Thursday, January 08, 2015

FILLED: Programme Planner - MS Project expert (DB6220), 6 mths+, South East England / M3, Approx. £400 pd, ASAP Start

Programme Planner - MS Project expert (DB6220)
Interim, 6 mths+, South East England / M3
Approx. £400 pd, ASAP Start

Our client immediately requires an expert Programme Planner with excellent MS Project skills to join their PMO in the support of a large scale business transformation programme.

The role is all about owning and updating the Programme Delivery plan, including critical path analysis, change request impact, tracking cross programme dependencies and planning next phase portfolio rollouts

Key Accountabilities:

The Programme Planner will be responsible for continuously analysis the changing landscape of the Programme Schedule to identify trends and discrepancies which could affect or improve programme performance; this includes ensuring that each workstream is consistent in the return of project updates and status etc. 
  • responsible for the production and maintenance of plans at programme, workstream and project level
  • ensures planning standards are defined and that projects and workstreams are adhering to them
  • works with project managers and workstream leads to develop and maintain project plans
  • ensures that the overall programme roadmap is up to date
  • ensures projects and workstreams are managing dependencies efficiently (including external dependencies)
  • produces weekly MI reporting pack to track progress against plan
  • ensures change requests are assessed against the baseline plan and that impacts are understood
  • supports PMO manager and PMO colleagues as required
Key Skills and Requirements 
Mandatory:
  • "MS Project Planning Expert" highly proficient / SME in the use of MS Project to set up and maintain programme plans at appropriate level of detail
  • Previous experience of working on a large and complex projects and programmes as a Programme Planner
  • Able to code macros or VB scripts to consolidate multiple programme plans and produce meaningful MI
  • Comfortable operating in fast paced, dynamic, release orientated business environments

Desirable
Mobile, Telco, TV or Media industry experience
roles@b2e-resourcing.co.uk

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