Seeking a skilled Project and Programme Planning Lead to drive the development, updating, and monitoring of plans across multiple projects and programmes. This role plays a crucial part in ensuring the successful delivery of the organisation's change portfolio by defining key milestones, managing resources, and providing clarity on scheduling.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead all aspects of project and programme planning, ensuring efficient resource allocation and milestone tracking.
* Develop and implement portfolio-wide planning, scheduling, and resource management approaches in conjunction with the Change Centre of Excellence Manager.
* Collaborate with project teams to track progress throughout the change lifecycle, identifying and addressing interdependencies.
* Provide expert advice on scheduling and resource strategies, ensuring both people and physical resources are optimally managed.
* Oversee demand and capacity planning to ensure resource requirements are met across the organisation.
* Ensure planning aligns with the organisation’s strategic priorities and annual business planning cycle.
Key Skills & Qualifications:
* Project Practitioner qualification (PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall or APM).
* Proven experience in a planning role, with strong knowledge of the project and programme planning lifecycle.
* Experience in systems implementations within a project
* Experience working within a structured governance process would be advantageous.
* Strong analytical skills, with the ability to manage complex data and provide insights.
* Ability to develop planning and resourcing strategies, frameworks, tools and methods
* Ability to analyse complex data and provide insights, tailored recommendations and reporting outputs
* Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
* Experience developing and maintaining portfolio-level plans, dependencies, risks, and resource frameworks.
* Expertise in configuring and using Project Management tools (PMS) such as Wrike.
In return
* Excellent Pension scheme
* 35 hours per week
* excellent flexi time to 1.5 days per month and hybrid working which is super-flexible.
* Core flexible hours between 7am – 7pm Mon – Frid,
* Condensed days: 5 days condensed into 4, with one day off or over 10 days condensed down to 9 days.
How to Apply:
Send your CV to joanne.fletcher@edenscott.com or call 07471 353279 for a confidential conversation.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all. Permanent UK work eligibility is required.