Project Management Assistant

Polytec Personnel Ltd; Essex; Presencial; GBP 36.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Polytec Personnel Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks a proactive Project Management Assistant to support delivery across a varied project portfolio. You will coordinate plans, maintain documentation, and track budgets while liaising with stakeholders at multiple levels to keep projects on track.

Hours are 9am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday, with a permanent role and salary circa 40,000 depending on experience. This role offers opportunities to contribute to process improvements and automation within a

Formación

• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate multiple activities.
• Confident communicator with stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong written communication skills, including report writing and meeting documentation.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• A proactive, analytical approach with an interest in process improvement and automation.
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a team.

Responsabilidades

• Provide administrative and coordination support across multiple projects
• Maintain project plans, schedules, resource records and documentation
• Track project budgets, expenditure and forecasts
• Monitor project actions, risks and issues, following up with relevant stakeholders
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, presentations and management information
• Arrange project meetings, prepare agendas, record minutes and monitor agreed actions
• Support project start-up, closure and lessons-learned activities
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, standardise working practices and automate routine tasks
• Assist with the delivery of smaller projects as experience develops

Conocimientos

Organisational skills

Prioritisation

Stakeholder communication

Written communication

Microsoft Office

Attention to detail

Autonomous working

Herramientas

Microsoft Project

Jira

ERP platforms

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Descripción del empleo

Location: Saffron Walden (CB10)

Type: Permanent

Hours: 9am - 5.30pm (Monday to Friday)

Salary: circa 40,000 depending on experience

Job Reference: 36366

Our client, an innovative technology and engineering business, is seeking a highly organised and proactive Project Management Assistant to support the successful delivery of a varied portfolio of projects.

Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative and coordination support across multiple projects
• Maintain project plans, schedules, resource records and documentation
• Track project budgets, expenditure and forecasts
• Monitor project actions, risks and issues, following up with relevant stakeholders
• Prepare progress reports, dashboards, presentations and management information
• Arrange project meetings, prepare agendas, record minutes and monitor agreed actions
• Support project start-up, closure and lessons-learned activities
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, standardise working practices and automate routine tasks
• Assist with the delivery of smaller projects as experience develops

Requirements:

• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate multiple activities effectively
• Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with stakeholders at different levels
• Strong written communication skills, including report writing and meeting documentation
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• A proactive, analytical approach with an interest in process improvement and automation
• Ability to work independently while contributing positively to a team

Desirable experience:

• Background in project administration, project support or project coordination
• Understanding of project management principles and methodologies
• Experience using project management or business systems such as Microsoft Project, Jira or ERP platforms
• Familiarity with resource planning, budget monitoring or workflow automation