SfYP Project Officer (South & West)

Job Title: SfYP Area Project Officer

Starting Salary: £34,434 progressing to £37,280 per annum

Hours: 37

Location: The role will work across Watford, Three Rivers, Hertsmere. Dacorum and St Albans. Ability to travel independently between various locations is essential.

Contract Type: Permanent

Directorate: Children Services

About the team

Hertfordshire Services for Young People (SfYP) is looking for a highly organised and motivated Area Project Officer to support the delivery of quality services for young people across the South and West of Hertfordshire.

This is a varied and rewarding role working across two area teams, supporting senior leaders and multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver youth work, careers advice, and effective pathways into education, employment and training. You will play a key role in coordinating activity, analysing performance data, supporting projects and partnerships, and ensuring smooth operational delivery.

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

You will:

• Work closely with Service Managers to support service planning, delivery and priorities
• Collate, analyse and report on attendance, performance and outcomes data to support service improvement
• Prepare briefings and reports for senior managers and Elected Members
• Support the planning, delivery and follow‑up of partnership meetings and service events, including annual young people’s awards
• Assist with monitoring internal and external income and expenditure and reporting on budgets
• Support recruitment activity to fill vacancies efficiently across area teams
• Research, draft and promote positive news stories, press releases and social media content
• Contribute to the planning and delivery of projects in partnership with internal teams and external organisations
• Provide high‑quality administrative, organisational and project support to ensure services run smoothly

About you

We’re looking for someone who enjoys working in a fast‑paced environment and takes pride in being organised, proactive and detail‑focused.

Essential requirements:

• Legal right to work in the UK
• Full driving licence and daily access to a vehicle
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to produce clear, well‑structured reports and presentations
• Experience researching, analysing, interpreting and reporting on data
• Good ICT skills, including confidence using social media

Desirable:

• Experience managing competing project priorities
• An understanding of Services for Young People and the range of support provided to young people – www.servicesforyoungpoeple.org

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a committed, supportive and multi‑disciplinary team making a real difference to young people’s lives across Hertfordshire. We offer a diverse role, opportunities to develop your skills, and the chance to contribute to meaningful and impactful work.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the project & programme, level 9 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles: Project & programme

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Kips Green (Kips.green@hertfordshire.gov.uk) for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 11th June

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability positive
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.