At a Glance
- Tasks: Support project delivery by developing and maintaining project plans in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a dynamic team focused on operational excellence and project success.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, work 3 days a week in-office, and enhance your skills.
- Other info: Perfect for those looking to kickstart their career in project management.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by coordinating projects and collaborating with diverse teams.
- Qualifications: Experience in project planning or coordination and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 28350 - 34650 £ per year.
Project Planner/Coordinator – 3-Month Contract - Theale - 3 days/week in office
I'm currently recruiting for a Project Planner/Coordinator to support the delivery of projects and programmes within a fast-paced operational environment.
Working closely with Project Managers, operational and engineering teams, customers and third-party suppliers, you'll play a key role in developing, maintaining and monitoring project plans, ensuring milestones, dependencies, resources and delivery objectives are clearly tracked.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain accurate project plans, tracking milestones, dependencies, resource requirements and delivery progress.
- Coordinate activities across operational teams, Project Managers, customers, suppliers and wider stakeholders.
- Maintain project tracking tools, action logs, decision registers, risk logs and governance documentation.
- Produce regular project updates, dashboards, management information and performance reports.
- Proactively identify delivery risks, issues and bottlenecks, escalating where appropriate and supporting mitigation plans.
- Support implementation, onboarding and business change activities, ensuring key deliverables are tracked through to completion.
- Contribute to improving planning, reporting and project control processes, ensuring consistency and good governance.
Skills and experience required
- Previous experience in a Project Planner, Project Coordinator, PMO Analyst, Business Implementation or similar project delivery role.
- Strong understanding of project planning methodologies, project controls, governance and project lifecycles.
- Proven experience maintaining project schedules, action logs, risk registers and delivery reporting.
- Experience supporting customer-facing, operational delivery, implementation or transformation projects.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple teams and organisational levels.
- Excellent analytical, organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands across several workstreams.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Power Point and reporting tools.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced operational or programme delivery environment.
- Monday. com highly desirable, or similar planning tool.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong planning and coordination skills who can bring structure, visibility and control to project delivery.
Project Planner/Coordinator - 3 month contract in Theale employer: Project People
Join a dynamic and innovative team at a leading UK mobile and digital infrastructure business, where your expertise as Head of Business Change will be pivotal in driving transformation. Enjoy a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance, alongside a culture that values collaboration, professional growth, and the opportunity to lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team. With a focus on employee development and a commitment to delivering impactful change, this role offers a unique chance to influence key business outcomes in a thriving sector.
