Job Description

Overview of Responsibilities

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This role is based at the following sites;

Culham, Oxfordshire

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This role requires employees to

complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)

, including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.

The Role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As

Assistant Planner

, you will play a pivotal role in working with stakeholders to ensure all aspects of the project are defined. You will provide clarity on key milestones to define what, when and how activities will be organised to ensure the outcomes of a project can be achieved, with the resources available. You will lead on all aspects of project planning, which will include the development, updating and monitoring of plans and schedules. In addition, you will identify tasks, activities, interdependencies and outputs for the project and work with the project team to track and monitor progress against the plan throughout the life of the project. You will lead work packages or smaller projects, supporting in the coaching of more junior planners.

Key Accountabilities:

Lead on planning activity and work with the project to support delivery of the business case benefits and outcomes. Support capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting. Provide expert advice for team members and project community. Challenge and test project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable. Development of breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy. Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities. Coach more junior members of the planning team and identify, develop and deploy planning resources. Identify and plan for wider resource requirements for the project. Ensure that stakeholder responsibilities and needs are understood and addressed in reporting arrangements. Develop peer networks across the department. Monitor and analyse information, reporting progress, slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity. Provide expert advice on planning processes throughout the lifecycle of the project. Conduct critical path analysis, develop an excellent knowledge of the project's interdependencies, and actively manage them in the schedule. Salary
40,609 (inclusive of Specialist Allowance) + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
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Programme
CENTRALISED
Department
Projects & Programme Management Office
Discipline
Project Management
Site Location
UKAEA Culham, Oxfordshire
Type of Employment
Full-time
Reference Number
REF3486P

Qualifications

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Essential:

Experience working as project planner, or has held a role within a project team or PMO, or held a role as a project manager or workstream lead of a small project. Approachable person with excellent inter-personal skills able to interact with a range of people across the project. Ability to engage with people at all levels of the project to build plans, WBS and critical paths. Good understanding of project planning and/or project controls processes. Degree in physical sciences, economics, business studies, project management or other relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience.

Desirable:

Experienced in the use of Primavera OR Microsoft Project planning software (training can be offered). Planning experience within a project environment. Working towards or in possession of a project management or controls qualification such as APM PMF / APM PMQ / APMG.

Additional Information

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A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/.


We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from BlackBritishCaribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.