Project Support Officer - Inside IR35
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Contract Term: 12 Months
Contracting Authority: DCMS
Location: Remote
Working in the Future Networks Programmes (FNP) Team, you will be directly supporting the planning and implementing of research and innovation projects in digital infrastructure. These include the £250 million Open Networks Research and Development Fund; and £40 million to establish 5G Innovation Regions across the UK, to encourage 5G take-up in the public sector and industry. Our future prosperity as a country depends on world-class digital infrastructure - we help make this happen.
You’ll work in a friendly, multidisciplinary team as part of the finance function (project delivery, finance, commercial and technical (telecoms) specialists, subsidy control). We work with policy colleagues and a variety of external organisations.
As a Project Support Officer your main responsibilities would be:
- Supporting various functions for the Finance team – inc. minute taking, paper circulation, actioning, monitoring & maintaining various trackers.
- Producing a range of written communications & maintaining project documentation – e.g. stakeholder correspondence, status reports, advice for decision-makers, meeting actions & briefings.
- Overseeing audit documentation – enabling the team to quickly respond to all requests for auditable financial information.
- Identifying, recording & tracking risks and issues – working with Project Leads to ensure these are recorded & monitored – escalating with project teams & SLT as required.
- Ensuring all projects adhere to the assurance framework, arranging & recording attendance at the Assurance Board.
You’ll have relevant experience in:
- Demonstrable Project Support experience – inc. Risk & Issue Management
- Strong data analysis / numerical skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills – internal & external.
- Experience in resource coordination & tracker maintenance.
- Finance / Data Management experience – desirable.
- Experience working with R&D projects, ideally in telecoms or in an advance tech environment – desirable.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know. ?
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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.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
