Project & Assurance Officer
Posted 1 week ago by 1764736056
£44,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Undetermined
London
Summary: A Public Sector organisation is looking for a Project & Assurance Officer for a 6-month fixed-term contract, offering a salary of £44,000 pro rata. The ideal candidate should have prior experience in Public Sector roles, particularly in grants, project management, and assurance. The position is set to commence in January and involves various responsibilities related to grant processing and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help process and validate grant claims, ensuring compliance with funding eligibility rules
- Assess adequacy and accuracy of evidence provided for grant claims
- Maintain clear records of checks and decisions taken
- Work with members of the Strategic Partnership to improve the accuracy and quality of information provided
- Support the development of assurance processes and compliance checks
- Coordinate external audits – working effectively with member organisations to provide information to auditors
- Maintain and update grant management systems and databases
- Assist with the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans, performance dashboards, and programme reports.
Key Skills:
- Ability to interpret and analyse multiple data sets – with a high level of attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills – able to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
- A proactive approach to identifying risk and process improvement
- Able to build effective relationships with different stakeholders
- Experience working in assurance, compliance, grant management
Salary (Rate): £44000 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
A Public Sector organisation is seeking a Project & Assurance Officer on a Fixed term Contract for 6 months paying £44,000 pro rata. You will need to have worked in Public Sector organisations in previous roles, ideally have experience of grants, strong project and assurance experience. Start date in January.
The key functions would be:
- Help process and validate grant claims, ensuring compliance with funding eligibility rules
- Assess adequacy and accuracy of evidence provided for grant claims
- Maintain clear records of checks and decisions taken
- Work with members of the Strategic Partnership to improve the accuracy and quality of information provided
- Support the development of assurance processes and compliance checks
- Coordinate external audits – working effectively with member organisations to provide information to auditors
- Maintain and update grant management systems and databases
- Assist with the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans, performance dashboards, and programme reports.
The ideal candidate
- Ability to interpret and analyse multiple data sets – with a high level of attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills – able to manage competing priorities to meet deadlines
- A proactive approach to identifying risk and process improvement
- Able to build effective relationships with different stakeholders
- Experience working in assurance, compliance, grant management
