# Project Support Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Doncaster
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 8 months (Contract end date 31 March 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29T14:31:09.157Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Rotherham_Doncaster_South_Humber_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Project_Support/Project_Support-v8079855
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8079855?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Project Support Officer to join the Rotherham Adult Mental Health Care Group's Continuous Service Improvement  Team. The role will be fixed term until 31st March 2027 to support the care group with the implementation of projects determined by the priorities of the organisation.

### Main duties of the job

The Project Support Officer will provide essential administrative, coordination, and support functions to assist the Continuous Service Improvement lead in the successful delivery of projects. This role will ensure that project activities are well-organised, deadlines are met, and documentation is accurate and up to date. The Project Support Officer will play a key role in supporting the  team and maintaining effective project management processes within the care group.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

## Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Project Support Officer to join the Rotherham Adult Mental Health Care Group's Continuous Service Improvement Team. The role will be fixed term until 31st March 2027 to support the care group with the implementation of projects determined by the priorities of the organisation.

## Job Description

The Project Support Officer will provide essential administrative, coordination, and support functions to assist the Continuous Service Improvement lead in the successful delivery of projects. This role will ensure that project activities are well-organised, deadlines are met, and documentation is accurate and up to date. The Project Support Officer will play a key role in supporting the team and maintaining effective project management processes within the care group.

## Responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Work well under pressure and able to meet deadlines
- Able to cope with conflicting demands
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly motivated and committed
- Discretion and confidentiality
- Non-judgmental, diplomatic, caring, and empathic

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Able to be use own initiative and judgement to analyse and resolve problems
- Ability to delegate effectively
- Able to deliver deadlines on a wide range of administrative/project processes
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (oral and written)
- Able to manage conflicting priorities

**Desirable**

- Project and/or change management skills

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience of working in a large complex organisation
- Significant experience of working within a demanding/high intensity administrative setting
- Experience of working for administrative functions on projects
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office and working with databases

**Desirable**

- Previous NHS/Social Services experience
- Experience of proactively challenging staff and influencing them to change
- Experience of assisting on project planning/management

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- 5 GCSE’s including English or equivalent standard of education with the emphasis on numeracy and literacy.
- NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent knowledge of experience.
- ECDL or equivalent knowledge which demonstrates proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc

**Desirable**

- Management qualification i.e. ILM
- OCR / RSA III Typing / Word Processing
- Prince2 foundation (or similar) project management accreditation / training

## Documents

- [main terms and conditions (pdf, 406.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10371901)
- [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789)
- [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919)

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