Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Connect to Work - Project Assistant
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Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Project Assistant – Connect to Work Programme
Grade 6
Location: Ty Elai, Dinas Isaf Industrial Estate, Tonypandy, with delivery across Rhondda Cynon Taf
Contract: Fixed term to 31st March 2030 (subject to programme funding)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Join us in making a positive difference to people's lives across Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The Connect to Work Programme is a new employment support initiative designed to help people overcome barriers to work and achieve sustainable employment. We are looking for a highly organised and motivated Project Assistant to provide vital administrative and operational support to this exciting programme.
About The Role
As Project Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of the Connect to Work Programme. You will be responsible for maintaining accurate records, managing participant and programme information, supporting reporting requirements, and ensuring compliance with funding and organisational requirements.
Working closely with colleagues across the Connect to Work and Work & Skills teams, you will provide high-quality administrative support that enables the programme to achieve positive outcomes for participants and employers.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate participant records and management information systems.
- Input and monitor programme data, ensuring quality and compliance.
- Create and maintain documents, spreadsheets, reports and administrative records.
- Support meetings, events, conferences and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Arrange bookings, appointments, venues and diary management.
- Process orders, invoices and financial transactions in line with Council procedures.
- Assist with marketing and promotion of the Connect to Work Programme.
- Ensure confidentiality and compliance with UK GDPR requirements.
- Provide general office and administrative support across the service.
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What We're Looking For
- Experience in an administrative role within an office environment.
- Experience of data entry and maintaining electronic records.
- Experience of processing orders, invoices and financial records.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience handling confidential information.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- The ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- A customer-focused approach and commitment to providing excellent service.
- Experience working within partnership or externally funded programmes.
- Experience using local authority financial or purchasing systems.
- Administrative qualifications.
- Welsh language skills or a willingness to learn Welsh.
Why Join Us?
At Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, your work will directly contribute to improving people's lives and strengthening our communities. We are committed to supporting our employees through excellent training and development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, wellbeing support, generous annual leave, and access to a range of staff benefits.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact: Adam Bowen via email Adam.J.Bowen@rctcbc or via mobile on 07824496387.
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to a Standard disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
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An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.
Care Experienced Leavers – Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of the Council’s corporate parenting role it is committed to supporting its care experienced leavers. This means anyone who has spent time within the care system at any point in their life. We encourage applications from individuals who are care experienced to enable them to access employment, education, experiences and volunteering opportunities.
The Council will guarantee an interview for any care experienced leavers who wish to take part in the scheme who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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