Programme Support Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This fixed-term Programme Support Officer role, due to maternity cover, involves providing portfolio, programme, and project management administrative support within the Research, Data and Digital Directorate. The successful candidate will support service transformational projects, ensuring robust governance and efficient administrative processes. This includes working with stakeholders to plan, manage, and deliver programmes/projects on time and to agreed goals, adapting to organisational priorities across multiple initiatives.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain key reporting documents and programme documentation, including project plans, impact assessments, issue logs, and risk registers.
- Provide administrative support for meetings, including accurate minute-taking, action notes, and timely circulation of papers.
- Act as a first point of contact for programme/project queries, providing relevant information to stakeholders.
- Assist with the development of service specifications and subsequent monitoring requirements.
- Coordinate and manage programme/project activities, ensuring delivery and compliance with organisational standards.
Essential criteria
- Level 6 qualification (e.g. bachelor's degree BA/BSc, NVQ level 6); or equivalent qualification; or equivalent level of relevant knowledge and skills
- Project Management qualification e.g. Agile or equivalent
- Knowledge of project management methodologies
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Experience supporting projects in a formal project environment where professional management methods and techniques were applied including evaluation.
- Experience of managing and organising multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience of implementing and managing documentation control systems including the use of SharePoint or equivalent.
- Full understanding of the Principles of Data Protection, Information Asset management, including for example, completing of DPIA's and other impact assessments or data sharing agreements.
- Experience of using MS Project or equivalent to manage project reporting.
- Risk Management experience.
- Formal minuting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people from different backgrounds at all levels of seniority.
- Ability to structure, schedule & monitor programmes of work.
- Confident in the understanding of the project life cycle and able to implement processes for successful monitoring and delivery of the projects/programmes.
- Proven ability in developing work processes, assess the effectiveness of these and make appropriate improvements.
- Proficient in the use of standard Microsoft software, such as Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst meeting deadlines and adapt to changes in demand and workload.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised with responsibility for managing own work.
- Ability to demonstrate understanding and application of our workplace values, together with the underpinning behaviours identified for success in this role.
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner to meet the needs of the service.
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS experience
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,557 – £39,631 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 4d ago · Closes in 3d
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Public Health Wales
Programme Support Officer
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
This post is a fixed term/secondment for 9 months due to maternity cover. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Are you a highly motivated and skilled individual looking for an excitingProgrammeSupport Officeropportunity to support and lead service transformational projects?If the answer isyesthenwe'dlove to hear from you.
You will provide portfolio,programmeand project management administrative support toteams within theResearch, Data and DigitalDirectorate,such as:
- Real Time Suspected Suicide Surveillance (RTSSS)
- Child Death ReviewProgramme(CDRP)
Reporting to theProgramme Manager,you willbe responsible forproviding professionalrobustgovernanceand efficientadministrative support enabling the delivery ofsuccessfulprogrammes/projects.This will involve working with key stakeholders to design, plan, manage and deliver theprogrammes/projectson time and to agreed goals,objectives, resources, milestones, and measures of success which delivertheprogramme/projectobjectives.
You will be expected to work across multiple programmes/projects and be able to easily adapt to meet organisational priorities.
Main duties of the job
- To develop andmaintainkey re
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