Project Support Officer

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

- 418446

**Salary**:

- £34,233
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- ATE - Operations

**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
Governance
Project Delivery

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- York

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
Do you have a history of overseeing a portfolio of projects?

Have you got experience of working in a programme management office?

If so, we’d love to hear from you

Active Travel England (ATE) is the government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England. There has never been a more exciting time to join us to create happier, healthier communities, by helping to transform local transport and enabling half of all short journeys in England’s towns and cities to be walked or cycled by 2030. We are raising the standards of walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure across England, by overseeing improved design, increasing skills and capability in local authorities.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below

Find out more about what it's like working at ATE: Active Travel England - Department for Transport Careers

**Job description**:
This role sits within the Operations directorate, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that covers HR, Finance, Communications, Programme Management Office, and Investments. We are at the heart of everything ATE does and ensuring that the Agency is successful in delivering its objectives.

We expect that you’ll already be working in a PMO function, at programme or portfolio level. You’ll be adept at using different portfolio / programme / project management methods and be able to operate in both traditional and agile environments.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

- Liaising with teams to identify and baseline key milestones, enabling teams to demonstrate how project outcomes contribute to the delivery of the agency’s strategic objectives.
- Collaborate with project managers across ATE to provide feedback on project documentation and plans, effectively supporting and bolstering the project management function across ATE’s directorates.
- Working closely with project teams to set realistic but challenging performance measures and milestones to track progress against.
- Responding to Change Requests in line with internal SLAs.
- Provide secretariat support to key delivery governance forums.
- Work closely and manage the relationship with the DFT sponsorship function ensuring proportionate and effective reporting into ATE.
- Coordinate commissions for data across directorates.
- Identify pressure points and ensure effective resolution through strong relationships.
- Drive accountability for delivery of ATE’s programme of work, challenge timelines, assumptions and prioritisation of work.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

**Person specification**:
Required experience:
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

- You will have experience of working in a programme management office; overseeing a portfolio of projects to ensure they meet organisational goals and keep on track for timely delivery.

**Additional Information**

**Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements**

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

The expectation at present is a minimum of **60%** of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

**Visa Sponsorship**

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Project Del