the Skills 4 Work Project Team and partnership with responsibilities including:

- Managing inbound service referrals and enquiries, ensuring that all data is recorded accurately and appropriate follow-up actions are put in place.
- Contacting customers to introduce and enrol participants onto the Skills 4 Work programme.
- Data management and entry of customer information and outcomes to internal databases to ensure accurate reporting.
- Completing eligibility checks and documentation completion.
- Supporting the programme Manager to compile quarterly financial claim information and reporting data.
- Creating promotional materials and distributing to stakeholders.

**What you'll need**

Ideally you will have administration experience with a focus on delivering excellent customer service this would be a bonus but not essential. You'll also need:

- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks.
- A focus on providing excellent customer service, responding quickly to enquires from external organisations, programme customers and residents.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
- Excellent IT skills with a high attention to detail.

**What you'll receive from us**

We have some fantastic benefits on offer at Sovereign, including:

- £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
- 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
- Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary.
- Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible.
- Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

It's an exciting time to be joining Sovereign as we continue through our transformation journey and work towards achieving the goals in our ambitious corporate plans.

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you're looking for a new opportunity, then we'd love to hear from you

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