Project Support Analyst

We’re building thriving communities as one of the UK’s largest housing groups and a leading developer of affordable housing.

We believe everyone is entitled to a good home they can afford, in a place they are proud to live. More than 100,000 people live in our homes.

If you want to experience work that’s truly rewarding, join us. Because when we achieve together, customers and communities thrive.

Work for Orbit. Believe in people.

The purpose of this role will be working as part of one or more Project teams to support the Project Manager(s) in Project support activities.

This role is part of Property where you ll help us to lead the way investing and maintaining 46,000 homes.

We would look to accept applications from any of our Orbit Geographies, Midlands / East Anglia and the South East.

• Support the Project Manager in ensuring governance is effective:
  • Managing Action Tracking from key project meetings, chasing as needed and flagging up matters of concern to PM
  • Taking minutes at key project meetings
  • Maintaining project RAID log
• Project administration, including:
  • On/off boarding of resources
  • Organising and setting up workshops/meetings
• Create and maintain monthly Portfolio reports and/or dashboards etc showing project progress, health, finances and trends
• Support with data collation where required
• Raising and tracking purchase requisitions/orders

• Essential skills

• Highly organised, able to prioritise and negotiate deadlines.
• Proficient IT skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Excellent written/oral communication skills.
• Understanding of project management approaches and methodologies.
• Experience in a PMO/PSA role.

Choosing us means being rewarded in every sense.

Here’s what you can expect to enjoy with us.

We strive to create an inclusive experience with benefits and wellbeing programmes designed to help you, and your loved ones, to thrive. For a better work life balance, we offer flexible working opportunities for many roles.

From training programmes to professional qualifications, we provide opportunities to learn and develop at every stage of your career. Whether you’re a student, graduate or experienced professional we’ll support you to grow.

For leaders, our tailored development journeys are designed to stretch and strengthen your leadership skills. As well as practical training, we give you access to renowned business schools and experiential programmes for greater breadth and depth of learning.

We’re proud to make a difference to people together. We’re values-driven with a commercial focus on performance - because the more profit we make, the more we can achieve for people.

What brings us together is a passionate belief in progress and people.

Read more about the values and purpose that drive us on our careers website.

We aim to make our hiring process simple and fair:

• Online application
• Interview(s)
• Decision and offer

We put the safeguarding of our customers, colleagues and contractors at the heart of everything we do and as such, certain roles will be subject to a DBS check.