Employment and Skills Project Officer

As the South London Partnership (SLP) SLP Employment and Skills Project Officer your main project area will be supporting the effective delivery and integration of UKSPF People and Skills Employment programmes across the five boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton. You will also support the Head of Economy, Skills and Employment with the project management reporting of all SLP Employment and Skills projects.

The UKSPF People and Skills programme at SLP is delivering a range of employment and skills projects to help residents across South London into meaningful work. You will assist the UKSPF Programme Lead in the co-ordination, delivery and performance management of all SLP UKSPF projects.

This is an exciting time to join the SLP as we expand our employment and skills offer to South London.

About the role

As the Employment and Skills Project Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the programme and performance management of the delivery partners of the UKSPF programme and co-ordinate the project reporting of all SLP Employment and Skills projects. You will work closely with the UKSPF Programme Lead to oversee and ensure the high quality of delivery in the SLP UKSPF programmes to meet Greater London Authority (GLA) requirements and funding expectations.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Providing project support and co-ordination of the UKSPF programme

Supporting a comprehensive program of performance reporting

Stakeholder management

Providing project information and data analysis

Providing project support to other SLP employment and skills project activity as required.

Do you have experience in employment and skills project work?, Level 3 qualification or equivalent work experience

Knowledge of the employment and skills opportunities and challenges across the South London Partnership areas

Experience of working with councils on employment and skills activity

Ability to collect, collate, summarise and analyse information and draft high quality reports for management

Ability to develop, maintain and review a range of different project management reporting, including information technology systems

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.