Planning & Controls Manager / Pm / PMO

Key Responsibilities
Planning & Controls Manager/PM/PMO – Earn £522 per day plus benefits (PAYE) or £599 per day (LTD)
The role of the Project Planning and Control lead will focus on:

Producing robust plans for markets and /or function plans
Accurate progress tracking and forward looking escalations
Ensuring cross programme dependencies are identified and managed
Acting as an escalation point for re-planning within a phase
Defining, documenting and delivering planning process
Coaching and training PM in use of PMO tools
Owning the plan/milestone related change control process
Identifying and planning the deliverables, dependencies and interfaces between the projects internally, and other external programmes
Undertaking risk assessment of each schedule
Identifying potential gaps in the project delivery
5 years previous experience of working in a scheduling/planning role on a programme on a large business change programme is essential
Qualifications:

Excellent MS Project skills (2010)
Experience of coaching PMs in planning and MS Project
Proven ability to manage inter and intra project dependencies
Large scale programme sizing/estimating
Defining and documenting planning and tracking processes
Proven ability to undertake project planning, risk assessment, risk and issue management, all pertaining to large scale transformation programmes
Integrated change management skills, in particular the ability to deliver a credible/feasible integrated change management plans
Ability to conceptualise complex problems and propose simple low risk solutions
Experience of MS Project Server
Possess formal qualifications in Project and/or Programme Management (pref. PRINCE2, APMP, MSP. PMP)
Powerpoint and Excel skills
Excellent written and verbal communications skills

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