Project Support Officer

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

- 435146

**Salary**:

- £35,663
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer

** Contract type**:

- Permanent

** Type of role**:

- Education and Training
Operational Delivery
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**:

- Can you help to support the delivery of Active Travel England’s training and education strategy?
- Do you have good organisational skills and the ability to juggle several tasks?
- Have you got any project management experience or are looking to further your skills in this area?
- If so, we’d love to hear from you
- Active Travel England is enabling people nationwide to be more active by making streets safe and accessible for walking, wheeling and cycling. We do this by building capability across the country to deliver high-quality networks, routes and places. We engage, we enable, we assure and we advocate to make active travel a core part of transport planning.
- At the heart of everything we do is raising standards in street design, to ensure our country’s streets become safer and more accessible.
- This role will be based within the Communications and External Affairs team and will report to the Training and Education Programme Manager.
- 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 Active Travel England.

** Active Travel England** roles: Active Travel England - Department for Transport Careers** Job description**:

- The Training and Education Project Manager will be responsible for supporting the delivery of ATE’s training and education strategy. The role holder will work across multiple projects from a flagship conference to accredited online courses and in-person training and workshops, working to an agreed set of priorities.
- Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

- Implementing and maintaining systems for effective planning and scheduling.
- Establishing and maintaining project controls, keeping the project manager informed of the project status. Preparing project performance reports, presenting statistics, and researching new information.
- Ensuring that organisational tasks are completed efficiently. Managing and monitoring project compliance with departmental policies procedures.
- Managing professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and serving as the lead contact for some external parties.
- Assist in the content production and promotion of training and education outputs.
- Meet regularly with and support ATE colleagues with any identified training and education needs, including delivery plans.** Person specification**:

- To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

- Experience of working in a PMO-type role and working across various projects.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, and skills and experience in one or more project management specialisms including: delivery, planning, assurance, risk management, governance or stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

** Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements**
- Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.
- Occasional travel to other offices and events will be required, which may involve overnight stays.
- If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

** Behaviours**:

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

- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £35,663, Active Travel England contributes £10,331 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:

- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
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