Programme Planner

PMO Programme Planner

Location: BSN01

Your role

We are seeking an experienced Programme Plannerto be responsible for coordinating and planning all work across a large Account. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in planning within a large programme or across several projects, project management methodologies, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Key responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive Level 0 project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation, in collaboration with the Project Managers and other key stakeholders (eg Programme Manager).
• Coordinate project activities and ensure that all project tasks are tracked with any updates completed in a timely manner.
• Manage the transition from current plans and ways of working into the use of project web on a daily basis across 40 projects within the portfolio
• Act as a champion for Project Web across the account and provide guidance to PM's regarding how to structure their plans to obtain the best results from Project Web
• Identify and escape any conflicts or issues in project plans that arise during the project lifecycle.
• Support the conduct of risk assessments and help highlight mitigation strategies to minimise project risks against the project plans.
• Review the project highlight reports (PHRs) to ascertain progress against the project plans and escalat risks & issues to the Programme Manager on a regular basis.
• If requested to, collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects, engineers, etc. to ensure project success.
• Provide leadership and guidance to project team members to ensure project objectives are met.

Requirements

• Proven experience working as an IT Programme Planner or in a similar role.
• Detailed working knowledge of Project Web as a planner in a portfolio role
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, such as Agile, Scrum, or Waterfall.
• Excellent organisational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.

This role will require you to become security cleared to a high level. Please visit National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ().

Your benefits

• 26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension - Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Companywide incentive plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work - employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP

Recruitment process

The recruitment process consists of two stages of interviews.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

We are recognised as a responsible and inclusive employer:Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader, a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

We are people centric:Our work environments enable you to Be Completely You.Our active people-led Inclusive Community networks are representative of all aspects of diversity and are instrumental in enabling and supporting our innovative approach to inclusion.