Project Control Officer
You could be preparing data for meetings, ensuring financial information is up-to-date or completing detailed monthly governance tasks. You’ll need to be adaptable, detail-orientated and ready to tackle your responsibilities with a positive attitude.
Plus, you’ll work closely with project managers, stakeholders and customers. As a confident communicator, you’ll engage with people at all levels. Thriving on collaboration, you’ll overcome unique obstacles and excel at making financial information clear and understandable.
You’ll enjoy explaining financial details, whether providing insights, identifying trends or running financial risk workshops, sharing your passion for numbers to deliver reliable information that supports a range of transformational projects.
As you gain experience, opportunities for promotion or progression into the Service Management Team, Project Management Team or other areas within the organisation will become available to you. Additionally, you’ll have the chance to become a subject matter expert in various techniques, enhancing your expertise and making a significant contribution to our mission.
From the start, you’ll receive dedicated support and training to help you settle in, including a detailed induction and plenty of on-the-job training. Plus, you’ll be part of a friendly, knowledgeable community of colleagues with different skills, perspectives, and experiences, ready to share their expertise and also learn from you.
Throughout your career, you’ll have access to tailored training, coaching, and mentoring so you can continually build new skills. In addition to the dedicated training and development package, you’ll receive a starting salary of £34,663 as well as a host of other benefits including 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years’ service), an interest-free season ticket loan, paid parental and adoption leave, and access to our on-site facilities including a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars (at some locations).
We’re proud of our inclusive and supportive working environment that's designed to encourage open minds and attitudes. We’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential, and ensuring you feel confident being your true self at work. We also have a range of thriving, active affinity networks run by staff that champion awareness around ethnicity, gender, disability, neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+ and more.Flexible working hours We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working options to suit your needs. While homeworking is limited and not guaranteed due to the nature of the role, we support full-time, part-time (minimum 3 days) and compressed hours working patterns.
This is a unique opportunity to build a rewarding career at the heart of a vital team. To find our more and apply, click Apply button. At GCHQ diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve.
This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website. You don’t need any specific qualifications for this role. Our team members come from a range of professional backgrounds including teaching and customer service.Importantly, you’ll have a genuine interest in numbers and enjoy problem-solving. You’ll approach numerical, data and tech tasks with positivity and adapt your working style to maximise impact across a range of diverse projects. Additionally, you’ll need a strong proficiency in MS Office along with a solid understanding of budgets and financial reports.
To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years.
This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. You can apply at the age of 17 years, if successful you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. Full eligibility details can be found on our website. GCHQ is an intelligence, cyber and security agency with a mission to keep the UK safe.
We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity and partnerships to identify, analyse and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from terrorism, cyber-attacks and espionage. At GCHQ you’ll do varied and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.