At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and manage integrated programme schedules for multiple projects.
- Company: Join a leading organisation in London focused on complex programme delivery.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hybrid working, and a chance to enhance your skills.
- Other info: Short-term contract with potential for future opportunities.
- Why this job: Be a key player in impactful programmes and drive successful outcomes.
- Qualifications: Experience in programme planning and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 78000 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared Programme Planner to support a key programme engagement on an initial three‑month contract. This role will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and controlling integrated programme schedules that provide a clear, accurate, and trusted view of delivery progress across multiple projects and workstreams. Acting as the single source of truth for programme milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery confidence, the successful candidate will play a critical role in supporting programme governance, enabling informed decision‑making, and ensuring alignment across the wider delivery organisation. This is a short‑term assignment designed to support a specific programme requirement and will be delivered on a Time & Materials basis.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and control integrated programme and project schedules using approved planning tools and methodologies.
- Establish and maintain a clear view of programme milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and critical paths, ensuring alignment with contractual commitments and business objectives.
- Map milestones and deliverables to contract requirements and ensure alignment across the programme.
- Monitor programme progress, update schedules, and provide accurate forecasting to support delivery confidence and decision‑making.
- Produce high‑quality reporting packs, dashboards, and schedule analysis to provide stakeholders with meaningful insights into programme performance.
- Manage programme baselines, stage gates, and change control processes, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and planning standards.
- Facilitate planning workshops and collaborate closely with Project Managers, PMO teams, delivery leads, and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment across workstreams.
- Identify, assess, and manage schedule risks, issues, assumptions, and interdependencies, escalating concerns where appropriate.
- Support programme governance activities by maintaining accurate planning data and ensuring reporting integrity.
- Drive continuous improvement across planning processes, tools, reporting, and programme controls to enhance delivery effectiveness and transparency.
- Act as a trusted planning resource, providing expert guidance and schedule insights to support successful programme delivery.
Required Experience & Skills
- Proven experience in programme, portfolio, or project planning within complex, multi‑project environments.
- Strong proficiency with planning and reporting tools, including Microsoft Project, Jira, Power BI, and Excel.
- Solid understanding of project and programme management methodologies, including MSP, PRINCE2, Agile, and hybrid delivery frameworks.
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated programme schedules, managing dependencies, and supporting programme governance.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and reporting capabilities, with the ability to interpret schedule data and provide meaningful delivery insights.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of an organisation.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and collaborate across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Professional project or programme management certifications (e.g. MSP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, Agile certifications) are highly desirable.
- Previous experience supporting complex programmes within a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contract environment.
- Experience operating within enterprise PMO or Programme Controls functions.
- Exposure to automated reporting, dashboard development, and data‑driven planning practices.
- Familiarity with Agile planning techniques, sprint planning, and delivery forecasting.
Ideal Candidate Profile
You will be a highly organised Programme Planner with experience supporting large‑scale transformation, technology, outsourcing, or service delivery programmes. You will be comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment, managing complex schedules and dependencies while providing senior stakeholders with clear, accurate, and actionable planning information. Experience working within enterprise PMO environments and supporting complex contractual delivery programmes will be highly advantageous.
Contract Details
- Contract Length: Approximately 3 months.
- IR35 Status: Inside IR35.
- Day Rate: Up to £600 per day.
- Location: London.
- Start Date: 6th July.
- Working Arrangement: Hybrid/on‑site as required.
DV Cleared Programme Planner vacancy in London (178DM) employer: Ex-Mill Recruitment Ltd
Join a dynamic and innovative team in London as a DV Cleared Programme Planner, where you will play a pivotal role in driving programme success through expert planning and governance. Our company fosters a collaborative work culture that values continuous improvement and professional growth, offering opportunities to enhance your skills with cutting-edge tools and methodologies. With a focus on meaningful projects and a supportive environment, we are committed to empowering our employees to achieve their best while making a significant impact in the field.
