IT Project Officer

As an experienced project professional, you will be joining our IT Business Support Team to provide project management expertise to the IT Shared Services in project governance, risk and issue management, planning, and stakeholder communication. This is a new officer role to support the delivery of the IT programme of work required to modernise the council's IT infrastructure and support the transformation of IT service management.,

• We are seeking an experienced, self-motivated and reliable IT Project Officer to join our IT Shared Service.
• The successful candidate will be working alongside the IT Technical Project Manager, to support the successful delivery of the IT programme of works.
• They will provide project management expertise, based on PRINCE2, across a wide range of projects, to time and budget.
• They will co-ordinate project reports, logs, registers, and other documentation, as well as proactively organising and supporting project meetings and events.
• They will be a good communicator and ensure that stakeholders are kept informed and involved as necessary, to ensure the delivery of project objectives.
• The successful candidate will support the projects identified in the programme of work, while balancing the different requirements and culture of the two councils.
• They will also provide general project support for the IT Shared Service in other areas of work such as process analysis and research., For an informal discussion about this post and the opportunities it offers, please contact Lorraine Murray, IT Technical Project Manager at .
  
  In return for your commitment and enthusiasm, we offer a great place to work and great team to work with, where we actively promote a good work/life balance. We also offer some of the best terms and conditions available in local government including:
We offer a range of employment benefits including a local government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, free on-site parking, and discounted leisure facilities. We encourage continuous learning and development and have a programme of events designed to support employee wellbeing. For further information on what we can offer you, please visit the link below.