project coordinator London, England
Avanti West Coast
Full Time
London, England
28300 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
We are Avanti West Coast, and we are busy making rail the greener, cleaner, and comfier way to go. A joint venture between First Group and Trenitalia, we are going all out to transform train travel on the West Coast Main Line, and we are looking forward to whooshing more people to their destinations in industry-leading comfort.
Every one of our colleagues are encouraged to make a difference today to look after tomorrow. We¿re passionate about people sharing their spark and get a buzz seeing our teams take pride. With employees based right across the country, we love to win together and drive a culture which stands for progress ¿ ready to raise the bar at every opportunity.
We have a great opportunity to join Avanti West Coast as a Project Coordinator as part of our Stations Project Team, reporting into the Senior Project Manager. Role is based at either Birmingham or London
We are looking for a highly organised individual with excellent attention to detail who can work well within a friendly team environment. This is a busy, fast-paced department where the need to multitask and use initiative will be vital along with excellent communication skills.
In this role you will be expected to deliver a high quality and efficient project coordination service to the wider Stations Project Team, including the Senior Project Manager, Project Sponsor and Workstream leads. Enabling and supporting the project manager by managing reports, documentation and projects plans. Ensuring they are up to date and accurate. The role will be responsible for the administration of meetings.
The successful candidate will play a lead role in supporting the project team.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Be proactive in providing general project coordination support for all activities including collaborating with other departments.
- Audit actions proactively and manage timely updates for the Project Team members.
- Provide support on any project compliance requirements.
- Provide a high-quality support to the Project Team as required including diary management, organising meetings and conferences.
- Manage and control documents to ensure only the latest versions are available for use by the Project Team members.
- Aid the Project Team in their role planning, managing, and implementing the project end to end across the project management cycle (including systematic reporting and alignment with the defined
- Projects Governance and use of mandated tools such as Workfront and Corestream.).
- Understand and support the Programme Management Methodology (PMM) components of Avanti West Coast¿s corporate management system.
- Assist with stakeholder management including staff engagement.
- Provide support to risk analysis activities and reporting at project level.
- Encourage continuous improvement including Post Implementation Review, regular reviews throughout the lifecycle and the refinement of the Programme Management Methodology toolkit.
- Able to be trusted with sensitive information from both within the business and external forums.
- Benefits include:
- Final salary pension
- Free travel on Avanti West Coast for you/spouse/partner/dependents
- Privilege Travel card (75% off other train operators fares for leisure travel)
- 30 days holiday rising by 1 for every completed year of service to a maximum of 37 days (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 10 free journeys on other First Group Train Operators
Please upload a CV with your application.
At Avanti West Coast, we value the differences that make each of us unique! Avanti West Coast recognises the benefits of building a diverse workforce and employing people from diverse backgrounds, which includes their race, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability and sexual orientation.
Everyone who joins Avanti West Coast becomes part of our close knit team. We're committed to ensuring that Avanti West Coast is inclusive, a place where people are encouraged to be themselves, and not an edited version to fit in. A place where differences are welcomed, recognised, accepted and put to good use!
Avanti West Coast
www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
