Project Support Officer

On behalf of the Met Office, we are looking for a Project Support Officer (Inside IR35) for a 6 Month (until May 2027) contract based REMOTELY (occasional travel to Exeter).

PLEASE NOTE: 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.

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

• Coordinate programme governance activities, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and board packs, and issuing minutes, actions and decisions within agreed timescales.
• Maintain programme governance tools and documentation, ensuring RAID logs, project records and reporting systems remain accurate, up to date and audit ready.
• Produce and quality assure programme reporting, providing stakeholders with clear visibility of progress, milestones, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Support resource and financial management activities, maintaining resource schedules, finance trackers, forecasts and purchase order records as required.
• Manage programme communications, including stakeholder updates, newsletters and other engagement activities, ensuring information is accurate and timely.
• Maintain SharePoint sites, document repositories and programme records, ensuring effective document control, version management and accessibility for stakeholders.

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience providing project, programme or PMO/PSO support within a complex organisational environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain trackers and coordinate competing deadlines effectively.
• Experience maintaining RAID logs, governance documentation, reports and management information with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare professional meeting documentation and stakeholder communications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint for reporting, collaboration and document management.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels, proactively follow up actions and use sound judgement to identify and escalate risks or issues where appropriate.

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

Disability Confident 

As a Disability Confident employer, The Met Office encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the 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".