Planning Lead

Job description

As a Project Planner in the Government Project Delivery Profession, you will sit at the heart of the project/programme and play a pivotal role in ensuring outcomes can be achieved.

The role of a Grade 7 Project Planner is important because you will lead in the application of a structured approach to planning across programmes and portfolios and will act as an advocate of excellence in Project planning.

You will do this by embedding and maintaining planning frameworks. As well as providing senior leadership with advice to enable forward looking strategic delivery decisions.

You'll lead on the integration of multiple levels of plans and dependencies and are accountable for all aspects of the project planning framework. You will be responsible for the application of planning standards through all levels of plans and schedules and provide assurance that plans are robust and fit for purpose. In addition, you will oversee capability building in planning and scheduling. As well as being accountable for the provision and function of planning tools such as scheduling software and enterprise planning suites.

As a Grade 7 Project Planner you will be assigned to projects/programmes that match your current skills, knowledge and experience.

To join us at this level you will need to demonstrate significant experience of leading planning or planning teams for progressively larger and more complex projects. You will be keen to prove your leadership capabilities at an even higher level.

Project delivery in Government is transforming, and we want you to be a part of it. The need for project management excellence at the heart of public policy delivery has never been more vital.

Additional information:

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