PMO Planning Support Officer

**PMO Planning Support Officer**

**Salary**: Band C £28,498 gross per annum _(A Specialist Allowance of up to £1,000 per annum is also available for this role)_

**Hours**:Full-Time _(We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)_

**Contract Type**:Open-Ended

**Location**: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington

Come and discover how much you can achieve when you’re surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn, and empowered to explore your curiosity.

**About Us**

The Hartree Centre is within the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and part of UK Research and Innovation. We are funded by UK Government to support businesses and the public sector on their digital journey, so we can grow the economy, create skilled jobs and keep the UK at the forefront of digital innovation.

We help organisations with an appetite for change, who are ready to innovate and create useful solutions to explore and adopt advanced digital technologies, including high performance computing (HPC), data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). We are home to some of the most advanced computing, data and AI technologies in the UK and form an important part of the UK's research and innovation ecosystem alongside our global network of academic research communities and technology partners.

**Benefits**

STFC values their employees by offering a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance. This includes 30 days’ annual leave, 10.5 public and privilege holidays, flexible working hours, exceptional average salary pension scheme, social and sporting activities and societies and a subsidised restaurant.

**About the Role**

This role will be positioned within the Hartree Centre Programme Management Office (PMO). The role holder will work closely with the PMO Budget and Planning Manager and other members of the PMO to ensure the seamless planning of staff and machine resources across the centre. The role will involve planning future resource allocations, understanding actual resource spend against forecast and identifying exceptions for further action. In addition, the role will support other key staff by establishing resource plans and reconciling differences between Programme Management Office (PMO) and Group Leader (GL) views.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Communicate regularly with a range of Group Leads and Project Managers to identify and address any issues relating to staff under or over allocation. Collaborate with key stakeholders to offer solutions to these issues in a timely manner.
- Work with PMO colleagues to produce a weekly “single source of truth” people-centric resourcing plan for all staff in the Hartree Centre to maintain an accurate understanding of current and planned work
- Provide training to new starters on how to fill in weekly timesheets.
- Work with staff who have missing time bookings and ensure completion so there is a full and accurate resource picture across the Centre.
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**Person Specification**
- Proven detail-focussed experience in a project coordination, planning or resourcing role.
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels in the organisation, including delivering presentations when required.
- Possesses a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and especially adept at using Microsoft Excel.
- Proactive and innovative approach to problem solving - ability to 'think outside the box' and propose alternative solutions to resolve issues.
- Able to make effective and sensible decisions on own initiative. Takes ownership of decisions and any corrective action needed.
- Able to demonstrate a continuous improvement approach.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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