Summary: The Project Planner role is crucial for tracking project progress and costs through integrated plans. This position involves creating and managing project plans for the Customisation and Development team, ensuring alignment with business priorities. The Project Planner will report to the PMO Manager and support Project Managers in maintaining project control standards. The role requires in-depth knowledge of project planning tools and proactive monitoring of project progress.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Customisation and Development departments to create and maintain resourced project plans, ensuring compliance to project control standards and procedures.
• Be proactive in the monitoring of progress against plans and develop recovery strategies as necessary, escalating to the Project Manager where required.
• Provide timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of progress against project plans to the PMO Manager / Project Managers.
• Provide assurance that change control, risk management and cost controlling procedures are being followed by the Project Managers.
• Participate in and facilitate the planning and preparation of project management events and workshops.
• Take the lead on projects to determine the future Project Planning Tools & Procedures within the PMO.

Key Skills:

• In depth knowledge of project planning tools including P6 (current tool), MS Project (back-up option) and Google based planning tools (future).
• Knowledge of full project development lifecycle including formal gate reviews.
• Experience of managing Design disciplines to develop and maintain resourced project plans.
• Understanding of Work Breakdown Structures, Level of Effort, Cost & Schedule Variance, and Cost Management reporting.
• Experience of compiling and updating Gantt Charts, understanding Critical Path Analysis.
• Experience of Resource Allocation and Resource Capacity Planning.
• Experience of standard reporting metrics including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Appreciation of Risk Management in projects.
• Able to prioritise complex work within constrained timelines.
• Strong skills with Google suite of programmes.

Salary (Rate): £46.30

City: Oxford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other