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Interim Project Support Reference no: TLX 0007 B118 / 1 Pay Rate: £230 per day PAYE 35 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 8 months City: SOUTHWARK, LONDON Hybrid working – Candidates must bring own laptop and equipment Project support is required to support successful management of high-profile projects to time, budget and quality standards. Working into a Project Manager, you will facilitate delivery of projects through successful management and partnership of both internal resource and delivery partners, plus third-party suppliers Key Responsibilities:

• Supports the delivery of large-scale projects with significant complexity, involving sophisticated stakeholder management of internal networks and external partners, in a sensitive political environment
• Ensures delivery of projects to meet the agreed objectives, in line with quality standards, including adherence to all processes and procedures, governance requirements and communication standards
• Supports Project Manager to manage an indirect matrix project delivery team, including internal staff, agency and contract workers in order to ensure successful delivery of project objectives
• Supports management of the PMO, undertaking project planning (including scoping work packages and outputs, identifying key milestones and dependencies, highlighting and mitigating risks, managing cost controls etc), establishing and maintaining PPM tools (e.g. project plan, risk and issues registers, decision log) to facilitate monitoring and ensure delivery is on track, and leads delivery of certain work packages directly, as required
• Manages an effective and responsive reporting programme, which aligns with reporting mechanisms and caters to the needs of different audiences
• Supports management of an effective governance programme, including a senior stakeholder steering group, informing of progress, and influencing and driving senior level decision making in a timely manner to keep projects on track
• Maintains effective working relationships with the project Sponsor, suppliers’ and contractors’ project management teams as appropriate to facilitate the smooth running of the project
• Coordinates activity to support effective budget management within financial management mechanisms, identifying and escalating cost risks
• Monitors resource plan to ensure that the resource requirements for projects are communicated and agreed by relevant stakeholders

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items: Qualifications:

• Professional qualification in Project/Programme Management such as PRINCE 2, APMP or MSP

Knowledge:

• Solid knowledge and understanding of project and programme management methodologies and their practical application in a transport setting
• Strong knowledge and understanding of project control tools and techniques
• Strong knowledge and understanding of project budgeting, procurement processes and contract management in a project management setting

Experience:

• Experience in complex multi-disciplinary and matrix-managed environments, with direct and indirect influencing skills
• Demonstrable experience of coordinating large multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix environment in a large, complex organisation and ensuring that they deliver to time, budget and quality
• Experience of managing delivery through others, including external contractors and/or suppliers
• Experience of delivery and stakeholder management at a senior level
• Proven record of supporting delivery of large-scale (£5+m value) projects and programmes in a large, complex organisation, where there are multiple interfaces, and delivering to time, budget and quality standards

ALD If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via [email protected] but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:

Job Ref: TLX 0007 B118 / 1

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.