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Project Support Officers

Project support officers assist in the organisation, planning, monitoring and direction of a project and ensure it is adequately resourced and on schedule.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£21,411
£33,241
£51,870

New workers start around £21,411. Normal pay is £33,241 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £51,870.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 63,449 vacancies for this type of job

5.64%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Monitors the progress of the project and provides updates to project team, clients and other stakeholders.

  • Liaises with and ensures effective communication between the project team, other departments, the project manager, the client and/or senior management.

  • Advises on project procedures and assists the project team in decision making.

  • Creates and maintains a project timetable, helps ensure the project proceeds on schedule and manages relevant administrative elements of the project.

  • Analyses project components, organises them into a logical sequence and establishes the minimum time required for the project.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Project Delivery

  • Procurement

  • Project Planning

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Construction

  • Risk Management

  • Systems Development Life Cycle

  • Subcontracting

  • Project Documentation

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Coordinating

  • Operations

  • Detail Oriented

  • Governance

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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    University of the West of Scotland

    BA (Hons) · 1-4 Years · Full-time · Paisley · 09/09/2024

    Tariff points: 96/96

  • Geography, Culture & Heritage

    University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

    BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Thurso · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 72/75

  • Human Geography

    Manchester Metropolitan University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 104/112

  • Geography

    University of Gloucestershire

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cheltenham · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 96/96

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    Leeds Beckett University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 72/72

  • Geography

    University of Hertfordshire

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hatfield · 09/2024

    Tariff points: 112/120

  • Geography

    Oxford Brookes University

    BA/BSc (H) · 6 Years · Part-time · Oxford · 16/09/2024

    Tariff points: 104/104

  • Geography

    Edge Hill University

    BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 30/09/2024

    Tariff points: 112/112

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    Bangor University

    BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bangor, Gwynedd · 23/09/2024

    Tariff points: 96/128