Senior Programme Planner

We are seeking an experienced Senior Programme Planner to support a major central government transformation programme, taking responsibility for developing, maintaining and overseeing an integrated programme plan across multiple projects and workstreams. You will provide strategic planning oversight, manage complex dependencies and critical paths, and ensure senior leadership has clear visibility of programme progress, risks and delivery milestones.

Client Details

Our client is a major UK central government organisation undertaking a significant organisational transformation programme.

The programme is focused on creating greater alignment and integration across operational, technology and intelligence functions. It brings together multiple workstreams and projects into a single delivery structure, supporting a more joined-up operating model and improving collaboration across the organisation.

Description

• Developing, maintaining and managing the integrated programme plan across multiple workstreams and projects.
• Providing strategic planning oversight and ensuring alignment between programme objectives and delivery schedules.
• Managing complex programme dependencies, critical paths, milestones and interdependencies.
• Working closely with workstream leads to monitor progress and ensure accurate and consistent planning information.
• Identifying scheduling risks, delivery constraints and potential impacts on programme milestones.
• Producing high-quality programme planning reports, dashboards and progress updates for senior leadership.
• Supporting programme governance through accurate planning data and delivery forecasts.
• Challenging planning assumptions and providing recommendations to improve programme delivery confidence.
• Coordinating resource planning and identifying potential capacity constraints.
• Ensuring programme plans are regularly reviewed, maintained and aligned with changing priorities.

Profile

• Extensive experience in programme planning within complex, multi-workstream environments.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining integrated programme plans.
• Strong understanding of programme scheduling, critical path analysis and dependency management.
• Experience managing planning activity at senior programme or portfolio level.
• Strong knowledge of programme governance, reporting and delivery assurance.
• The ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, including programme directors and workstream leads.
• Experience identifying programme risks, issues, constraints and delivery dependencies.
• Experience within central government or the wider public sector.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• Active SC Security Clearance (essential).

Job Offer

• Competitive day rate.
• Inside IR35 contract.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant government transformation programme.