Project Officer

Project Officer

Fixed Term, Full Time

Up to £28,432 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: 21st January 2024

Please note this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity for 9 months.

Interviews will be held on the 25th January 2024.

The award-winning Essex Social Care Academy (ESCA) is looking to recruit a Project Officer to join the service working in the ESCA Development team.

The full job title of Workforce Development Officer (Project Officer) covers a diverse range of activities to support the delivery for learning and development opportunities and resources for staff in Adults and Children and Families Social Care.

You will be supporting the ESCA Development Manager and the Workforce Development Leads and Officers with projects/programmes, helping commissioning class leading content for Social Care workers.

You will also hold specific tasks and projects of your own, including the day to day work allocation and supervision of the teams two apprentices. This role will offer development, by building your knowledge of project management and supervision of people, as well as exposure to Social Care, and helping promote the ESCA offer via our internal and external channels.

Service/Functional Accountabilities

• Support the development and commissioning of a range of blended learning and training opportunities.
• Produce project/programme reports to update progress as required.
• Support financial monitoring and budgetary review of programmes/projects of work by helping monitor project spend and contributing to the compilation of budget updates.
• Contributing to internal and external communication and promotion of content to the Social Care workforce.
• Support the ESCA Management and Workforce Development Leads by developing and maintaining appropriate systems to ensure effective planning and scheduling of projects.
• Day to day work allocation and supervision of 2 apprentices.
• Other identified work as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Educated to RQF Level 3 (A Level) or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience and evidence of working in a project support role in a large, complex organisation.
• Curious and inspired to work in an agile environment where you can learn and develop.
• Experience of engaging with others to build good working relationships and communicating effectively in order to achieve the right outcomes/progress for the project(s) and/ or programmes.
• Experience of working with a broad range of individuals at different levels within an organisation, with strong team working skills and ability to engage/persuade to maintain project/programmes progress.
• Experience of working within a large, complex political environment with knowledge of a public sector setting.
• Evidence of adopting a structured and planned approach.

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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