PMO (Project Planner) – SC Cleared PMO / Project Planner

Overview

In this role you will support effective project planning, scheduling, governance and reporting within an embedded client delivery environment in Corsham. You’ll collaborate with Project Managers, Delivery Leads and stakeholders to keep accurate plans, track milestones, and surface risks and issues. You will enable delivery teams with reliable planning information and controls, contributing to successful project delivery in a hybrid work setting. This position combines strong planning expertise with stakeholder engagement to support governance forums and progress visibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules and milestone trackers
• Track progress against baselines, identifying slippage, dependencies and risks
• Collaborate with Project Managers and delivery teams on activities, resources and critical milestones
• Manage interdependencies across projects and workstreams
• Monitor key dates and deliverables, ensuring plans stay current
• Support impact assessments for scope/timeline changes
• Maintain governance documentation, reporting packs and planning artefacts
• Produce regular progress reports highlighting milestones, risks, issues and exceptions
• Support governance meetings with agendas, updates and actions
• Maintain RAID logs and track actions to resolution
• Ensure accurate, consistent project information to support decisions
• Assist with compliance to PM processes and reporting standards
• Engage stakeholders to validate schedules and resolve planning discrepancies
• Communicate schedule changes and potential impacts clearly
• Build relationships across client and delivery teams
• Provide reliable planning information for governance forums and senior reporting
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes and PMO controls
• Develop and maintain templates, trackers and planning tools
• Support lessons-learned activities and continuous delivery improvement

Key requirements

• Proven experience in PMO, Project Planner or project controls
• Strong experience in developing and maintaining plans, schedules and milestone trackers
• Experience monitoring delivery progress, dependencies, risks and issues
• Ability to produce project reports and governance documentation
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Effective communication and stakeholder management
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6 or equivalent (beneficial)
• Ability to manage competing priorities with multiple delivery teams
• Proactive approach and follow-up on outstanding actions

• Methodical and dependable
• Effective communication
• Proactive problem-solving
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 (beneficial)
• RAID log maintenance

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