Project Support Officer

On behalf of National Savings & Investments, we are looking for a Project Support Officer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (two days per week office based - London/Glasgow or Lytham St Annes).

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with more than 24 million customers and over £218 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back more than 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

This role is subject to Baseline Personnel Security Standard and financial credit checks.

As a Project Support Officer, your main responsibilities will be to:

Support the programme manager, project managers and the wider project team by utilising PMO, project and programme management best practices to deliver a high profile, business critical project to agreed scope within challenging timescales

Help establish a fit for purpose PMO to enable the smooth running of the project, providing support across governance cycles, project planning, reporting and RAIDD management

Project and workstream planning, tracking and reporting (including development of templates, collation of content from delivery workstreams and teams including suppliers and MI reports)

Support and coordination of key governance groups and forums (meeting administration and secretariat, ensuring quality documentation, capturing and tracking minutes, actions & decisions)

Workshop and event planning and facilitation

Maintaining stakeholder lists and logs

Development of project asset register for all artefacts, deliverables & documents

Document management (including quality review & assurance) and management of the project SharePoint site

Essential:

Experience of supporting projects or programmes within a structured project management environment

Experience of using project management processes, tools and techniques to support successful project delivery

Expertise in the use of tools (including Microsoft toolset outlined above) to create and maintain project documentation including high level and detailed plans, RAIDD / action / decision and other project logs and registers, and high-quality presentations

Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands, respond positively to changing circumstances, and make effective decisions under pressure while maintaining high standards of accuracy, quality and attention to detail.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and proactively, providing effective support to Programme Managers, Project Managers and wider project teams, whilst recognising when to seek guidance or escalate issues appropriately

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, NS&I guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

NS&I guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".