Project Support Officer

1 week ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Nigel Wright Group Full time

The Opportunity

The scope of the work includes:

- Updating risk and issues logs and escalating high risks through the appropriate channels
- Updating cost forecasts and budgets
- Cost and Delivery Performance reporting
- Collating project dashboards and producing a regular progress reporting pack
- Developing and updating MS Project Plans
- Controlling project documents and storing in a document repository

**Responsibilities**:

- Attending regular project risk and issue workshops and ensuring that the risk logs are up to date and escalating issues and risks as appropriate
- Updating project and service cost forecasts and financial reports in collaboration with the project managers
- Collating weekly & monthly dashboards, quality checking them and producing a monthly reporting pack based on the information in the dashboards
- Updating and developing MS Project Plans on project status with the ability to identify and feedback on issues with project plans
- Supporting project communications and planning activities such as training, communications, and business readiness checks, with the support of the project managers
- Supporting additional processes in the team such as Change & Problem Management and Service Transition
- Support for procurement events

Person Specification:

- SAP experience would be desirable and someone who is proficient in Excel would be an advantage.
- A Prince2 background would be advantageous.
- Experience of using Microsoft Projects
- Identifying issues
- Approachable & Friendly
- Experience of working with and challenging PMs when needed



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