Role Title: Programme Planner

Duration: 6 Month Initial Contract

Location: Hybrid / Onsite 1 day per week in Warwick

Day Rate: Circa* £540 via Umbrella (salary option also available)

We are happy to be recruiting for one of our high-profile utilities clients! They are currently looking for a Programme Planner to join their team in focusing on the development and active management of their current projects implementation plan!

Key Accountabilities:

• Leadership, setting the direction and standards for Programme planning.
• Ensure that the developed plan will achieve the programme outcomes to the target date (initially Day 1 of the FSO)
• Build and maintain relationships with FSO programme leadership, ensuring requirements are met.
• Work with the PMOs and workstream leads to ensure the plan is accurate and is being proactively managed
• Take accountability for reporting of plan progress through programme governance
• Work collaboratively with FSO PMOs to ensure consistency of working and understanding of current state
• Ensure dependencies and clearly understood and managed across the workstreams with standards and assumptions clear
• Support in planning risk identification and mitigation for the programme
• Ensure that the plan for the FSO implementation aligns with the client and the ESO programme team

Knowledge, Experience & Technical Know How:

• Leadership of a planning capability in either an IT portfolio or IT programme capacity
• Knowledge / awareness of the range of roles performed by the PMO within a complex programme
• Leadership of multiple teams
• Experience of matrix management of resources
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders to understand their requirements and set clear expectations
• Experience of leading a high performing PMO team using best practice tools and methods.
• Experience in IT Systems

Working hours:

Standard Monday - Friday working hours with some flex where required.

If you feel that this is a role that would suit you then please apply today with an up-to-date CV!

If you do not hear from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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