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
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
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