Salary and grade: From £28,917 – Grade 4 Duration of role: Fixed term until 31 December 2025 Hours per week: 37hrs (Full Time) Location: Hybrid/Abingdon Closing date: 28 April 2025 (midnight) Interview date: Week commencing 28 April 2025 About the role and what we’re looking for This is an exciting opportunity to join our Consultation and Engagement team. The post holder will be the dedicated assistant officer for the team and report to the consultation and engagement team leader. We are seeking an organised, efficient and experienced project support officer with excellent communication skills to support with the Local Government Restructure (LGR) engagement project. You’ll need to provide strong and accurate project and administration support to help the team deliver an extensive programme of engagement. for LGR Main duties and responsibilities • deal with email and telephone enquiries and correspondence on LGR • research consultees / businesses and prepare databases for the LGR engagement • administer the consultation database (including the dedicated consultation and engagement email account) • prepare consultation letters, mail merges and facilitate large scale mail outs • review and summarise consultation statutory guidance • prepare the LGR engagement using the councils’ online consultation platform • extract data from the LGR online survey to help prepare the consultation report • redact and prepare consultation report for publication on website • organise and help set up logistics for consultation events, workshops, focus groups and exhibitions • attend events and manage meet and greet / reception, logging of demographics, answering questions about consultation process • draft website updates and monitor webpage content • to cover for other officers as necessary • general administrative support The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post. About you Your essential qualifications • educated to GCSE Grade C in Maths and English, or equivalent qualifications, or equivalent level of experience Your experience, skills and knowledge • minimum of two years’ experience in an administrative role • must have a good understanding and working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications such as Access, Word, Excel, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and Adobe. • experience of working on multiple projects in a range of teams • excellent communication skills If you have the following experience or qualifications – it’s a bonus • experience of using consultation software packages • experience updating websites • knowledge of the consultation process • experience of reading and understanding statutory guidance The benefits we offer: • A basic 24 days annual leave per annum, rising to 29 days after five years, plus bank holidays and time off between Christmas and New Year. • Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love • Salary pay awards – most jobs offer a pay increase after six months or the following April, plus an annual salary review. • A generous career average pension scheme, including life insurance of three times your salary. • The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme. • Various schemes to support health and wellbeing, including reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users, and more. • Two days per year to volunteer within the local community. You may also have experience in the following roles: Engagement Project Coordinator, Consultation Support Officer, Public Engagement Assistant, Community Engagement Support Officer, Consultation and Engagement Administrator, Engagement and Communications Officer, Project Support Officer (Consultation & Engagement), Consultation Officer Assistant, Stakeholder Engagement Officer, Engagement Services Coordinator, etc. REF-(Apply online only)