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Project Support Officer -EO grade - SC cleared - Remote

Role overview

Summary

This role is for a Project Support Officer within the Home Office, focusing on project administration and governance. You will support project delivery by maintaining documentation, tracking actions, and facilitating stakeholder engagement, contributing to effective project outcomes.

Qualifications

  • SC clearance is required to start.
  • Experience supporting projects, programmes, or operational delivery activities.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Experience preparing reports, presentations, meeting packs, or briefing materials.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across projects and programmes.
  • Organise meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and maintain action trackers.
  • Maintain project documentation, ensuring records are accurate, up to date, and compliant with agreed standards.
  • Support the management and tracking of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and actions.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Governance
  • Organizational Skills
  • Communication
  • Microsoft Office
  • Detail Oriented

About the company

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Wiley Edge

  • Staffing & Recruiting
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
Future-proofing the workforce is more important than ever. The pace of change is on the up, widening the gap between the skills needed and their availability in the workplace. Wiley Edge is the emerging talent and reskill training partner for public and private organizations across the globe. More than 40 institutions in North America, EMEA and APAC, from government agencies to tier one investment banks to fintechs, have used Wiley Edge to meet this challenge. We help our clients build pipelines of diverse, custom trained talent – complementing traditional hiring strategies like internal graduate programs and reactive recruitment. Educated talent alone won’t solve the skills gap. Education focuses more on teaching theory and a love for learning, whereas businesses need practical role-specific skills. We bridge the skills gap in technology, banking and business by connecting education to the working world. Aligned to industry, our Academy curriculum adapts to meet ever-changing requirements. Wiley Edge is part of Wiley. At Wiley, we believe knowledge sharing is the catalyst for problem solving and positive change. As one of the world’s largest publishers and a global leader in research and education, Wiley builds on a 215+ year legacy of advancing knowledge to deliver its mission to unlock human potential by powering scientific research and career-connected education. We help researchers, learners, institutions, and corporations achieve their goals with industry-leading, tech-enabled content, platforms, and services. Visit us at Wiley.com.

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Job description

Project Support Officer

Permanent | Remote | Home Office | SC Cleared  

We are seeking an EO Project Support Officer to join a project team within the Home Office. In this role, you will provide project administration, governance, and coordination support, helping to ensure effective project delivery and control. You will maintain benefits profiles, evidence logs, performance measures, and project documentation, while supporting implementation planning, action tracking, and status reporting. Working closely with project managers, delivery teams, and stakeholders, you will manage governance records, RAID logs, decision logs, and document control processes, coordinate workshops and follow-up actions, and contribute to lessons learned, handover, and project closure activities. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and detail-focused individual looking to develop their career within project delivery, governance, and assurance.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide day-to-day administrative and coordination support across projects and programmes.
  • Organise meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and maintain action trackers.
  • Maintain project documentation, ensuring records are accurate, up to date, and compliant with agreed standards.
  • Support the management and tracking of risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and actions.
  • Assist with the production of project reports, dashboards, presentations, and briefing materials.
  • Monitor progress against agreed milestones and follow up on outstanding actions.
  • Support stakeholder engagement activities and maintain effective working relationships across delivery teams.
  • Contribute to assurance, audit, and evidence-gathering activities as required.

Skills & Experience:

  • SC clearance is required to start. 
  • Experience supporting projects, programmes, or operational delivery activities.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Experience preparing reports, presentations, meeting packs, or briefing materials.
  • Good attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate records and documentation.
  • Experience tracking actions, risks, issues, or similar operational activities.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to gather, analyse, and present information clearly.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a wider team.

Desirable Skills:

  • Experience working within a government, public sector, or regulated environment.
  • Knowledge of project delivery methodologies such as PRINCE2 or Agile.
  • Experience maintaining RAID logs and supporting project governance processes.
  • Understanding of project assurance, audit, or compliance activities.
  • Project management qualifications or relevant professional development.

Success in the role is demonstrated through accurate and accessible project information, effective governance and reporting, proactive management of risks and actions, timely stakeholder support, and the provision of reliable information that enables informed decision-making.

Find out more: peregrine.global or check out our LinkedIn page: peregrine-resourcing

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