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Project Support Officers

Project support officers assist in the organisation, planning, monitoring and direction of a project and ensure it is adequately resourced and on schedule.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£17,645
£29,116
£45,820

New workers start around £17,645. Normal pay is £29,116 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,820.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 62,639 vacancies for this type of job

5.96%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Monitors the progress of the project and provides updates to project team, clients and other stakeholders.

  • Liaises with and ensures effective communication between the project team, other departments, the project manager, the client and/or senior management.

  • Advises on project procedures and assists the project team in decision making.

  • Creates and maintains a project timetable, helps ensure the project proceeds on schedule and manages relevant administrative elements of the project.

  • Analyses project components, organises them into a logical sequence and establishes the minimum time required for the project.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • Procurement

  • Project Planning

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Construction

  • Risk Management

  • Finance

  • Agile Methodology

  • Change Management

  • Subcontracting

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Coordinating

  • Operations

  • Governance

  • Customer Service

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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Marketing with Foundation Year

Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Sheffield · 09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Marketing

Buckinghamshire New University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: 88/112

Marketing

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 13/09/2024

Tariff points: 120/128

Digital Marketing

University College Birmingham

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/96

Marketing

Aston University, Birmingham

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Marketing

University of Plymouth

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Plymouth · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/128

Marketing

University of Chichester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Chichester · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/120

Marketing

De Montfort University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Marketing (with Foundation Year)

Bristol, University of the West of England

BA (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich including foundation year · Bristol · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Digital Marketing

Ravensbourne University London

BA/BSc · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

Marketing

University of Leicester

BA (Hons) · 3-4 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 128/128

Marketing

University of Winchester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Winchester · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Marketing

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Middlesbrough · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/104

Digital Marketing

University of Westminster, London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time with time abroad · London · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Marketing (with Foundation Year)

Liverpool Hope University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Liverpool · 09/2024

Tariff points: 72/72

Marketing

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Marketing (Study Abroad)

Lancaster University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Lancaster · 10/2024

Tariff points: 136/144

Business and Marketing

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BA · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Digital Marketing

Aberystwyth University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Aberystwyth · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/120

Film and Media

Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Part-time · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Marketing

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 120/128

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