Project Support Officer - SC

Job Title: Project Support Officer - SC
Location: Exeter (2-3 days/week on site)
Contract Duration : 12 Months
Daily Rate: £319/day (Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC

Minimum requirement:

• APM Project Management or PRINCE2 Practitioner qualifications or equivalent evidence of working in a formal Programme or Project Management environment, including developing, maintaining, evolving systems for: planning/scheduling, reporting, resources, finances, risks, scope, change control, lessons learned and benefits
• A strong understanding of governance, including experience of applying first and second line assurance within a formal Programme or Project environment, including: developing, maintaining systems for Programme or Project controls for managing change in scope and requirements.
• Proven ability to prioritise a challenging workload with excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• MS Office 365, MS Teams, SharePoint and Diary management

Essential:

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to understand and gather evidence on customer, organisation, stakeholder and user needs within a formal Programme or Project Management environment.
• Experience of managing multiple risks, opportunities, and issues through to successful resolution in a formal Programme or Project environment.

Desirable:

• Proven experience of developing, maintaining, and evolving Programme and Project, planning, monitoring, reporting, and knowledge sharing solutions with a range of software tools. In particular: ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM), Microsoft Office 365 (i.e. SharePoint, PowerBI, Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Proven experience and knowledge of working with agile and incremental delivery and waterfall approaches in formal Programme or Project environments.

Key duties:

• Planning and scheduling - Ensure systems are in place to enable effective planning and scheduling. You will work closely with Programme and Project/Delivery Managers to ensure that Programme and Project plans are up to date and tracked within appropriate management systems
• Monitoring and reporting - Manage Programme controls, reporting to the Programme Manager(s) about the programme status. Develop programme performance reports. Leading the monthly reporting processes to stakeholders.
• Governance and Secretariat- Carry out organisational tasks efficiently. Manage compliance of the Programme(s) and its constituent Projects, so that are in line organisational policies and guidelines. You’ll act as the primary contact between the Programme and the Portfolio Office, advising Programme and Project/Delivery Managers on mandated standards and best practice.
• Support - by undertaking tasks, such as identification and refinement of customer requirements. You’ll be working closely with Programme Managers and relevant Project / Delivery Managers to help prepare artefacts for Programme Boards, ensuring they are accurate and consistent with Programme progress and held within the SPM system.
• Stakeholders - Manage and engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. So, you will develop and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders, including those on Programme Boards as well as draft and sign-off correspondence.
• Financial control - Monitor Programme and Project expenditure and contribute to the compilation of forecasts, budgets and business cases.
• Risks and Issues - Lead risk management, working with the respective Programme Manager(s) and risk owners, escalating as appropriate. This will include responsibility for ensuring Programme Risks Issues Decisions Actions and Change Control (RIDAC) artefacts are maintained and up to date within management systems.

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on (phone number removed).

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

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.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on (phone number removed)