Project Support Officer-Project Controls Officer, SC or DV Cleared is required by our Government/Defence services client based near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, commutable from Northampton, East Midlands, Luton, North London.

Outside of IR35-Paying c.£275 a day

Hybrid working-3 days a week on site

Working in an SC Security Cleared environment. You will have current SC or DV (Developed vetting) or be eligible to undertake clearance.

Providing support to the Project Manager relating to supplier orders and invoices, project planning, project financial management, project documentation and reporting.

This is a varied role which is essential to allow the Project Manager's to fully concentrate on the delivery of their projects whilst knowing that the support involved is being carried out effectively.

You must have strong communication skills, both oral and written and be able to communicate at all levels.

Mandatory Experience

Good interpersonal and team player skills, working well with others and delivering results.

Good numerical and project financial skills

Good organisational skills.

Managing and prioritising workload and time effectively and being able to respond to changing priorities.

Must be experienced with core applications such as MS Word, Outlook and Excel.

Must have MS Project 2007

Working in a project environment, ideally supporting either large projects or multiple smaller projectsAPM Fundamentals or Prince 2 Foundation or Practitioner qualification and experience

Desirable

Knowledge of Oracle financial systems.

To provide a comprehensive project support service directly supporting Programme Managers and Project Managers

Act as point of contact in the team for internal and external customers, responding promptly to queries

Organise and manage dates and documentation for programme and project meetings

Organise and attend relevant internal IT meetings, including formulating and circulating agendas and action lists

Oversee Risks and Issues management

Ensuring compliance to commercial gate review process including where necessary preparation of documentation.

To play a key role in the development and monitoring of projects, checking quality of output and compliance with business requirements, including commitments in proposals

Monitor the delivery of work streams against plans, chasing and challenging progress as appropriate.

Represent the Project Manager at meetings as requested.

Administer, monitor and report on projects budgets in accordance with FCO Service processes and timetables.

Responsible for tracking actual project costs against allocated budgets and producing monthly reports

Create or maintain project plans using MS Project.