Programme Support Officer

Overview

Job Title: Programme Support Officer
Salary: £29,832 - £31,877 per annum
Hours: 35 Hours per Week
Location: Wildwood Offices
Team: Performance Services
Contract: Permanent

Here at Worcestershire County Council, we’re truly committed to building a successful and growing local economy, protecting our environment, improving outcomes for our children, young people and families, and helping ensure our residents are healthier, live longer and have a better quality of life. This means constantly evolving how we operate, innovate, and succeed as an organisation.

Performance Services is a multifunctional team which provides a blend of project and change management, executive support, and business intelligence support across the council. The Programme, Project and Change Management element of the team supports a wide range of transformational activities, using various methodologies which are adapted to suit each project to deliver benefits, productivity, efficiencies and changes to the way we work or deliver services.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a highly self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to support a wider programme team on key priorities such as our corporate transformation programme and Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) readiness. This role will be integral to the delivery of a broad programme of transformation and change activities. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and be able to develop skills and experiences across project and change management.

If you’re the kind of person who is prepared to get stuck in, is well organised, who wants to do the best job possible, who approaches everything with passion and purpose, then this role could be for you. Successful candidates will be able to tangibly demonstrate experience and ability to meet the person specification criteria, in particular:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders / customers internal and external at varying levels of seniority
• Experience of managing conflicting priorities
• Ability to efficiently organise, analyse and interpret/collect complex info to produce and present to a variety of audiences

For further information please contact:
Emily Morrall em

You’ll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage

• Worcestershire County Council - Why work for us?

Some of these offers include:

• Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you'll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don’t worry because if you join us without a break, we’ll match your holiday up to 31 days.
  
  If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
• Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
• Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
• Flexible Working: We are proud to offer hybrid working to provide a better work/life balance where possible.

Equality & Diversity: The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Final date to receive applications: Sunday 22 February 2026
Anticipated Interview Date: week commencing 02 March 2026

Attached documents
Programme Support Officer JD and PS.pdf