The role and requirements
We are offering an opportunity for a Programme Support Officer to work in the management office of our social care programme which helps councils and local systems support their local communities. These include whole population health and wellbeing, high quality, sustainable and personalised care, adult safeguarding, learning disabilities and autism, leadership, finance, public health and prevention, digital care technology and service innovation, implementation of social care reform proposals, vaccines deployment, social care workforce planning.
Your background/about you
The role requires an individual who can: work independently across multiple projects at any one time, routinely keep project information and records up to date, update and analyse spreadsheets, produce reports, chase external stakeholders for information, plan and prepare meetings and workshops, organise and host in person & online meetings and events, take minutes and follow up on actions all to corporate guidelines and standards.
Strong candidates will demonstrate experience of:
- project management arrangements including developing plans, monitoring milestone progress, reporting on deliverables.
- managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Successful applicants will need to be:
- team players who are flexible and capable of working with minimal supervision
- well organised with the ability to plan and deliver a varied workload
- highly capable and well-motivated
- excellent communicators
- have strong interpersonal skills; and
- excellent attention to detail.
To apply
If you would like to be considered for this role, please submit your expression of interest in which you should respond to the requirements listed above.
If you have any queries regarding this role; please contact Peter Morgan peter.morgan@local.gov.uk
Closing Date: 5pm, 9 May 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 13 May 2024
At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”. If you are require an reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have. Please contact us via HRandPayroll@local.gov.uk