Project Officer

Are you a delivery-focused professional who would enjoy driving progress on a high-impact national programme? The Single Scottish Estate Programme is looking for a Project Officer to help us deliver this exciting Programme.

The Property and Construction Division (PCD) within Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate (SPPD) plays a key role in transforming property management across the public sector estate. The division leads on the Single Scottish Estate (SSE) programme, which supports a more efficient approach to public sector property management, optimising costs and estate footprint, enabling the delivery of excellent public services and providing staff with great places to work. This role sits within the PMO of the SSE team within the division, which supports the delivery of the programme.

As a Project Officer, you will provide support to the SSE Programme Manager, Project Managers and workstream leads. Whilst the primary focus of the role is to support the SSE Programme, it may also include support to specific projects within the programme as well as supporting workstreams. This would typically involve providing support to the relevant Project Manager, for example, owning specific project process such as risk and benefits across the programme, creating reports or responding to programme related queries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality PMO support across a complex programme environment, providing services to the SSE Programme Manager, Project Managers and workstream leads.
• Apply PPM expertise to develop programme and project documentation.
• Challenge and support delivery on planning, risks, issues, and change control.
• Provide project management support to projects that sit under the programme.
• Confidently use planning tools to baseline and manage milestones, supporting the Programme Manager with the Programme Plan.
• Facilitate and lead meetings with workstream leads and project leads to drive progress and resolve blockers.
• Ensure interdependencies between workstreams and projects are clear, understood and tracked.
• Support the Programme Manager to track, measure and report on benefits and savings.
• Prepare high-quality materials and support for governance and assurance groups, Ministerial meetings and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications Policy officers should have or be closely working towards a specialist qualification. Generally, this will mean APM’s Project Management Qualification (PMQ), PRINCE2 or Axelos’s Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Practitioner Level (or equivalent specialist qualification).Success profile Success profiles are specific to each job and they include the mix of skills, experience and behaviours candidates will be assessed on. Technical / Professional Skills:

• Programme and Project Management - Practitioner.
• Governance - Practitioner.

You can find out more about the skills required here Behaviours:

• Working together - Level 3.
• Delivering at pace - Level 3.

You can find out more about Success Profiles here
 How to apply Apply online, providing a CV and Supporting Statement (of no more than 1000 words) which provides evidence of how you meet the skills and behaviours listed in the Success Profile above. 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. If invited for further assessment, this will consist of an interview and presentation.  Assessments are scheduled for w/c 27 October 2025 however this may be subject to change. 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 and we offer a range of flexible working options depending on the needs of the role. 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. If you have specific questions about the role you are applying for, please contact us. 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. Apply before: 21 October 2025 (23:59) This role is open to internal candidates and Common Citizenship organisations only.