About the Role
Base Location: Perth or Glasgow
Salary: £30,272 - 35,194 plus a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
The key duties and responsibilities of the Innovation Project Coordinator are:
- Coordinate the activities to manage the project accounts, raise purchase orders, check and receipt invoices, record necessary evidence for audit and regulatory requirements, and ultimately ensure our suppliers are paid on time.
- Coordinating and preparing project meetings, making sure these are scheduled in diaries, attended, and minutes recorded to a high quality.
- Support the project team with administrative tasks and provide internal team governance to meet milestones and deadlines.
- Coordinate project reports, making sure content is accurate and reports are produced on time and to a high-quality standard.
- Assisting the innovation team with project administration duties.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:
- Excellent administration and organisational skills; this role is an exciting one and will allow you an opportunity to learn about our business, and innovation whilst contributing to our ambitious and pivotal business goals to meet government and Net Zero targets.
- Project experience is beneficial. You will need as a minimum to have demonstrable experience and skills to coordinate multiple tasks, manage meeting schedules and produce succinct and auditable meeting minutes.
- This role involves creating purchase orders, and managing the financial processes involved in purchasing goods and services for projects, therefore experience in this topic is beneficial.
- You will be highly literate with a keen eye for detail, have strong financial data acumen, and have an ability to prioritise and schedule your own and others workload in a demanding and on occasion a time-competitive environment.
- You will have a friendly, approachable, and professional manner, working well with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve the best outcome, and aspire to be the best in class with your attitude and commitment in all that you do.
About our Business
SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low-carbon future, developing, building, maintaining, and operating a network for net zero.
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days of holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing, and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal-opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment, and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Stephanie on [email protected] or 01738 342963.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
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