Project Coordinator

Tpexpress; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

TransPennine Express is seeking a motivated individual to join their Major Projects Directorate. The role involves organizing project meetings, supporting project managers, and ensuring compliance with project documentation. Excellent career prospects and a supportive environment are offered.

Benefits

Excellent career prospects

Personal development plan

Structured training and development

Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis

Generous annual leave entitlement

Free TransPennine Express rail travel

Travel discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Railway Pension Scheme

Family friendly benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in organizing project governance meetings.
• Ability to assist in standardizing project reporting.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate project governance meetings.
• Support project managers in creating dashboards.
• Provide administrative support to the Major Projects Directorate.

Skills

Project Management

Organizational Skills

Communication

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

We're TransPennine Express and we're going places. Whether that's helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We're looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good.

What will you be doing?

• Organise and facilitate project governance meetings for all projects within the Major Projects Directorate, including ensuring meetings are appropriately arranged, quorate, and minutes documented accordingly in agreement with the Chair. Record and track actions arising from sessions and provide updates to the Chair ahead of the next meeting. Ensuring the timely issue of any project documentation ahead of any internal project meetings.
• Assist the standardising of project reporting across the suite of projects, including use of project management software and risk reporting.
• Support project and programme managers in the creation and review of project dashboards each period in line with the governance drumbeat.
• Write, proof-check and format any reports as required by Major Projects Director and/or other members of the team.
• Contribute towards the development of a system for storing and organising important project related documentation as required so it is easily and quickly accessible and ensure compliance.
• The role will aid project reporting to ensure an excellent standard delivering internal Executive and Board requirements and discharging business requirements to DfT/Rail North within the Franchise Agreement.
• Raise and follow up purchase orders within the Major Projects Directorate and keep accurate records of related correspondence. Ensure all financial compliance has been adhered to.
• Provide administrative support to Major Projects Directorate, including arranging internal and external meetings, accommodation and travel booking, monitoring annual leave and inventory management for the team.
• Provide administrative support to communications and engagement activities within the Major Projects Directorate, including the organisation of Directorate Away Days.
• Record and track appropriate KPIs for the Major Projects Directorate as required each period by the SLT.
• Facilitate diary management and organisation for the Major Projects Director, and members of the Major Projects Senior Leadership Team as required.

If that sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form.

What we offer

• Excellent career prospects.
• A personal development plan.
• Structured training and development.
• Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*.
• Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service* for you and your dependants*.
• Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
• Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
• Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
• Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.

*Terms and conditions apply.

Goings places has never felt better!

At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard.