AMS PSR

On behalf of Met Office, we are looking for a Project Support Officer Inside IR35 for a 12 month contract based REMOTELY with occasional travel to Exeter. 

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

• Planning & Scheduling: Ensure effective systems are in place for planning and scheduling; collaborate with Programme and Project Managers to maintain and track plans.
• Monitoring & Governance: Lead programme controls, reporting, and governance processes; ensure compliance with policies and act as liaison with the Portfolio Office.
• Stakeholder & Board Support: Engage with internal and external stakeholders; support Programme Boards by preparing accurate artefacts and correspondence.
• Financial & Risk Management: Monitor budgets, forecasts, and expenditures; lead risk and issue management, maintaining RIDAC artefacts.
• Deputising & Operational Support: Step in for Programme Manager when needed; assist with requirement gathering and organisational tasks.

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance. 

Essential:

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to understand and gather evidence on customer, organisation, stakeholder and user needs within a formal Programme or Project Management environment.
• Experience of managing multiple risks, opportunities, and issues through to successful resolution in a formal Programme or Project environment. 
• Strong understanding of governance, including experience of applying first and second line assurance within a formal Programme or Project environment, including: developing, maintaining systems for Programme or Project controls for managing change in scope and requirements.
• Proven ability to prioritise a challenging workload with excellent organisational and administrative skills

Desirable:

• APM Project Management or PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications or equivalent evidence of working in a formal Programme or Project Management environment, including developing, maintaining, evolving systems for: planning/scheduling, reporting, resources, finances, risks, scope, change control, lessons learned and benefits.

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.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Met Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 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".