Project Support Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to business planning and reporting activities
• Leading the delivery of defined smaller-scale transformation projects.
• Providing project support to Project Managers, enabling them to focus on critical project management activities.
• Oversee project scheduling, cost and quality, escalating when tolerances are exceeded
• Support the management of risks, issues, dependencies and change requests, escalating as appropriate
• Track and report on project progress against the plan and objectives
• Ensure delivery of project tasks, meeting milestones, managing project team meetings (for allocated project) and initiation of corrective action to resolve or escalating obstacles

Essential Skills

• Proven ability to work effectively as part of a project team, contributing to the successful delivery of project objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience facilitating and leading small project team meetings, providing updates, and engaging stakeholders.
• Experienced in project controls, including project planning, monitoring progress, tracking risks and issues, reporting, and maintaining project governance and documentation.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with practical experience using Microsoft Project, Planner, Microsoft Lists and / or Excel to manage schedules, tasks, and project activities.

Desirable Skills

• Project management qualification or certification (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum).
• Experience conducting or supporting user research activities.
• Experience using Azure DevOps to support project delivery and workflow management.