Project Support Officer

At the heart of Staffordshire’s economic development is a commitment to building a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable economy. By developing local skills, we aim to open up access to higher‑value, better‑paid careers across a wide range of priority and locally important sectors.

As part of this mission, the Staffordshire Community Learning Service—within the Skills and Employability department—leads the government‑funded Skills Bootcamps programme across Staffordshire and Stoke‑on‑Trent. We commission, manage, and deliver an ambitious portfolio of adult learning opportunities that empower people to progress in their careers and achieve their aspirations.

We are now looking for a highly organised Project Support Officer to join our Community Learning team.

You'll be based at Staffordshire Place 1 in the centre of Stafford, with the flexibility to work from home in line with business needs.

This is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, with continuation subject to future funding.

You will support the successful delivery of the Skills Bootcamps programme across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent and:

• Assist with business cases and collating relevant economic and skills data and reports.
• Producing a project plan and monitoring and reviewing.
• Monitoring and reporting on project timescales, budgets and resources.
• Develop, monitor and maintain change controls.
• Establish consistent quality control, practice, standards and programme governance to include analysis of risks and project risk register.

Ideally you'll have a relevant level 3 qualification and experience for this type of role to include working knowledge and awareness of project methodologies, planning processes and techniques and change methodologies.

You should also be able to demonstrate:

• Effective communication skills, including developing and managing relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in programme and project planning and monitoring and reporting techniques.
• Ability to aggregate, analyse and report a range of information.
• Excellent ICT skills
• Ability to interpret numerical data quickly and effectively

We will be shortlisting applicants for this role week commencing 16 February 2026, with interviews due to take place week commencing 2 March 2026

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Amanda Darlington, Head of Adult Learning & Skills: amanda.darlington@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.