Operational support grade Work, Jobs in Blaydon, Twr (with Salaries)

Programme Support Officer
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £34,765 - £37,080 a year
- Part-time
- Project management
- Presentation skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
7h
OLM Helpdesk Administrator
Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £25,760 - £27,476 a year
- Full-time
- IT
- Office experience
13d
Apprentice Operational Support Officer (Band 6/AO)
Health and Safety Executive —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £28,499 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- IT
3d
Data Centre and Connectivity Technician
Newcastle Building Society —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £33,709 - £43,783 a year
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
- Computer networking
6d
Learning and Skills Advisor- Customer Experience
Gateshead Council —Gateshead
- £25,989 - £26,403 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Childcare
- Customer service
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
6d
Senior Probation Officer - Northumbria Stalking Interventions Programme (NSIP)
HM Prison & Probation Service —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £40,001 - £50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Project management
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
10d
Administrator
AMS GROUP —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £25,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- CRM software
- Microsoft Excel
Quick apply
3d
Contracts Officer
North Tyneside Council —North Tyneside
- £39,152 - £42,839 a year
- Full-time
Deployment and ADI officer
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £26,607 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
3d
Student Records Coordinator
Durham University —Durham
- £27,319 - £30,378 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
3d
Data Compliance Officer
Infected Blood Compensation Authority —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £38,105 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Computer skills
- Annual leave
6d
Paralegal Officer (EO)
Building Safety Regulator —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £32,770 - £37,189 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Sick pay
7d
Product Specialist - Theory Test Content
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £35,663 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- English
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
2d
Digital Investigator - National Digital Investigation Unit
HM Revenue and Customs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £37,682 - £46,077 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Work from home
7d
Compliance analyst
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £34,765 - £41,375 a year
- Part-time
- Presentation skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
7d
Fellside Primary School
Gateshead Council —Gateshead
- £33,278 - £38,922 a year
- Human resources
- Organisational skills
- IT
Apprentice Engineering Maintenance Technician
JIK-Integral UK Limited —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £22,000 a year
- Full-time
- Driving
- Travel
- In-person
Quick apply
Administrator (Staffing Service)
Durham University —Durham
- £25,844 - £26,663 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Word
- English
- University
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Data Analyst
HM Revenue and Customs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £37,682 - £40,705 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- SQL
- Presentation skills
- Work from home
6d
Engineering Facilities Team Leader
Northern Trains —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £59,604 a year
- Full-time
- Maintenance
- IT
- Business
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
1d

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Programme Support Officer

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£34,765 - £37,080 a year
7 hours ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Paid volunteer time
Childcare

Qualifications

Project management
Presentation skills
Project management software

Full job description

Details

Reference number

464210

Salary

£34,765 - £37,080

HEO National: £34,765 - £37,080, plus industry leading pension and benefits. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading Salary.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Higher Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DEFRA - DGCS - Digital, Data, Technology & Security

Type of role

Project Delivery

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

Bristol, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, York

About the job

Job summary

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group.

We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all.

Find out more about DDTS:

Defra digital, data and technology blog

Defra Job

Job description

The Programme Support Officer role sits within the Digital Delivery PMO team within Defra's Digital, Data, Technology and Security Function (DDTS).

As a Programme Support Officer within the Digital Delivery PMO, part of Defras Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) function, you will play a vital role in supporting the successful delivery of high-profile digital programmes. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of key PMO services, including financial processing, governance support, information management, and reporting. Working closely with programme and project teams, you will ensure the accuracy and quality of project data, enabling effective decision-making and consistent delivery standards. This is a dynamic, collaborative role offering the opportunity to develop a broad skill set while contributing to complex and impactful digital projects.

Responsibilities:

Taking responsibility for the provision of project support services to varying scale portfolios, programmes or projects where required, including as part of the portfolio-wide service set delivered by the team, but also as a chargeable service embedded within specific Delivery Groups.
Setting up, maintaining and providing detailed guidance on project management software, procedures, processes, tools and techniques.
Supporting a portfolio/ programme / project by providing information, data and/or reporting on risk, change, quality, finance, benefits or configuration management.
Supporting portfolio, programme and project boards, as-well as project assurance teams and quality review meetings where required.
Providing support with requisitioning, receipting, invoicing & tracking Purchase Orders.
Providing transactional level support with the licensing and tooling services administered by the PMO.

The impact and value add of this role means that Digital Delivery, as part of the broader DDTS function, are able improve, track and maintain delivery support services to a high standard, ensuring the PMO and its stakeholder groups are working with the latest and best quality data using appropriate tooling and feeding various business management and decision making processes in and beyond DDTS.

This role supports our team to continue operating as a multi-disciplinary PMO providing maximum output in all areas we support, with the post-holder expected and required to build a broad skill-set and knowledge base allowing them to successfully provide service excellence across a multitude of related disciplines.

This is a skilled role and vital to supporting quality delivery across some of Digital Delivery's most visible, novel, complex, contentious, and valuable projects. The role is also key to our stakeholder engagement, working with and across many different processes and areas including Commercial, Finance, our Major Programmes and the projects that sit within them, as well as the supporting and working alongside the wider teams and functions we partner with.

Person specification

Skills and Experience:

A Portfolio/Programme/Project management qualification at either foundation or practitioner level OR equivalent experience and commitment to work towards appropriate professional qualification(s).
Experience of governing or managing projects and programmes and the use of programme or portfolio management as a tool for managing organisational change.
Excellent people skills with an ability to work in a dispersed environment and build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
A good understanding of organisational budgeting approaches on medium to high complex programmes.
Highly organised, pays attention to detail.
Self-led and disciplined, able to work on own initiative.
Experience of organisational RAID management/processes at a portfolio, programme or project level.

Selection process

The Civil Service marks each element of the selection process on a merit basis. You can visit the gov.uk website for further information on the Civil Service rating scale.

Ensure you have tailored your CV and Personal Statement to the 'skills and experience' section of the job advert by providing examples on how you are suitable for the role using the STAR method.

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your personal statement, how you meet these requirements, as the information you provide will form a key part when the panel is scoring your application.

For further information on STAR, you can check out our Hints and Tips document.

Application process

As part of the application process, you will be assessed on your experience. This will be evaluated by looking at your CV and personal statement, so please provide the following and ensure your experience is clearly demonstrated:

A CV
A 500 word Personal Statement: Referring to the 'skills and experience' sections of the job advert, please demonstrate how you are suitable for the role by providing relevant examples.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

Sift will begin shortly after the advert closes.

Should there be a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted using your personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment or interview.

Interview

If successful at sift, you will be invited to an interview where you will be assessed on the Behaviours listed below, as well as Strengths.

Interview dates are to be confirmed. Please note that these may be subject to change.

Interviews will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams.

For further information on Success Profiles, you can visit the links below and watch our videos on DefraJobs.

Behaviours

Experience

Strengths

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a Quality Service
Changing and Improving
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,765, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £10,071 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

25 days leave (rising to 30 days over 5 years) plus bank holidays.
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%.
A day off per year for the King's birthday.
Access to a range of retail discounts (these include supermarket, tech, gym, holiday, phone and more).
Flexible working options such as condensed hours, part-time and flexi time.
3 paid volunteering days per year.
Funding for professional membership of a recognised professional body.
Learning and development tailored to your role and budget for training or qualifications.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
Cycle to work scheme.
Health cash plan to help you manage health costs for a reduced monthly fee.
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme open 24 hours, 7 days a week, that provides support to you during any times of stress or difficulty.
Free access to Headspace for wellbeing.
Season ticket loan for public transport.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Location

As part of the pre-employment process for this post, successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. The agreed contractual workplace is then the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate(s).

Where the location is National the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defras location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.

The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations.

Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Defra includes the core department, APHA, RPA, Cefas and VMD.

Further Information

Reserve list

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Near miss

Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in Defra which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.

Merit Lists

Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.

Salary

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Reasonable adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Criminal Record Check

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Childcare Vouchers

Any move to DEFRA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

Visa Sponsorship Statement

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

Feedback

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: here

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