Job description
About the Role
The role of Group ISO (Infrastructure, Security, Operations) Project Co-ordinator is to provide support to both internal and external teams, to help deliver a wide range of ISO projects within the Digital & Technology department.
You will be an experienced Project Co-ordinator who has worked on Digital Change / Transformation projects and who has a good understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
The successful Project Co-ordinator will be required to work closely with a variety of teams, on a range of exciting and often complex software and IT infrastructure projects, against agreed timescales and budgets. The successful individual will support the Group ISO Project Manager and ISO project delivery teams. In this role you will be responsible for supporting the Group ISO Project Manager for the entire ISO project lifecycle.
As a Project Co-Ordinator you will support project(s) to help ensure the delivery of deliverables within time, cost and quality constraints, work with lead team members day-to-day and keep key stakeholders up to date, building and maintaining those relationships.
What you'll be doing
- Monitoring the day-day delivery of tasks according to the agreed plans and help ensure that project milestones are achieved on time
- Monitoring the necessary resources to deliver the relevant project by liaising with the appropriate people, including those from third parties, other IT functions, business user groups etc.
- Monitoring and maintenance of Project plans, RAID logs and financial budgets
- Preparation and tracking of funding requests, release approvals and other necessary processes, as well as active participation in related meetings
- To work with the project manager, team, suppliers, and other stakeholders to keep the project on track
- Production of project status reports for stakeholder communication and project team alignment
- To actively support the development of improved management processes, ensuring effective control, governance, and resource planning in line with business requirements and demand
Skills and Knowledge
Essential:
- An understanding of commercial and procurement, solutions development, business change / implementation, business case development, asset allocation and knowledge management
- Proven experience within Digital Change / Transformation projects
- Recent experience as a Project Co-ordinator
- Effective communication skills
- Meeting notes/minutes experience
- Experience of Risk Management
- Experience of working with project stakeholders
- Experience of managing change within business and IT functions
- Experience of managing project scope
- Ability to organise and manage own time according to agreed project priorities and deadlines
- Ability to act at pace
- Experience working with MS Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams, Outlook
- Willingness to travel as required by projects
Desirable:
- PRINCE2 or similar project management qualification
- Experience of working with remote team/team members
- Specific experience in retail and/or food & beverage industry and familiarity with its common business processes