Senior Project Planner – SC Cleared

Salt are recruiting for an immediate requirement with a central government client of ours who is looking for a SC Cleared Senior Project Planner who is well experienced in the P3O Framework.

This will be an Inside IR35 contract for 5 months. It would be a hybrid role with only 2 days a month in office, based in Exeter.

This role will be supporting the incumbent Portfolio Office Lead Planner in the discharge of the responsibilities outlined below in order for the Lead Planner to focus on developing our portfolio level plans and dependency management.

Essential Criteria

1. Substantial experience of leading planning for progressively larger and more complex projects and programmes, and supporting the production of associated artefacts such as (but not limited to) scoping statements, WBS, RAMs etc.

2. Excellent knowledge and demonstrable experience of creating integrated master schedules across multiple projects and programmes in a portfolio.

3. Experience of identifying and managing pan-programme dependencies.

4. Ability to drive best practice through excellent communication skills that emphasise both clarity and engagement and show a proven ability to work well as a member of a team.

5. Adept at presenting insights and trends in a variety of formats and levels of detail to suit different audience requirements.

6. Substantial experience of using project schedule tools, preferably MS project as well as other MS tools including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI and SharePoint.

7. P3O framework experience

Desirable Criteria

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but your application will be even stronger if you have:

* A project/programme management qualification eg PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Project Management Practitioner, APM Project Management Qualification, APM Practitioner Qualification, Project Leadership Programme.

* Experience of working in Agile, hybrid, and waterfall project/programme delivery environments, with varying levels of maturity.

Candidate’s who do not hold an existing SC clearance will be rejected automatically.