Project Management Officer in Hackney, London

Connect2Hackney, the internal talent team for the London Borough of Hackney, is delighted to be recruiting a versatile Project Management Officer to join the Council's Digital Transformation Team.

In this pivotal role, you will act as the operational and administrative backbone of the programme. Working closely alongside the Digital Transformation Lead, you will bring day-to-day structure and control to the team, ensuring that daily workflows, governance, coordination, and documentation run seamlessly and adhere to corporate standards.

• Administration & Coordination: Manage team calendars, schedule steering group and stakeholder meetings, take accurate minutes, and track action items through to completion.
• Documentation & Governance: Maintain project plans, risk and issue logs, document templates, and version control compliance under frameworks such as PRINCE2 or APM, ensuring all records are audit-ready.
• Reporting & Tracking: Prepare regular progress reports, performance dashboards, and status updates for project managers and boards. You will monitor delivery across the board to quickly spot and flag any potential slippage.
• Financial & Resource Support: Monitor budget spending, process invoices, track resource allocations, and assist with procurement and contractor coordination.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a central point of contact for internal teams, external partners, and vendors-fielding queries and relaying schedule changes effectively.

Within your first three months, you will help establish and ensure team-wide adherence to:

• Up-to-date Risk Registers and RAID logs.
• Centralised and improved governance reporting.
• Consistent recording of project benefits and achievements.
• Timely delivery of project milestones and goals.
• Strict cost control to prevent budget overspends.
• Regular supplier review meetings aligned with the programme of works.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Public Sector Experience: Proven experience working within Local Authorities, Social Housing, or the third sector.
• Project Methodologies: A basic understanding of, or certifications in, PRINCE2 Foundation or APM Project Fundamentals.
• Organisational Agility: The ability to balance multiple project streams, tight deadlines, and shifting priorities with ease.
• Communication Skills: Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills for executive reporting and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong familiarity with Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides, Docs). Desirable: Experience using Miro and GitHub.

Commercial Services Trading Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.