Project Officer

Are you a delivery-focused professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys driving progress on high-impact national programmes? Digital Connectivity is looking for a proactive PMO Delivery Lead to help shape the future of Scotland’s digital infrastructure.

Digital infrastructure is critical national infrastructure and is central to economic and societal resilience. It must be capable of meeting the current and future needs of business and society – including providing fair and equitable access to connectivity so all of our people and businesses can benefit from being online. Effective digital connectivity can ensure that our rural and islands communities are an integral part of the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of Scotland.

You will play a key supporting role in the delivery of high-profile digital infrastructure programmes within the Digital Connectivity Division, including the Broadband Programme delivering Project Gigabit in Scotland (PGiS) and Reaching 100% (R100).

This role, within the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) team, involves working closely with programme, delivery and policy teams in the Division to maintain delivery momentum across our portfolio of digital infrastructure programmes. 
 

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality PMO support across a complex programme environment.
• Apply PPM expertise to challenge and support delivery on planning, risks, issues, and change control.
• Lead and maintain key project artefacts, including plans, RAID logs, and governance submissions.
• Confidently use project planning tools to baseline and manage milestones.
• Facilitate and lead meetings with delivery teams to drive progress and resolve blockers.
• Guide teams through governance and change processes.
• Build strong relationships with delivery leads, PMO colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Support reporting, dashboards, and continuous improvement.
• Line manage PMO staff as required.

Success Profile

Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on.

Experience

• Experience of providing quality PPM functions, services and artefacts to support delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to deliver quality work and build strong effective relationships with stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• A self-starter with the ability to collate, organise, analyse and use information whilst working on your own initiative, adding value and quality at all stages.

Behaviours

• Seeing the Big Picture – (Level 3)
• Working Together – (Level 3)
• Delivering at Pace – (Level 3)

You can find out more about Success Profiles Behaviours, here: Behaviour levels - Success profiles: candidate guide - gov.scot

How To Apply

Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1500 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills, experience and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation. 
Assessments are scheduled for w/c beginning 27th October however this may be subject to change. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be used to support your application, but all statements and examples provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, and presented as your own) applications will be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.  

Please see our candidate guidance for more information on acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in recruitment. 

This role is open only to internal and common citizenship partners. 

About Us 

The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. We have responsibility for a wide range of key policy areas including: education, health, the economy, justice, housing and transport. We offer rewarding careers and employ people across Scotland in a wide range of professions and roles.

Our staff are part of the UK Civil Service, working for Ministers and senior stakeholders to deliver vital public services which improve the lives of the people of Scotland.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment along with a wide range of employee benefits. Find out more about what we offer. 

As part of the UK Civil Service, we uphold the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

Working Pattern

Our standard hours are 35 hours per week.  We offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options depending on the needs of the role. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for,  please contact us.

From October 2025, the Scottish Government will require staff in hybrid-compatible roles to work in-person 40% of the time, either in an office or other agreed work location.

Security Checks

Successful candidates must complete the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), before they can be appointed. BPSS is comprised of four main pre-employment checks – Identity, Right to work, Employment History and a Criminal Record check (unspent convictions).

You can find out more about BPSS on the UK Government website, or read about the different levels of security checks in our Candidate Guide. 

Equality Statement

We are committed to equality and inclusion and we aim to recruit a diverse workforce that reflects the population of our nation.  

Find out more about our commitment to diversity and how we offer and support recruitment adjustments for anyone who needs them.

Further Information

Find out more about our organisation, what we offer staff members and how to apply on our Careers Website.

Read our Candidate Guide for further information on our recruitment and application processes.