Project Coordinator - Remote, United Kingdom - Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing

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Project Coordinator - Inside IR35

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority:
DCMS


Location:
Hybrid - Remote & 1/2 days p/w in London, Manchester or Darlington.


Working in the Future Networks Programmes (FNP) Team, you will be directly supporting the planning and implementing of research and innovation projects in digital infrastructure.

These include the £250 million Open Networks Research and Development Fund; and £40 million to establish 5G Innovation Regions across the UK, to encourage 5G take-up in the public sector and industry.

Our future prosperity as a country depends on world-class digital infrastructure - we help make this happen.

You'll work in a friendly, multidisciplinary team (project delivery profession; finance, commercial and technical (telecoms) specialists; subsidy control). We work closely with policy colleagues and a variety of external organisations.


As a Project Coordinator your main responsibilities will be:

  • Oversight of a small portfolio of projects, at any stage of the 'lifecycle'.
  • Ensuring that project aims, scope, time, costs and intended benefits are clearly defined in grant funding agreements, and completion of our due diligence as project sponsor.
  • Monitoring & supporting delivery, as sponsor, assessing and reporting on status.
  • Analysing a range of information sources identifying & tackling risks, problems and changes escalating accordingly.
  • Capturing & verifying the scope and benefits achieved, reports for dissemination and other final business.
  • Providing information and advice to stakeholders and government decisionmakers.
  • Engaging extensively with project stakeholders and government colleagues.
  • Producing a range of written communications and maintain project documentation e.g. stakeholder correspondence; status reports; advice for decisionmakers; meeting actions; briefings.

Essential Skills:


  • Demonstrable Project Coordination experience including project setup, status monitoring & risk management.
  • Strong stakeholder management experience, including experience of working successfully with suppliers, representatives from business teams & delivery.
  • Strong selfstarter
  • Expert communication skills
  • Experience of implementation of large grant programmes, publiclyfunded projects or collaborative research and innovation desirable.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

  • Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

Job Types:
Full-time, Temporary contract

Contract length: 6 months


Benefits:


  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Experience:

Project Coordination: 1 year (required)


Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

  • 25% (required)

Work Location:
Remote


Reference ID:
PSR0036309

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