Project Assistant

ob Title: Project Assistant - Waste and Resource Management

Location: Winchester/Hybrid

Contract Type: Temporary until 31^st March 2026

Salary: £14.40 per hour

About the Role

To provide positive and proactive support on a range of key Waste and Resource Management projects to support upcoming changes to legislation and service delivery.

Support the delivery of waste projects by carrying out key tasks, including, but not limited to:

• Data collation, interpretation and analysis
• Updating and maintaining project documentation
• Customer engagement - social media engagement and resident enquiries
• Attending meetings and events related to waste and resource management
• Contributing to written reports to support projects
• Project support for the wider Waste and Resource Management team
• Working with volunteers and supporting community events
• Prioritising workload to ensure deadlines are met.

The role dimensions - financial and non-financial

• Support colleagues as required to work with partners internally and externally to the County Council in the delivery of projects or work areas
• Demonstrate a flexible and positive approach to changing priorities and a willingness to input through matrix working to support key areas of work, regardless of grade and normal work area.

Additional Information

Whilst the generic role profile sets out the broad range of skills required at this level, what will make this role successful is how it delivers the role in the two key areas set out below:

Relationship management and communication

• Ability to communicate in a clear and confident manner both in both written and verbal formats and maintain constructive relationships with internal and external partners.

Having a positive attitude and willingness to learn

• Being ambitious to improve, innovate and work to create a sustainable and future-proof Hampshire as part of a small team

Essential Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Formal qualification (beyond GCSE or equivalent) and relevant experience as appropriate
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to undertake and review research/guidance and present findings
• Competence of IT skills e.g. MS Office, email and internet
• Ability to manage own workload with minimal levels of supervision and to prioritise work to achieve project deadlines
• Team worker - supporting other team members on waste and environment projects is key to this role

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Genuine interest in or knowledge of waste, climate change or wider environmental and sustainability issues
• Experience of developing social media content
• Data analysis skills
• Full drivers licence
• Willingness to occasionally attend community events at weekends

About Us

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

Please contact Daniel Goodyear on daniel.goodyear@connect2hampshire.co.uk or 01256 593711

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.