Junior Project Support Officer

Job Description

Spektrum is seeking a Junior Project Support Officer to join their team in Strasbourg, France. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support to IT projects, ensuring their smooth operation and adherence to quality standards. They will be working for the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA).Responsibilities of the Junior Project Support Officer will include:

• Arranging meetings and producing meeting minutes
• Setting up and maintaining project files
• Collecting actuals data and forecasts
• Updating plans
• Administering or assisting the quality review process
• Administering or assisting Project Board meetings
• Assisting with the compilation of reports
• Contributing expertise in specialist tools and techniques
• Maintaining project records
• Administering the configuration management procedure

Requirements for this role are:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant education (bachelor degree or equivalent) after the secondary school
• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience, of which Minimum 1 year experience in IT project support
• Experience of working within a project management office utilising Prince 2 or an equivalent project management methodology
• Prince 2 foundation qualifications or an equivalent industry standard project management methodology
• Good knowledge of project management standards and techniques
• Knowledge/Usage of project management tools
• Good reporting methods
• Strong understanding of project management and support issues including managing risks, issues, quality, and actions logs
• Experience of using MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint and the ability to utilise desktop applications
• Experience of taking minutes and actions in meetings, at all levels
• Experience of supporting multiple projects and project managers
• Experience of maintaining a configuration management system acting as configuration librarian
• Experience of creating templates for common project documentation
• Experience in the full end-to-end IT project life cycle

The job role offers:

• Opportunity to work with a global company
• Chance to contribute to important EU initiatives