Project Officer


Company:	South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
Salary:	£36,363 to £39,152 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	SHEFFIELD, S1 3FG
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 1 day remote
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	20 Sept 2026

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Summary

The overall purpose of the role will be to effectively support the management of internal and external projects for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. You must have a thorough understanding of the project lifecycle, to manage relevant service improvement processes like project support and governance, to drive service-wide service improvement in line with executive and audit requirements.

To be considered for this role you will have previous experience of project and administration work, and proven experience of working in an accurate efficient manner to tight deadlines.

You will work in a small team to support project management, working closely with project managers to guide them to effectively use project methodology, project reporting and to evaluate projects using a benefits realisation approach.

You must possess the interpersonal skills to work with staff across the service, as well as having the ability to plan, prioritise and organise to deadlines. You will need to be confident to work with staff across the organisation, including facilitating workshops and project group meetings.

Alongside your project support duties, you will possess a flexible approach to work to help the wider Information, Projects and Governance team as required. This includes monitoring the service’s policy updates, managing service improvement processes, and providing administration support to suitable boards, committees and groups.

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