Project Management Assistant - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Network Rail

Network Rail

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Project Management Assistant (Change)

Location:

Milton Keynes, GB

Department Name:

System Operator

About Network Rail:

Key Vacancy Information

Duration:
Permanent

This role is a full-time opportunity, but flexible working patterns will be considered.

Location:

This role is based at Quadrant:MK.

For roles based in the Quadrant:
MK, you must live within 75/90 minutes.

Band & Salary:
Band 5 £26,000 - £26,500

Hiring Manager & Resourcer:
Antony Walgate & Laura Taylor

About Network Rail
Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more

**About the function
**System Operator are passionate about capacity. We craft tomorrow's railway to meet future needs of the rail industry. By understanding what the future requirements of the railway are, we can plan the long-term capability of the network, promoting the efficient use of network capacity. We improve the railway for the millions of people who use it every single day.

Brief Description:

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for a pro-active project management assistant to work as part of our programme management office in the delivering the industry timetable technology strategy (available here).

We're looking for someone organised and structured in their approach to work, with good IT skills and comfortable with document management and project reporting.

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About the role (External):

What does the average day look like?

In this role you will assist the Project Management team in the delivery of projects to time, cost and quality in a safe manner.

Day to day you will collate, format and distribute data to support project requirements and cascade to internal and external parties where appropriate.

You will also use the available reporting systems and guidelines to monitor and report on project progress.

This includes maintaining and generating project and programme documentation in accordance with project reporting system guidelines, as well as participating in projects as required.

What essential skills and experiences are required?

Good Microsoft Excel and Word skills
Educated to HND/HNC or relevant work experience

We would also like, but not essential.

Good Microsoft Office skills
Green Belt trained
A degree or equivalent
Skilled in use of Minitab Software package

What can we offer you in return?

We have a range of benefits including:

28 days annual leave entitlement, plus Bank Holidays and five volunteer days
My Benefits our discounted online shopping site
A range of discounted offers including, Healthcare offers, cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
A range of pension schemes
Two weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
Training, development and employee assistance programme available
To learn about the benefits we offer please here.

A message from our Chief Executive, Andrew Haines:
"

We want to be on the side of the passengers and demonstrate our leadership across the rail industry. We will be an organisation that is easy to do business with, and one where our people are proud to work.

To achieve these ambitions, we will work to increase the diversity of our workforce so that we represent the passengers that we serve up and down the country - because everyone matters.

" (2020)

**How to apply