Project Support Officer

Description

Do you thrive on ensuring project success through careful organisation and support?

Join our team as a dynamic Project Support Officer for the next 6 months, with a potential extension up to 23 months.

In this hybrid role, based in Glasgow, you will play a key role in providing essential administrative and coordination support to facilitate the seamless execution of diverse projects.

Description:
· Support project testing contributions, ensuring technical language is translated into “plain English.”
· Collaborate with the SIT team for end-to-end project delivery, from procurement through testing to final delivery.
· Develop, produce, and manage project-related communications.
· Lead scheduling and management of meetings, including notes/minutes in complex environments.
· Ensure key stakeholders are fully briefed on project activities, leading the development of key messages.
· Provide support to Senior Project Managers and the SIT team to deliver smart projects aligned with goals.
· Work within a PMO environment to support Project Managers with essential documentation.
· Ensure compliance with Digital Scotland Service Standards, managing testing documentation.

Essential criteria:
· Develop, produce, and manage project testing related communications activities, as well as support for internal and external communications as required, working with Communications leads to ensure consistency with CTITU approach.
· Ensure that key stakeholders are fully aware of and briefed on all testing project related activities, including leading on developing key messages and narrative.
· Experienced supporting project delivery, through UAT & OAC including development, management and maintenance of all testing and project documentation.
· Experience of writing communications for internal and external audiences with high quality English.
· Demonstrate excellent organisational skills and the ability to facilitate and support meetings, including secretariat duties.
· Ability to identify and resolve issues or understand when to escalate for resolution at senior level.
· Excellent organisational and administration skills in MS Project, excel, word, Visio etc and with a can-do attitude.
· Experienced in waterfall (Pince 2) and Agile methodologies.

BPSS clearance is required.

If this sounds like the challenge and opportunity that you are looking for APPLY today with an updated CV.

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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