Project Officer

Salary: £29,000 - £33,000

Location: York

The Professional Learning Team are looking to appoint a Project Officer to support the delivery of STEM Learning’s programmes.

The role is based on the fundamental skillsets set out within the standard Project Officer role description with the successful candidate providing project management for STEM Learning's Commercial CPD delivery.

At the heart of STEM Learning's education offer is support to deliver improvement in STEM teaching and learning with local CPD, 1:1 advice and peer to peer support.

The Project Officer role would involve project management and support for the programme; some key tasks are captured below:

Overseeing the implementation of delivery plans, including activities, professional development, and resources.

Working with Professional Learning Leads, internal STEM Learning teams and external parties to establish programme delivery needs and actioning appropriately.

Facilitating communication and collaboration between schools, STEM Learning, and other stakeholders including the devolved nations.

Tracking progress, identifying challenges, and ensuring the programme achieves.

Managing resources, including funding and materials, to support the programme.

Engaging with school staff and potentially community members to ensure their involvement and feedback.

In essence, the Project Officer role is crucial for the success of STEM Learning’s vision for this programme, acting as a central point of contact and support for all involved.

Candidates will demonstrate our values:
Sustainable – Innovative – Proactive

Sustainable:
Make effective use of resources (people and physical) to manage project delivery in a responsible way. Activities the programme delivers will have a lasting and positive impact on improving practice and young people’s aspirations. Activities may be themed around or linked to sustainable technologies and environmental causes.

Innovative:
Look to continually improve processes and ideas to ensure work is performed in an efficient and effective manner.

Proactive:
Be able to work independently and as part of a team to provide excellent project management support and ensure tasks are completed. Use initiative and help provide an efficient service to all stakeholders.

Providing high quality project officer support across an agreed portfolio of STEM Learning’s projects and activities, working with appropriate colleagues to ensure that activities achieve appropriate targets – particularly in terms of impact, quality, Value for Money and agreed timelines.

Be responsive and proactive in identifying risks and opportunities, working with colleagues to agree appropriate remedial actions.

With both a commercial and operational mindset, identify gaps and solutions in the end-to-end process management and delivery of partnerships with a view to improving delivery and KPIs.

Developing, reviewing and maintaining appropriate project documentation including project plans, risk registers, change control records, and expenditure/budget records.

Holding yourself and others accountable to ensure effective achievement of key milestones and deliverables.

Implementing effective and timely monitoring and reporting to accurately measure progress towards agreed targets and milestones. Analysing and interpreting this data to agree and implement appropriate remedial actions as required.

Managing relationships with staff across STEM Learning, sub-contractors and partners through effective communications which keep all parties informed and which…