SC Cleared Project Planner Remote
Job description
Project Planner (Inside IR35)
Contract Term:12 months – possibility of extension
Contracting Authority: Ministry of Defence
Location: Remote working with occasional travel to Porton Down site
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.
To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.
Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you’re a permanent appointee or an interim.
Please note you must hold active SC Clearance to be considered for this role
As a Project Planner, your main responsibilities would be:
Duties:
· Experience of working as a Project Planner or who has held a similar role within a project team with good knowledge of project planning, a PMO or as a Project Manager or Work stream Lead of a small project.
· An effective communicator who can tailor their approach to the varied nature of the Portfolio.
· Delivery & Leadership – act as the point of contact for Digital PMO on planning activity and work with the portfolio to support delivery of the business case benefits and outcomes. Support capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting. Provide expert advice for team members and project community.
· Project Planning – Challenge and test project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable. Develop of breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy. Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities.
· Resources – Manage portfolio planning; identify and plan for wider resource requirements for the project, feeding into the leadership team as appropriate.
· Dependency Management - Develop, track, maintain and report on dependencies across projects and programmes within the Digital portfolio and against Digital and Dstl strategy
· Stakeholder Management – working with the Digital Change Lead, ensure that effective stakeholder management processes and ways of working are adopted, specifically confirming that responsibilities and needs are understood and addressed via reporting arrangements. Develops peer networks across the department.
· Project Performance & Controls – Monitor and analyse information, reporting progress, slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity.
· Guidance & Support – Provide expert advice on planning processes across the Digital portfolio.
Essential:
· Full knowledge of project lifecycle and experience of working in a P3 environment
· Solid understanding of milestones, dependencies plans and schedules.
· Stakeholder engagement including reporting, communicating, and influencing across all levels of the business.
· Ability to use MS Office Applications (Strong knowledge and experience of MS Excel)
· Working in a fast-paced delivery environment
· Quality Management
· APM
· PRINCE 2
Desirable:
· Familiarity of Government, Defence or security sector
· Experience of practical dependency and output management within a P3 environment
· Experience of working as a Project Planner or has held a role with a project team with good working knowledge of project planning.
· PRINCE 2 (Practitioner)
· Agile Project Management (Practitioner)
· Management of Portfolios (Practitioner)
· Managing Successful Programmes (Practitioner)
If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with [email protected]
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £400.00-£500.00 per day
Benefits:
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Project Management: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Remote
Reference ID: PSR1JP00069516
