Project Support Officer

Project Support Officer

Duration - 6 Months with scope to extend

Location - Warwick/Hybrid

About the role

We are seeking a Project Support Officer with a proactive and positive approach to join our team. This role will provide essential administrative support to ensure the smooth running of projects. The ideal candidate will have attention to detail, good communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks. You will be working closely with the PMO in supporting the Programme Team on a variety of tasks, and will need to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the PMO and project team. To include scheduling and coordinating meetings.
• Maintain access requests for a Sharepoint site.
• Assist with onboarding new project team members, including arranging IT equipment and delivering induction information.
• Maintain a Resources Tracker, ensuring Security requirements are met by all team members.
• Maintain a Holiday Tracker to give the Programme Manager and Project Managers awareness of team availability.
• Support with team-wide IT issues by communicating with the IT team to resolve issues.
• Facilitate Change Requests, supporting Project Managers through an established process, tracking the process, and seeking and keeping records of approvals.
• Offer support with financial processes, to include raising purchase orders and tracking progress.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven administrative or project support experience, ideally in a PMO or project delivery environment.
• Strong organisational and time management skills. Attention to detail and accuracy in all aspects of work.
• Aware of confidentiality when working with secure data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career and join a vibrant team, we encourage you to apply! Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you would be a great fit for this role.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.