Project Officer Waverley Court
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Posted on:
20-10-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Project Officer
Waverley Court
Salary: 29173 - 33287
Hours: 36 per week 52 weeks
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join the Service Improvement team as a Project Officer.
The Project Officer will be responsible for supporting Project Managers in the delivery and ongoing management of large-scale IT projects design/delivery of training and management/maintenance of training guides and other project documents. The role will involve working closely with different areas of the Housing and Homelessness service and colleagues at all levels.
In addition to having excellent analytical and organisational skills a positive attitude andan interest in training the ideal candidate must be able to use their own initiative be confident delivering training to large groups be innovative in their approach and be able to use strong communication skills when dealing with colleagues tenants and external stakeholders.
If you are someone who enjoys new opportunities has contributed to large scale projects understands the importance of improving services within the Housing and Homelessness service and have skills demonstrating our behaviours respect integrity and flexibility as well as experience of being able to deal with changing demands we would love to hear from you.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the post further please get in touch with .
Were committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued included and able to be their best at work and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values beliefs experience and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh we want to make sure that were bringing the best people into our roles not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this were changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web pageOur Behaviours The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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Responsibilities
Experience:
- Experience of supporting all aspects of project delivery including planning organisation and progression to implementation.
- Experience of creating project documentation e.g. training guides project updates and project initiation documents
- Experience of chairing meetings workshops and focus groups.
- Experience supporting the development of risk management identifying risks associated with projects and taking measures to mitigate the risks.
- Experience of interpreting and analysing data
- Experience delivering comprehensive training (Desirable)
- Experience of testing in a project environment. (Desirable)
- Experience of process mapping (Desirable)
Knowledge skills and understanding:
- Knowledge skills and understanding The postholder will require knowledge and skills in Project
Management. - Working knowledge Microsoft packages.
- Working knowledge of change management.
- Strong decision-making skills
- The postholder will be commercially minded and highly numerate.
- Strong team and collaborate working
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Planner (Desirable)
- Working knowledge of process mapping tools (Desirable)
Qualifications and training:
- Experience of delivering training
- Experience of change management.
- Project Management qualification such as Prince 2 or have relevant training and or experience. (Desirable)
Job specific requirements:
- Required to work autonomously with supervision from the project manager e.g. chairing meetings and producing project documents
- The postholder must be comfortable delivering training to large groups particularly when facing resistance to change
- Manage competing priorities interests and pressurised timescales in a challenging and changing environment
- Flexibility to meet new demands and take appropriate action on matters requiring immediate response.
- Primarily based in the office with a degree of remote working on a hybrid basis.
- When required will work on site to support the needs of the project
- Ability to work closely and collaborate with Project managers and other stakeholders.
- Work as part of a team to support all projects as needed
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Construction Experience
- Intellectual Property Law
- Renovation
- Research Experience
- Joint Operations
- Relationship Management
- System Testing
- Economic Development
- Exercise Planning
- Program Development
- Project Implementation
- Contracts
About Company
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