Description
Programme Support Officer - INSIDE IR35
Duration: 3 months initially
Leeds city centre and remote working
The Project Support Officer will support 2 large IT divisions with their governance, control, and resource management. This is a senior role within the support staff of both transformation portfolio and programmes and will provide the essential services to ensure the smooth running of all transformation activity.
Skills required:
Industry Knowledge: APM or Prince 2 (or similar Project Management Qualification)
- Skilled in the Microsoft office suite (specifically Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint)
- Strong planning skills and ability to prioritise work appropriately
- Comprehensive understanding of Programme Management services, (eg risk management, planning, reporting and change control)
- Experience of supporting administration and business processes, eg in a large programme or project management environment, and designing, setting up and implementing project administrative processes and procedures
- Experience of working with financial budgets and forecasts within large programmes
- An understanding of Information Security
RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage and maintain relationships with Project Managers, internal stakeholders including governance, assurance, resourcing and finance.
- Manage contractor vacancies across the Portfolio.
- Review project and programme expenditure monthly and liaise with the Director, and Project Leads and for verification and signoff.
- Monitor and analyse financial reports relating to contractor resourcing.
- Monitor the risks and issues register, managing escalations and follow up actions.
- Monitor actions and decisions logs generated at the Steering Committee and Checkpoint meetings, ensuring next steps are actioned.
- Maintain documentation and reports and guidance documentation in conjunction with Project Managers.
- Identify and resolve operational problems, escalating more complex and difficult issues upwards to relevant members of the teams.
- Manage the work trackers and task allocation sheets.
- Perform key month, quarter and year-end activities linked to Opex and Capex spend against the approved budget.
- Provide support for meetings includes setting up and programme meetings, including the recording of meeting action logs and decision logs accountability.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age