HEO Project Support Officer

At Peregrine, we are always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Project Change Professionals in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector, we are always in search of the best talent to place, now.

How Specialist Talent Works:

At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. Unlike traditional contractors, where you are hired by the client, you remain a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits:

• A Permanent Position in a Market-Leading Workforce Solutions company
• Life Assurance
• 5% annual bonus
• Pension Scheme - Employer matched to 5%
• Voluntary Benefits - Health Cash Plan, Dental, Will Writing etc
• Annual Leave - 23 days rising to 27 with length of service
• Sick Pay - Increasing with length of service

The Role:

The Project Support Officer plays an important role within the Home Office’s Digital, Data and Technology Directorate (DDaT) and is positioned within MBTP’s Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (PMO) function. MBPT’s primary purpose is to deliver digital services helping the Home Office achieve its ambitions.

The PMO function in MBTP is responsible for supporting project delivery across the portfolio, ensuring we approach delivery in a planned and mature manner, aligning and complying with Project Delivery best practice. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced and changing environment, helping to develop MBTP’s PMO function and to ensure the successful delivery of critical Products/Projects.

You will gain valuable experience of being part of a high performing team that provides essential project support functions to enable the delivery of high profile, transformational technology projects, at a time of unprecedented technological and political change.

To succeed in this fast-paced role, which receives high level scrutiny you will be proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to work collaboratively and confidently with stakeholders. You will be an effective communicator who can tailor messaging according to your audience. You will also be logical in your thinking, able to problem-solve and manage priorities within tight deadlines.

You will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of effective project support skills and enhance your experience in a technology focused area.

This role within DDaT aligns to the Project Delivery profession, for Project Delivery professionals in Government.

Note: The post-holder may be required to carry out other duties within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skills, competence, and training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing project controls, working with team leads to ensure all necessary reports are in place, accurately completed and submitted within the required timeframes.
• Supporting the identification and capture of risks, issues and dependencies, working with delivery managers to develop mitigating actions and escalating as appropriate. Facilitating workshops, as necessary.
• Providing secretariat function to the Governance Boards including agreeing agendas, commissioning, and distributing papers, facilitating and taking minutes.
• Driving quality improvements across reporting, risk, issue, dependency, and planning management.
• Assisting with maintaining professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, act as lead point of contact for some external parties.
• Providing best practice advice and guidance to stakeholders on the best use of project management disciplines, approaches, and products within a fast-paced technical environment.
• You may also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:
• Undertaking any other grade appropriate administrative tasks to support the Project Manager and wider project team.
• Assisting in the finance controls of project spend and compilation of budgets.

Requirements:

Essential criteria

You’ll have a passion for project work with the following skills or strong experience in:

• Strong project management and organisational skills and experience, with an understanding of risk management, dependency management, governance, and administrative processes.
• Demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical jargon into easily understandable information for different audiences.
• Collating and interpreting data to produce insights and reports.
• Being proactive, and able to work in a fast-paced environment, working to tight deadlines, managing priorities, and creating quality deliverables.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of different methodologies used in project delivery environments, such as Waterfall and Agile.
• Demonstrating experience of working/supporting large scale projects or programmes.
• Experience with Confluence and Jira.
• Project management qualification(s)

About us:

At Peregrine, we see beyond the immediate and look to the horizon. We build lasting, meaningful partnerships with our clients, and deliver flexible solutions for every resourcing need, both now and in the future. Together, we help our clients to engage, develop and harness the skills they need to achieve and grow the workforce they want.

Our culture:

At Peregrine we embrace fresh ideas, and we love learning fast. Our solutions are trusted and established, so we have the confidence of knowing we have a solid foundation. We rely on openness and honesty, and we’re always ready to help each other out. And we believe that our work can benefit society whether it’s finding the digital talent of the future or being a driver for social mobility.

Our commitment to diversity:

• At Peregrine, we’re proudly committed to championing diversity and inclusion, with company-wide initiatives to drive greater social mobility and reduce our environmental impact. Our teams represent a huge breadth of cultures, languages, and ethnicities, and over 20 different nationalities. We also employ candidates from a range of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our partnerships with numerous charities ensure that we can stay well-informed and continue to improve our practices for the future. It reflects in the way we recruit for our clients as we assist them in becoming more diverse.