Project Officer

My client exists to help improve outcomes for all young people. As a membership organisation of schools and academies across the UK and internationally, they work with leaders, teachers and students to drive school improvement and innovation, and celebrate their successes. They believe in a truly school-led system, with schools working in partnership across and beyond the education sector.

At their heart are their membership networks, bringing together school leaders, teachers and students. They have been working with schools for over 30 years, and continue to offer insight and understanding into teaching, learning and system leadership. Their professional development and school improvement programmes help leaders and teachers to further outcomes for all young people and develop leadership at all levels across the system. They provide fresh ideas for ambitious schools.

To work at this company you should be committed to:

• working together to achieve the organisation's objectives
• contributing to and following processes and systems to put customers first.

Role

Project Officers support the delivery of a variety of projects from membership networks to organising our training courses and programmes for teachers and school leaders. Projects could include one-day events, year-long programmes, online networks, training resources or contracts.

As a Project Officer, no day will be the same as you use your organisational skills and attention to detail to support Project Managers in tasks such as day-to-day organisation and delivery of projects, budget monitoring, interacting with customers and delegated project management responsibility where appropriate.

At the heart of the role is delivering support for school leaders, students and teachers and the highest level of customer service standards are required at all times.

About you

We're looking for a highly organised and customer-focused Project Officer to join a membership organisation for schools.

The role will suit candidates who can organise their time, prioritise their workload, meet deadlines and want to gain experience of working within a project management structure.

They offer some flexibility with working hours and are open to term time only and other flexible working patterns.

This job description is not exhaustive and you may be required to undertake other tasks as required.

How to Apply

If you feel this role matches your skills and expertise, we would love to hear from you! Please send your CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for hte post. A full job description is avialable from Amy Bater at Gordon Yates. The deadline is 9am on Monday 21 January.