OSS Senior Project Officer, Cardiff

Salary: £29,000 per annum Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 39 hours per week Job Reference Number: ASCC-SPO Job Location: Wales Job Area: Cardiff, Wales Closing Date: 21st March 2026
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Senior Project Officer

Ref: ASCC-SPO

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Hours: 39 per week (some evening and weekend working may be required)

Location: Cardiff

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Officer to join our friendly team at our autism One Stop Shop in Cardiff. We are looking for a resilient and enthusiastic individual to support with the management and operation of the One Stop Shop and focus on developing our service provision for autistic adults. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to progress further in their career.

About the role

The Senior Project Officer will support and work collaboratively with the OSS Project Manager, deputising in their absence. As part of your role, you will lead on supporting autistic adults to gain and retain employment and supervise the Project Officers at 21 High Street. As a supervisor, you will promote and embed a culture of responsibility and commitment to the role.

Key aspects of the role include:

  • Supporting Individuals – You will manage a caseload of individuals who attend the One Stop Shop and make use of the services provided, in particular with employment support.
  • Compliance and reporting – As part of the role, you will be required to complete reports with statistics related to the running of the One Stop Shop, identifying trends and updating records. You will also adhere to GDPR and adult safeguarding policies as required.
  • Communicating with external stakeholders – This will include liaising with external agencies and job centres, along with local authorities. You will represent the One Stop Shop, developing future working partnerships.
  • Collaborative Working – You will be responsible for setting up and leading team meetings within the one stop shop, promoting teamwork and engagement and ensuring that

Skills and experience required

To be successful in this role, you will have experience in employment support, and have a good knowledge of autism.

This position requires an enhanced disclosure from Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of which will be met by Autism Initiatives.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time

Closing date for completed applications 21/03/2025

Interviews are scheduled for 31/03/2025

 

How to apply?

If you think you have what we are looking for and are interested in joining our team in Cardiff, we’d be delighted to hear from you.  Please complete an application form online. If you require any support with the application process, or you wish to request an application link to be sent to you, please contact our friendly HR team on 0151 932 2242 who will be happy to help you.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and in service delivery.

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Benefits of working with us

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

Before you start

Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:

  • Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
  • Relevant qualifications to the role
  • A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer.
  • For further Tips on completing your application, please refer to our download  on the “Apply Now” section.

If you’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of recruitment team will be in touch

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