Project Support Officer

When projects involve multiple teams, tight deadlines and complex reporting, having the right information in the right place makes all the difference. As a Project Support Officer, you'll keep everything connected, making sure actions are followed through, stakeholders stay informed and delivery teams have the information they need to move forward.

You'll be supporting a complex programme within a large, multidisciplinary environment, combining project governance, reporting and stakeholder coordination with hands-on work across SharePoint, Microsoft Lists and Power BI.

This is an immediate-start contract offering the opportunity to take ownership of day-to-day coordination while developing your technical skills in dashboard development, reporting automation and the wider Microsoft Power Platform.

What’s in it for you

• £400 - £450 per day (Inside IR35)
• Hybrid working, with 2–3 days per week in Reading and the remainder remote.
• Opportunity to support a complex, high-profile programme involving multiple workstreams.
• Hands-on experience developing dashboards and improving reporting processes using Power BI and Microsoft Lists.
• Training and mentoring to develop your skills in Power Apps, Power Automate and advanced reporting.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders, programme governance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Your responsibilities as Project Support Officer

• Maintain project schedules, sprint calendars and action trackers, coordinating meetings, planning sessions and reviews to keep delivery on track.
• Prepare agendas, meeting minutes, decision logs and stakeholder updates, ensuring actions are followed through to completion.
• Produce regular progress reports, governance packs and management information, maintaining accurate RAID logs and programme metrics.
• Administer SharePoint sites, document libraries, permissions and Microsoft Lists to improve information management and collaboration.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, working with data sources to create clear, accurate and useful reporting.
• Support reporting automation, process improvements and the development of digital tools using Microsoft Power Platform technologies.

What we’re looking for in a Project Support Officer

• Active SC clearance, British citizenship and no dual nationality are essential requirements for this assignment.
• Experience supporting project or programme governance, including meeting coordination, action tracking, stakeholder reporting and RAID management.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, alongside hands-on SharePoint administration and Microsoft Lists experience.
• Practical experience creating dashboards, working with data sources and developing reporting visualisations, ideally using Power BI.
• Experience with Agile sprint coordination, Power Automate, Power Apps or complex programmes within Defence, Government or regulated environments would be advantageous.

If you hold active SC clearance and have the coordination, SharePoint and dashboard development experience needed to make an immediate impact, apply today for this Project Support Officer contract.

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