Project Support Officer
Job summary
Innovate Healthcare Services is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, proactive, and motivated Project Support Officer to join our Project Support Office within the wider Business Support Team.
Based at home and across our local offices in Warwick and Nuneaton, the successful candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and provide excellent administrative project support.
You need to be a dynamic, self-motivated individual, who is analytical, with excellent communication skills. You should be proactive and organised, with the ability to meet tight deadlines. This role may suit someone who aspires to become a project manager in the future.
Main duties of the job
Innovate Project Support Office provides comprehensive, high level administrative and support services to Innovate programmes and projects, for multiple hospital Trusts, Primary Care and the Digital Hub.
About us
As a growing company, Innovate has a range of benefits and opportunities to enable individuals to grow and experience a range of new challenges. Innovate has a commitment to develop staff and provide a supportive work life balance. Innovate is a staff led company, with a mission to provide the best technology solutions and support to our Trusts.
At Innovate, we recognise the benefits of transferable skills and a desire to learn. We encourage anyone who is interested in this role to get in touch, even if you do not meet all stated criteria.
Innovate is able to offer NHS Terms and Conditions for staff currently employed within the NHS or within the last 12 months
Please note, we may close this vacancy earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a high number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assisting the Programme and Project Managers with the implementation of project management methodology and standards.
Co-ordinating and supporting the Digital Project and Programme Boards.
Producing and maintaining project governance materials.
Maintaining and coordinating key project artefacts such as Action logs, Risk and Issue Logs, project charters and core documentation.
Supporting project Go-lives, engagement events and communication activities.
Ensuring appropriate standards are met for documentation and control using appropriate project management methodology, such as PRINCE2.
Offering planning and support capacity.
Supporting the completion of project documentation.
Providing personnel and expertise to projects where appropriate.
Providing a centralised facility for the dissemination of project information.
Meeting co-ordination support.
Mailbox management.
General administrative duties.
Person Specification
Experience
- Experience of working in the healthcare industry.
- Experience of project management and project planning.
- Communications and engagement experience (internal and external).
Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in supporting projects.
- Training or qualification in one or more project management or project planning systems (e.g. Prince2, MS Project, or similar).
What we are looking for in our people
- Ability to work on own initiative with a solution-focused workstyle.
- Effective time management and able to prioritise a changeable workload.
- Ability to work at pace and under pressure.
- The ability to work flexibly and as a good team player.
- Excellent organisational ability including time and systems management skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Good IT skills including experience of Office, Excel, Outlook, Access, the Internet and social media.
- Ability to travel independently to a variety of locations across Coventry and Warwickshire, as and when required.
- Self-motivated, reliable and punctual.
Employer details
Employer name
Innovate Healthcare Services
Address
Warwick Hospital
Lakin Road
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5BW
Employer's website
https://www.innovatehs.co.uk/
- Company
- Innovate Healthcare Services
- Location
- Warwick, United Kingdom CV34 5BW
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £28090.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- Innovate Healthcare Services
- Location
- Warwick, United Kingdom CV34 5BW
Hybrid / WFH Options - Employment Type
- Fixed-Term
- Salary
- £28090.00 a year
- Posted