Job Details:
Job Reference: HCC621841
Salary Range: £40,643 - £45,077 per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 17 August 2025
The Role:
Bring your experience and passion for improving adult health and care and children's services to a role where you can drive meaningful change. As a Senior Project Officer in our Adult and Children's Shared Services Transformation Team, you’ll play a key role in delivering high-impact programmes that enhance outcomes for adults across our communities. You’ll be at the heart of our transformation efforts - supporting the design, coordination, and delivery of strategic projects that shape the future of adult health and care and children's services.
What you’ll do:
- Support the delivery of key transformation programmes within Adults' Health and Care and Children's Services.
- Support project planning, reporting, and governance activities.
- Collaborate with colleagues across the directorate and wider partners, building strong relationships to help turn innovative ideas into practical solutions that deliver real impact.
- Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure projects deliver on time and within scope.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
What we’re looking for:
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.
- A pro-active, solution-focused mindset with a passion for improving public services.
- Experience in project or programme delivery, ideally within health, care, or public sector settings.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the Senior Project Officer role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.
Why join us?
- Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team committed to making a positive impact.
- Contribute to some of the most exciting and meaningful work in adult health and care.
- Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance.
- Benefit from supportive development opportunities that enhance your skills and knowledge and support your career progression.
- Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
- A competitive benefits package that includes generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Find more information here.
Applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, therefore the advert may close early.
Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.
Other roles you may have experience of may include: Transformation Officer, Strategic Projects Officer, Service Improvement Lead, Service Improvement Officer, Project Delivery Specialist, Adult Services Transformation Officer, Transformation Programme Officer.
Travel Requirements:
You may be required to visit other locations within Hampshire, and therefore need to have the ability to travel, as necessary.
Values Based Recruitment
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
