Project Support Officer (Ref: 90196)

The Renters Rights Bill represents the biggest change to tenancy law in more than 30 years and fulfils the Governments 2019 manifesto commitment to abolish section 21 “no fault” evictions. In the white paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’, the Government sets out its plans to level up the private rented sector, and to increase renter’s security and satisfaction with their homes by 2030. This will rebalance the law to deliver a radically fairer deal for renters, creating a system that supports higher property standards, empower tenants to challenge bad practice, and helps tenants to find and stay in the right property for them.
Currently, assured short hold tenancies can either have a fixed term or be periodic. During a fixed term, tenants are liable for the rent for the duration, and in return the landlord cannot change the rent or evict the tenant using Section 21. In a periodic tenancy, a tenant can be evicted or leave at any point. The Renters Rights Bill will make all tenancies periodic, giving private tenants the right to move whenever they need to, or where the landlord is not fulfilling their basic responsibilities.
With a simpler system, tenants and landlords will better understand their rights. To support this and to facilitate dispute resolution, it will become mandatory for landlords to provide written agreement, setting out the basic details of a tenancy and both parties’ responsibilities. The government also recognises the pressures tenants are facing with the rising cost of living. Where landlords need to adjust rents, changes should be predictable and give tenants time to consider their options. The Renters Rights Bill will extend the notice landlords must give to change rent, limit increases to rent to once per year, and will strengthen tenants’ ability to challenge unreasonable rent rises through the First-tier Tribunal.
About the role
Your role as the Project Support Officer encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
• Implement and maintain appropriate systems to enable effective planning and scheduling of project activities.
• Establish and maintain project controls, keeping the Project Manager aware of the project status.
• Prepare project performance reports, presenting statistics and researching new information.
• Ensure organisational tasks are carried out efficiently. i.e., ensuring project records are up to date.
• Manage professional relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, and act as lead point of contact for some external parties.
• Support the project team in management of project controls and delivery of projects.
• Supply excellent project or programme related support across the Future Hearings programme, working flexibly within the programme when required.
• Assist with effective communication between project management and the business.
• Maintaining central project records and producing regular management reports., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Making Effective Decisions, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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• Previous experience working as a member of a large project team, or a Project Manager for a small, low complexity project.
• Creation and maintenance of project or programme delivery plans, so that delivery, progress, costs and benefits can be identified and managed.
• Experience of building productive relationships with internal and external Stakeholders such as Project Managers and business owners; including the identification of risks, issues and dependencies and seeking agreements/trade- offs to keep delivery on track.
• Ability to work to tight timescales, managing your priorities and ensuring delivery of quality products.
• Ability to communicate clearly to a non-technical audience.
Desirable
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Good working of MS Project and Excel, or equivalent

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of Criminal, Civil and Family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life- changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.

About our benefits
We reward our people for their hard work and commitment. We have a number of family friendly and flexible working polices that will help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition, we offer a range of employee benefits which include generous annual leave, a highly competitive contributory pension scheme, childcare benefits, season ticket and bicycle loans.
Proud to Serve. Proud to keep justice going., Alongside your salary of £32,827, HM Courts and Tribunals Service contributes £8,896 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Access to learning and development
+ A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
+ A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
+ Annual Leave
+ Public Holidays
+ Season Ticket Advance
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ