Project Support Officer

Please note there is a requirement of this position that the successful candidate can obtain Security Clearance, therefore candidates will need to have been resident in the UK for the last five years.

Location: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) offers hybrid working - this means that whilst the role will be based in Porton Down, Wiltshire for the majority of the time, there will be opportunities for an element of working from home.

Working Pattern - Full Time, Part Time, Job Share, Hybrid working

UKHSA

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.

UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

The Department

The Estates, Engineering and Facilities (EEF) Department is responsible for the engineering function comprising maintenance, validation, and calibration of assets, as well as repairs and capital work. Adopting the guiding principles of engineering excellence, EEF strive to contain and control risks associated with assets, infrastructure, and critical equipment on the estate.

This approach provides the assurance to senior management that engineering works are carried out in a safe and secure manner, engineering solutions are sustainable, and expenditure is controlled and that all works are carried out to meet regulatory and compliant standards.

EEF manages and controls the Principal Maintenance Contractor (PMC) in the delivery of operations and maintenance to optimise asset value and contribute to EEF’s strategic objectives.

EEF engages with the site stakeholders over current and future engineering requirements to ensure the engineering function supports the needs of the business. The function embraces all engineering aspects from the supply of utilities, provision of environmental conditions to meet the regulatory/compliant (HSE, MHRA, FDA, DEFRA, Home Office and needs of external customers) for high containment and general research laboratories, pharmaceutical production facilities, cell culture storage facilities and general offices, through to minor/major servicing, validation, calibration, and the installation of specialised laboratory/process equipment.

Job Summary

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has been set up to provide health security and health protection for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We will act like no other organisation previously to mitigate threats to health before they materialise.

UKHSA will build the nation’s health resilience and security, strengthening our ability to detect and monitor infectious diseases and external threats to health. Using robust evidence and world-leading expertise, we will go deeper to analyse threats to health, and how best to prevent and control them. UKHSA will ensure a system-wide response in partnership with local authorities, NHS, academia, global professional institutes, and industry.

The role of the Project Support Officer covers a diverse range of activities to support the delivery of the project’s objectives, which will typically be moderate in complexity. You will enable the smooth running of the project by supporting the Project Manager through the operation of project management processes, and the co-ordination of business management actions and activities on their behalf.

This role is aligned to the Project Delivery Capability Framework (PDCF) career pathway Project Support Officer 2.

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