Project Support Officer

At the Health and Safety Executive, we believe everyone has the right to come home safe and well from their job. Our mission is to prevent work-related death, injury, and ill health.

Our roots stretch back to 1833. The modern HSE is an independent regulator with a wide reach across many employment sectors. Using world leading science, we have helped protect millions of people from devasting injury and suffering through our diverse regulatory activities.

We concentrate effort on the most serious risks, targeting industries with the greatest hazards, and sectors with the worst risk management record. We hold people to account where we have to, and we are firm but fair when using our legal powers. We also provide support to businesses through free guidance and advice tailored to business needs. By giving them the confidence to manage risks sensibly, we boost productivity, support the economy, and contribute to a fairer society. We work hard to help maintain an effective regulatory framework, playing our part in providing proportionate and accountable legal requirements.

The role of a Project Support Officer covers a diverse range of activities to support the delivery of the project’s objectives and individual projects within. The PSO enables the smooth running of the project by supporting the project management through the operation of project management processes, and the co-ordination of business management actions and activities on their behalf.

As a Project Support Officer your main responsibilities would be:

• Supporting the Project Manager
• Monitoring project progress
• Documentation management
• Overall, your main responsibility as a Project Support Officer in the HSE will be to assist the Project Manager in the successful delivery of projects within the HSE programme portfolio, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget, and to a high-quality standard.

Working within a complex programme, that involves legislated milestone delivery.

Great organisational skills, clear communicator and can be an effective team member.

Excellence of all Microsoft office and high level of administrative skills

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.