Senior PMO Planner – Remote, Portfolio & Programme

Capita; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home

23 days holiday rising to 27

Company pension

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Maternity leave 15 weeks

Voluntary benefits

Employee networks

Job summary

Capita Public Services - Central Government is seeking a Portfolio/Programme Planner to join the PMO team. You will develop, maintain and assure integrated plans across complex programmes, ensuring governance and robust delivery across the portfolio.

This home-based role requires expert planning skills, strong MS Project knowledge, and the ability to manage large schedules (£5m+ projects). Travel may be required ad hoc.

Qualifications

• Expert planning and scheduling within complex delivery environments.
• Ability to manage & challenge schedules for multi-project portfolios.
• Experience coaching others in planning standards and practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and assure integrated plans across complex programmes.
• Support complex programmes and portfolios in managing multiple levels of plans.
• Analyse schedules to provide a helicopter view for stakeholders.
• Quality assure schedules and coach colleagues in best practice.
• Provide planning insight for executive reporting including milestones and risks.
• Identify dependencies, milestones, critical paths, resources and risk impacts.
• Facilitate planning workshops with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Support adoption of consistent planning frameworks at divisional level.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

MS Project

Stakeholder management

Planning governance

Critical path analysis

Dependency mapping

Coaching colleagues

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Capita Public Services - Central Government is seeking a Portfolio/Programme Planner to join the PMO team. You will develop, maintain and assure integrated plans across complex programmes, ensuring governance and robust delivery across the portfolio.

This home-based role requires expert planning skills, strong MS Project knowledge, and the ability to manage large schedules (£5m+ projects). Travel may be required ad hoc.