Project Management Assistant

Role: Project Management Assistant
Contracting Authority: Network Rail
Contract Length: until 31st March 2021
Location: Cardiff - NR - Swindon SN1 -in office 2-3 days per week and work from home
IR35: In scope
Pay Rate: 400 (max umbrella)

Minimum Requirement:

• Planning
• Rail - useful
• Org skills
• MS Office, Word, PowerPoint Take and share minutes, complete Excel spreadsheets
• Experience in the delivery of projects; with particular emphasis on the management of suppliers and stakeholders Experience of governance and risk control frameworks Good planning and organisational skills
• Strong leadership; people and communications skills Possess strong analytical skills with a proven ability to persuade and influence senior decision-making.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: Management and delivery of plans to ensure all necessary preparation and execution tasks and dependencies are included. Ongoing management of those plans to achieve the delivery goals Work with key stakeholders to manage the deployment of all aspects of the project assigned to Identify and mitigate potential risks for delivery of products Operate as a full member of the team; supporting the Programme Director and other team members as directed Project Manage all aspects of specific work packages Working with stakeholders to ensure Design; Delivery; Technical Build; testing; MI requirements etc are managed and delivered to date and time Completion of detailed plan for the medium term including MSP; Resources; costs Completion of the detailed design phase to time and quality; working with the Design team to secure stakeholder sign-off at all stages. Development of stakeholder relationship with suppliers; including preparation of joint plans; proposals and any design and build documentation. Completion of the high-level plan through to Go Live and BAU handover.

1. Work as part of a project team, assisting to deliver projects to time, cost and quality through various phases in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
2. Monitor and report programme and progress in accordance with project reporting systems and guidelines.
3. Develop and integrate, effective support systems to enable the Project Manager to manage and control change.
4. Process contractor possession and isolation applications so that they applications are complete and submitted to the prescribed time scales as directed.
5. Monitor contractor performance indicators and provide periodic progress reports.
6. Support the Project Management team in providing a safe working environment at all times during the execution of those projects under their responsibility.
7. Manage generic and site-specific methods of working and supply risk assessments to agreed timescales.
8. Monitor so that HSQE risk assessments have been carried out by the contractor, and monitor compliance.
Comply with the Investment Competence Framework.

REF: 49185