Senior Project Support Officer

Are you passionate about providing high-quality project support as a member of a team? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Project Support Officer to join Vaccination Programme Wales. As Senior Project Support Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting the various projects to help deliver complex pieces of work to time, within scope and resource allocation.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small team working with other colleagues to deliver a variety of project support and administrative tasks. You will have a flexible approach to work, be quick to learn, be able to work to tight deadlines, be a good multi-tasker and be able to handle a number of competing priorities at any one time., The post holder is a highly valued member of Vaccination Programme Wales who will be responsible for two key areas:
1. Project support -providing support for a wide variety of projects. This will include project management, support on project management best practice methodologies including Agile, monitoring plans, financial responsibilities, liaising with colleagues and external stakeholders, and organisation of workshops, internal and external communications, publication of reports.
2. Administration requirements - liaising with the IT support teams, HR, universities as required to support hosting new posts, secondments, academic placements etc., organisation of meetings, and preparation of papers.

Applicants are requested to demonstrate their knowledge and experience in these key areas.

This role will allow you to work in a hybrid manner, which includes a mixture of home-based working and working from the Pencoed site.

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is 'working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change.

Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.