Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities. We are looking for a Business Systems Project Assistant to work with the Head of Business Systems in our Haywards Heath office.
Salary: £19,796.00
Location:UK remote – Occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required
Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working
About the role
Working as part of the Business Systems Team the Projects Assistant will assist with ongoing project activities. Supporting project sponsors and managers from across the organisation they will help with project delivery by assisting with documentation, supporting user acceptance testing, and conducting project activities. Projects will range in size and type from system development projects to IT infrastructure projects with multiple projects on the go at any given time.
About you
- Disciplined work approach: Gets tasks completed on time and to high standards, manages relationships with others
- Initiative & Flexibility: Recognises the need to adapt to change & implement appropriate solutions. Be able to identify opportunities and recommend/influence for change to increase effectiveness and success on projects.
- Creativity & Initiative: demonstrate creativity & originality in your work and have the personal drive and initiative to bring about change and help drive the business forward.
- Cultural sensitivity and an understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
- The ability to work autonomously with little supervision
About the role
- Undertake and support with project activities including documentation, testing activities, collating training materials, supporting data migration through data entry and data cleansing. Working with internal and external resources as appropriate, to assist in delivering multiple projects to a successful conclusion within budget and on time.
- Work with the business systems team to agree and implement a new document management structure. Identify and collate key documents for projects and work with project teams to determine access needs.
This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Knowledge and Skills required
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 suite of products including Teams and SharePoint online.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Customer care and stakeholder management skills
- Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Cloud-based document management
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes flexible working hours\days, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts.
If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
Next steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place week commencing the 15th of August 2022.
Closing Date: 9 August, 2022