Planner

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Gold Group Full time

**Job title**:Planner (PMO)

**Location**:London - flexible working arrangements available. Mostly working from home with travel to London Victoria Office and Office in Thatcham

**End date**:Dec 2023

**Hours per week**:37.5

**Rate per hour**:£40 - £45

**Qualification required for this role**:
Must have previous experience using MS Project and delivering in Project/Programme Planner roles

**Notice Period to Contractor**:1 week

**Notice Period to Atkins**:1 month

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**Clearance Required? **Yes

**About the role**:
This client requires a Planner with PMO experience to join their public sector clients. The consultant will be expected to provide the following:
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**Planning**:

- Microsoft Project to an advanced level (formal and/or comparable experience)
- Create, review, maintain and administer Portfolio/Programme/Project schedules
- Identify and maintain dependencies across the delivery environment - often interacting with Agile delivery at Project level
- Input to and review of management products relevant to the schedules
- Support the schedule update process
- Carry out analysis and assurance activities
- Lead/facilitate planning workshops and training sessions
- Use an understanding of the aspects of both 'traditional' and Agile projects to advise on the most appropriate planning practices
- Support resource utilisation and planning analysis where appropriate
- Ability to deliver effective training and coaching sessions to aid adoption and maturity of planning practices
- Experience or knowledge concepts such as resourcing and resource levelling, progress measurement, earned value analysis, completion forecasting and status reporting
- Advise and support clients and colleagues on planning best practice and delivery methodology

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**General Consulting in PMOs**:

- Understanding and experience of working in PMOs
- Understanding and experience of working across PMO functions: Change Control, Risk and Issue Management, Benefits Management, Governance, Reporting
- Consulting experience within client environments, ideally including government and potentially with knowledge of excellent practices from other sectors that can drive client business process improvement
- A solid understanding of one or more project and programme management methodologies
- Practical and formal experience of both waterfall and Agile planning principles and methods
- A current understanding and working knowledge of the latest trends in planning practices, including one or more Agile methodologies
- An understanding of Agile delivery tools
- An analytical thinker with creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Proactively identify and progress opportunities to add value to strategic and tactical decision making
- Good Demonstrable report writing and presentation skills.
- Ability to develop effective communication channels with key stakeholders
- Work as part of a team, sharing ideas and aiming for planning excellence

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**Qualifications**
- Qualifications across the following are preferable: Prince2, Manging Successful Programmes, APM
- Qualifications in Planning is preferable

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