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IT Project Coordinator

IT Project Coordinator

Interface Recruitment UKYeadon, England, United Kingdom
1 day ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Project Coordination of many small works projects

Travel

Qualifications

Prince 2 or any formalised PM certification

Skills

Project Management (junior)

Contact Information

01132990570

Benefits

25 days holiday rising to 28 + Pension + Flex working + Cycle to Work scheme

Additional Benefits : Occ health scheme, Life assurance, Health & Dental Plan (at a cost)

Region

West Yorkshire

Description

Department : IS Department

Responsible to : IT Project Manager

Role Purpose :

Reporting to the IT Project Manager, the IT Project Coordinator will support the IT Project Manager in planning and delivering the large portfolio of projects within the business to support the strategy of an uplift in customer numbers from 4m to 7m in the next 5 years.

The primary purpose of this position is to plan and manage the delivery of IT elements (e.g., infrastructure, networking, data) in line with business objectives and ongoing operations. This includes supporting the gathering of business requirements, project planning, estimating, execution, implementation, and management of contractors and 3rd party suppliers ensuring the projects for which they are responsible deliver as per plan and within budget.

Ideally, the job holder will have experience of Project Managing Projects within an IT environment with a strong drive to deliver results. They will have experience working within a growing, fast-paced, and changing environment.

Operational Responsibilities

  • Must have a clear understanding of an End-to-End Project Lifecycle
  • Must have small works delivery experience
  • Must have project delivery experience
  • Ensure that appropriate consultation takes place prior to and during projects to enable fully compliant management in a way that meets the requirements of all regulatory bodies
  • Liaise with IT Technical Solutions Delivery Specialist and functional business groups to scope project requirements and ensure best practice is adopted and interdependencies are recognised / optimised, in order to enable the effective production of a project brief and fully appraised business case
  • Responsibility for ensuring all criteria is aligned for sign off at each stage of the project
  • Support any project related Testing (ST / SIT / UAT / Regression) where required
  • Control the storage and access of documented business processes relating to the project and its implementation in accordance with PMO Guidelines.
  • Ensure the smooth transition to Live.
  • Responsibility for ensuring the integrity of Project methodology is maintained.
  • Responsible for producing and maintaining Project plans via PMO chosen software.
  • Manage the procurement process of projects, including the appointment of contractors in line with company financial standing orders, whilst always obtaining best value.
  • Management of any project related Risks, Issues and Change Requests

Support Responsibilities

Support the IT Project Manager in providing appropriate management controls for the overall IS portfolio, including :

  • Timescales (planning and tracking)
  • Quality (incl scope and stage gates)
  • Costs (budgets, administration and tracking for both capex & opex)
  • Resources (people)
  • Benefits (identification, tracking and realisation)
  • Risks & Issues Management (tracking and escalations)
  • Interdependency management
  • Document Control - Change control (overall management)
  • Stakeholder mapping

    • Experience & Expertise

  • Experience working in a fast-paced and busy environment
  • Experience of implementing changes within an operational environment where business continuity is key
  • Experience of operating in a private equity environment is advantageous
  • Experience of delivering infrastructure and / or networking projects
  • Experience of working in a Prince2 environment or similar - not essential but would be an advantage.

    • Personal Attributes

  • Communication - Proactive worker, able to operate at both strategic and operational levels, with good communication skills
  • Ethics & integrity - Operates with unquestionable integrity and fosters an ethical, values-driven culture
  • Results driven – Pro-active and energetic, with unerring focus on delivering long-term performance goals and continuous improvement
  • Calmness under pressure - able to handle high levels of pressure, pro-actively manage multiple priority projects and exhibit critical decision-making
  • Stakeholder management - able to balance the interests of the various stakeholders
  • Accountability – takes clear ownership and accountability for assigned projects and tasks and is focused on consistently delivering a high-class service to stakeholders
  • Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
  • Ability to act decisively in critical situations or to circumvent potential problems
  • Team worker with a problem-solving aptitude

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