AMS PSR

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Project Support Offer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract which is a hybrid role so requires a minimum of 1 day a week in the Exeter office

The Met Office is a UK government executive agency and a public sector research establishment (PSRE) operating as a trading fund, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Its core role is to provide public weather services, including forecasts and severe weather warnings, for the UK public and government departments, and to provide national capability in climate research.

As a Project Support Officer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Planning and scheduling – Implement and maintain appropriate systems to enable effective planning and scheduling.
• Monitoring and reporting - Establish and maintain programme controls, keeping the programme manager aware of the programme status. Prepare programme performance reports, presenting statistics and researching new information.
• Administration support - Ensure organisational and secretariat tasks are carried out efficiently. Manage and monitor compliance of the programme and its constituent projects with Equality & Diversity, Business Continuity and Business Planning.
• Resources - Be part of a team responsible for identifying, developing and deploying resources. Manage workforce planning, providing information for effective decision making to the Programme Manager. Procurement of services related to programme and project support within Delegated Financial Authority limits.
• Stakeholder - Work with relationship managers to update stakeholder profiles ensuring the correct level of stakeholder engagement for the benefit of the programme. Financial control - Monitor Programme and Project expenditure and contribute to the compilation of forecasts, budgets and business cases.
• Risks and Issues - Manage programme risk areas, working with risk owners and escalating as appropriate

Essential Skills

• Experience in project support across a busy team within either the public or private sectors
• Excellent IT skills with a focus on Microsoft packages - SharePoint
• Stakeholder engagement across the department at all levels
• Experience in the support of RISK within project delivery
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong self starter with a proactive approach to all duties

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Met Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".