Project & Change Officer

Job Description

Job Category: Admin & Clerical
Location: County Hall, Somerset County Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:30
Salary: £16.60

Main Responsibilities & Duties:
• Responsible for supporting all aspects of the successful delivery of projects or other time specific work assignments to defined time, cost and quality. Including project planning; change planning and management; resource planning; communications planning; stakeholder engagement, proactive risk analysis, management and resolution and benefits realisation.
• Supports the establishment and management of appropriate governance arrangements, including production and maintenance of key documentation – business case, project mandate, highlight reports, project plan etc.
• Coordinate the delivery of change activities associated with programmes and projects of change.
• Be a positive ambassador of change.
• Provide advice and guidance on change and project management activities, tools and methodology in support of programmes and projects of change.
• Work with staff at all levels across the authority.
• Act in an advisory capacity to ensure services are ready to operate new processes or within new environments that are associated with the implementation of a new system, process or transformation.
• Ensure the effective understanding and operation of any specific statutory or regulatory duty contained within the role.
• Understand, uphold and promote the aims of the council’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies; health, safety and wellbeing of self and others; and Organisational values in everything you do. Equality and Diversity practice covers both interaction with staff, service users and communities and includes challenging discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity for all.