Senior Project Officer
Post Introduction
ARE YOU THE SENIOR PROJECT OFFICER WE ARE SEEKING?
We are pleased to offer a unique opportunity to join our Technology Services Department within the Portfolio and Transformation function at the Church of England. As a Senior Project Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting key technology governance bodies, namely the Technical Design Authority (TDA) and the Cyber Security and Information Governance (CSIG) group. This role offers exposure to major transformation programmes and the chance to contribute to shaping how project resources and priorities are managed and communicated across the NCIs (National Church Institutions).
You do not need deep technical or project management experience to succeed in this role—curiosity, attention to detail, and a proactive approach are key.
What you'll be doing
You will support the smooth running of governance, transformation and project activities, including:
- Organising meetings for TDA, CSIG and Technology teams, including scheduling, agenda preparation, minute-taking, and tracking actions
- Managing updates to governance frameworks and schedules
- Assisting in reporting on project progress, risks, resources and financials
- Developing and overseeing a project cross-charging framework based on team resource usage
- Processing project invoices and supporting finance tracking
- Maintaining structured documentation and records for projects, including SharePoint sites (internal and external)
- Preparing and analysing data (qualitative and quantitative) to support decision-making
- Coordinating communications across internal teams and external vendors
- Assisting with ITT preparation with the Vendor Manager
- Organising workshops, managing diaries, handling logistics and hospitality
- Supporting colleagues with task scheduling and project tools
Key role requirements
- This is a fixed-term role with the expectation of working 1-2 days a week from your primary office location - Church House, London.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
You will need to be/have:
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Experience managing sensitive materials and minute-taking
- Proven ability to analyse and present information clearly
- Ability to work flexibly, independently and collaboratively across teams
- Confidence liaising with stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to produce accurate work under tight deadlines
- Experience managing project-related documentation and governance reporting
- Curious, conscientious, and eager to learn
- Empathetic and respectful communicator
- Calm under pressure and solution-focused
- Committed to the mission and values of the Church of England
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
What we offer
Your Salary
- A salary of £40,572 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
Your Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department’s needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
