Full-Time Project Support Officer
Job Description
Salary – £29,733 to £31,553 Depending on experience
Hybrid working (50/50)
Preferred Location: Bangor, North Wales
Alternative Locations: Lancaster, Edinburgh or Wallingford
Closing date for applications, Tues, 31st October 2023. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early.
UKCEH is looking for a Project Support Officer to join our 600-strong team, contributing to scientific discovery and generating the data, insights and solutions that researchers, businesses and governments need to solve complex environmental challenges.
Working at UKCEH is rewarding. Our science makes a real difference, enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. We are the custodians of a wealth of environmental data, collected by UKCEH and its predecessors over the course of more than 60 years.
As a valued member of our team, you’ll get:
- 27 days annual leave, rising to 29 days after five years
- 10% employer pension contribution
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- 24 hour, 365-day access to support with physical, mental, social, health or financial issues
- Flexible working opportunities
And much more….
You’ll be joining a vibrant project support team, working on a range of project finance and project administration tasks. Supporting world leading environmental scientists in the delivery of many important projects.
Your career could develop in Project Accounting or Project Management, as you will work with both teams. Following a successful probation period, there is potential to gain a professionally recognised finance or project management qualification, including via the Government Apprenticeship Scheme.
Following internal training, including our Workday financial management system, you will work with scientific project managers to assist in the setup, review, reporting and closure of projects, whilst also assisting project accountants in the processing of workflow approvals and regular review of project budgets.
You’ll be joining a leading independent, not-for-profit research institute that’s committed to recruiting talented people like you, progressing your career and giving you the support you need to thrive at UKCEH.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Making project forecast revisions and maintaining project budgets on behalf of project managers
- Using MS Planner Board, or similar, to monitor key process steps on a portfolio of projects
- Assisting project managers in the appropriate use of systems, reports and budgeting tools
Currently the project support team are assisting world leading scientists in areas that include a major Welsh Government funded project, to enhance rural Sustainable Land Management in Wales (ERAMMP Project) and research projects into innovative methods for achieving UK’s Net Zero targets, via land management on a variety of different habitats including Saltmarshes and Upland peat moors (GGR Peat Project).
For the role of Project Support Officer, we’re looking for someone who has:
- The ability to plan, organise and prioritise work and effectively manage time
- A proficient level of numeracy and understanding of the importance of budgetary control
- Good knowledge / experience of using finance systems and Microsoft Excel
- Good team working skills, able to work collaboratively with the project finance support team and science project managers
- The ability to learn new systems and processes, adapting well to change and able to use a continuous improvement approach
If we’ve just described you, we’d love to meet. Apply now.
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