Junior Project Manager

Ref: G5/OL-73880

Contract: Fixed Term (12 months)

Salary: £27,344 - £30,151 per annum (Grade 5)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Oldham Civic Centre

Closing Date: Friday 24th February 2023

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: Friday 3rd March 2023

Job Description & Person Specification.doc

Role Overview:

To provide project and organisational support to the Programme Management Office (PMO), analysing and interpreting different project and change data to use in project planning and delivery, plus undertaking co-ordinating and monitoring activities relating to the work of the PMO team. This could be across more than one project or programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the PMO in production of core material such as highlight report, plans and change controls and help manage the change board.
• Monitor project timescales, record the achievement of project milestones, issue reminders to prompt others when the agreed actions are pending/ overdue, and escalate delays as appropriate.
• Drop into projects and programmes in distress or need of attention to provide rigour, project management and leadership.

Key Requirements:

• Literacy and numeracy sufficient to undertake the tasks and duties of the role
• Experience of undertaking a range of co-ordination and monitoring activities to support others to successfully deliver projects and/or programmes of work
• Experience of researching, collating, processing and analysing information/data of potentially complex data sets to support project planning and delivery activities

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